Neutrogena : Advanced Solutions Complete Acne Therapy System

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3.6
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Skin Polishing Acne Cleanser: Active ingredients: Salicylic Acid (0.5%) Inactive Ingredients: Water, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Glycol Distearate, Polyethylene, Glycolic Acid, Sodium Lactate, Cocamidopropyl PG-Dimonium Chloride Phosphate, Polyquaternium-11, Disodium EDTA, Fragrance. Sun Shield Day Lotion: Active ingredients: Octinoxate (7.5%), Zinc Oxide (2.94%). Inactive Ingredients: Water, Glycerin, Pentylene Glycol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Butylene Glycol, Capryloyl Glycine, Dicetyl Phosphate, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Caprylyl Methicone, Sarcosine, Cinnamomum Zeylanicum Bark Extract, Hexylene Glycol, Cedrus Atlantica Bark Extract,Propylene Glycol, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Ceteth-10 Phosphate, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Ethylparaben, Isopropylparaben, Isobutylparaben, Butylparaben, Disodium EDTA, Xanthan Gum, Fragrance. Overnight Acne Control Lotion: Active ingredients: Benzoyl Peroxide (2.5%). Inactive Ingredients: Water, Carbomer, Sodium Hydroxied, Laureth-4, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Disodium EDTA.

Items marked with red have tested a 3 or above (out of 5) in comedogenic (pore-clogging) testing.

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February 15, 2008

Pros:

My pimples went away a bit

Cons:

It severly dried out my skin to the point where I had to put oil on it. Even the skin on my eyelids dried out! The moisturizer was not near as rich as it should be.

Even though some of the pimples went away, I had to deal with extremely dry and peeling skin. It's kind of like trading one skin problem for another. I don't recommend this product at all, especially if you have sensitive skin.
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January 21, 2008

Pros:

Packaged nicely, about it...

Cons:

Causes breakouts, creates stiff feeling, irritates, doesn't work

Kinda sad, i was using St. Ives SA scrub and Proactiv's BP lotion thing and it was working well but drying my skin so I switched to this nicely packaged box... I broke out in the worst spots, after a week of just terrible breakouts, i dumbed this crap. As a warning, it worked well on the first day, but then the following days just showed an opposite effect. avoid switching ur regimen to this.
March 19, 2007

Pros:

none

Cons:

1.Tight on skin
2.Burns the first time
3.Costs too much

This was horrible...i thought it would work but it didn't and i wasted lik money for something that just caused me to become more red and dry...which caused my forehead to completely break out...its really not worth it..only works on certain skin tone...but mine was combination and i didn't help at all
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March 13, 2007

Pros:

the cleanser is really nice, makes your face feel clean

Cons:

the overnight lotion does make your skin dry but i guess thats normal for a bp product.

for me i'm not sure it works though becuase it did work the first 2 weeks i used it but after that my face became a breakout nightmare. and now i have around 4 puss like pimples on my face per week which i actually never really had before.
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February 4, 2007

Pros:

not much..

Cons:

very dry and major allergic reactions.

the first time i used this product my face, right after my face became a red balloon. then i tried to give this product another try and the same results came back and it made my skin REALLY dry. i do not recommend this product at all.
November 7, 2006

Pros:

None really. I guess the sunscreen wasn't terrible, but wasn't anything at all special.

Cons:

Very harsh, very drying, and has an awful chemical-tainted odor.

This was one of the worst acne treatment products I've used. The facewash was VERY harsh and had a very unpleasant chemical odor. It dried out my skin, made it blotchy, and together with the benzoyl peroxide lotion, dried it out and turned it red. My skin tone was awful, and my acne got much worse while using this.
November 5, 2006
I recently had to return this product because after using it for 3 weeks, my face began to breakout even more and became severely dry which is pretty strange since it's just face wash, day lotion, and 2.5% BP lotion. My face never dried if I used 10% BP. Now I'm going back to Clearsil 10% BP...in hopes that this time it will work..but this time use a little more.