Clean & Clear : Advantage Acne Spot Treatment

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3.3
592 Reviews

Active Ingredient:
Salicylic Acid (2%).

Inactive Ingredients:
Alcohol, Butylene Glycol, Capryloyl Glycine, Cedrus Atlantica (Blue Atlas Cedar) Bark Extract, Cinnamomum Zeylancium Bark Extract, Denatonium Benzoate, Fragrance (Parfum), Glycerin, Hexylene Glycol, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Methylparaben, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Propylene Glycol, Propylparaben, Sarcosine, Sodium Citrate, T Butyl Alcohol, Water.

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22.3%
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15%
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13.2%

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August 11, 2011

Pros:

Helps calm down pimples
Clear and doesnt show

Cons:

Stings!
Tiny bottle

Get past the stinging and it's great! I know that not everything works the same on all skin types but i really liked this product and will use it when i need it.
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August 9, 2011

Pros:

If a pimple is starting, this lessens the severity of it or the pimple never forms

Cons:

Drys your skin out
Price

This almost always works for me so I don't mind paying for it. Plus I will take a little dryness over a giant zit anyday!
August 3, 2011

Pros:

-Brings under-the-skin pimples to a head
-Stings so I feel like it's working
-Smells rather pleasant
-Small amount of salicylic acid (non-irritating)

Cons:

-Results not immediate
-Requires a lot of product to see immediate results
-Can irritate eyes

I use this product along with my normal skin treatment when I need a boost which is bp based, so it's like a bp and sa team-up. When I have an under-the-skin zit that absolutely refuses to come to a head, I put a glob of the spot treatment on it overnight. If it doesn't work once, it works with repeated use. This isn't a product that guarantees immediate miraculous results, but it DOES work in tandem with many over-the-counter routines because it's gentle. The smell might have you believe otherwise, but don't be fooled!
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July 29, 2011

Pros:

- reduces pimple size within a day
- no strong odor

Cons:

- stings a bit
- takes a while to fully clear a pimple
- expensive for a small tube
- mostly only works on odors

I bought this to get rid of a pretty big pimple, fast. I applied it twice a day, or more, and I honestly noticed the pimple getting a little better... slowly. It took a few days to clear the pimple completely, but I'm sure that's a little faster than the natural process.
July 24, 2011

Pros:

makes the pimple a bit smaller
Takes some of the redness away

Cons:

Doesn't get rid of the whole pimple
Doesn't really work what it was meant for
small and pricey

It's an okay product. I used it many times but what it does is make the blemish smaller or nothing at all. I would recommend to use toothpaste instead of this.
July 12, 2011

Pros:

Worked the first couple of times.

Cons:

took a couple weeks to take full effect
costed a lot for one small tube
didn't for-fill what it said it would.

worked on few, but didn't really give me the effect i was wanting. it got rid of the swelling but didn't remove the entire blemish. I would recommend it if you wanted the swelling of your acne to decrease.
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June 28, 2011

Pros:

can be used under or over make up
easy to apply
not a strong odor
can apply as much or as little as you want
does help with little spots/pimples

Cons:

doesn't make a difference to big spots
can make skin feel tight
after a while it peels off
over priced considering it doesn't really work

I bought this because I had a huge pimple on my chin which i needed to get rid of, and had a day to do so. I don't really get pimples so i went out to buy something quick, this product claims to reduce the pimple in 4 hours, and says the pimple will basically be gone in 4 hours. This is not true, i have been applying it for 2 days and have been putting quite a bit on very frequently, and there's no change what so ever, it makes me skin on my chin feel dry but the spot is still there - i don't recommend this product, not if you want a quick fix.
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June 20, 2011

Pros:

Works intially
Easy to apply

Cons:

Stops working within one tube

I bought this to help with my acne, and within the use of a tube, a lot of my breakouts cleared. Halfway into the second tube, though, it stopped working completely.
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June 17, 2011

Pros:

- MAY dry out pimples a bit, mild

Cons:

- Overpriced
- Doesn't stop redness
- Doesn't make pimples smaller

I used this along with the entire line and this was the only thing that flat out never worked. It's like putting water on a pimple. Doesn't really change acne but makes you feel like you are because you paid so much. Toothpaste works a great deal better.
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June 16, 2011

Pros:

-inexpensive
-doesn't cause acne
-tingles

Cons:

-leaks out of lid
-doesn't reduce spots
-doesn't work with makeup

I used this for a few years, but I don't think it actually does anything, I have used some far better on the spot treatments! It says you can wear this over or under makeup which is also a lie. I've tried lots of different foundations with this and application techniques but it comes straight off with makeup in an orangeybrown clump of gloop. My main problem with this product is that the packaging is rubbish! I'd take the lid off and it would flow out of the nozzle and not slow until my fingers were covered. The lid was always full of congealed gloop because it leaks so much. EVERY tube I had did the same thing - very frustrating. I wrote Clean and Clear a letter about this and they very kindly sent me a £2 voucher. The product costs more than a fiver and I've bought about 15 tubes because of the leaks. Cheers Johnson and Johnson.
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