Hibiclens : Antimicrobial and Antiseptic Skin Cleanser

I've been using this with Dan's regimen for about 7 years (applying for 2 minutes then using Dan's cleanser). The regimen alone didn't keep my skin clear (though it helped), but this addition largely does. It's never lessened in efficacy for me, and I've had no side effects.

Knowing what a life changer this product turned to be for me, it breaks my heart to see cases where it didn't work for certain people. I have struggled with bad acne since I was a teenager. I'm now forty and up until recently I continued with my struggle. I noticed that I would always get really bad DEEP skin festering breakouts around my lips and chin a day or two after shaving. I got rid of all my razors and went to a rotating electric shaver. That made a big difference. A little over a year ago, I was scheduled for a minor surgical procedure that required I wash my entire body with an iodine based antibacterial soap for the two days prior to my surgery. During this time I had some nasty deep skin zits along the back of my neck and on my back and shoulders. You know the kind. They feel like they are the size of golf balls and you're SURE they jump out for all to see like a beacons in the night. I immediately noticed that the inflammation drastically reduced about a day or two following my iodine baths. They continued to shrivel up during the next few days. This gave me the idea that this horrible acne problem just MIGHT be bacterial and something simple and topical might just help improve it a bit. I jumped on google and found out about how some people had been successfully using hibiclense. I immediately went out and bought some. I applied it on my face like a mask avoiding the softer skin tissue around my eye sockets and avoiding my lips. (It's also important to NOT get it into your ear canals or inside your nostrils). I would always apply it about three or four minutes before I jumped in the shower to let it sit on my face for a bit. As soon as I jumped in the shower, I immediately rinsed my face and any body areas I had treated with hibiclense and then proceed to shower as normal. You do this to avoid it running into the more sensetive areas or into your eyes and mouth while you shower. I used it every day for about 2 weeks noticing an immediate improvement. Now a year later I only apply it as needed (whenever I start to develop any sign of a breakout). This turns out to be maybe once or twice a week but usually as little as once every TWO weeks. I feel SO bad when I see younger people with bad acne. I want to tell them SO badly about what worked for me. I wish there was a way to tell them without offending. I SURE wish someone had told me about it before. I'm sure I could go back to using razors but I just never did. I would recommend that anything that exfoliates or abrades the skin be done BEFORE the hibiclense application to maximize results. Hibiclense has certainly shown residual effects for me. I got ride of ALL of my acne (body & face). The last hurdle I over came was a condition called chicken skin on my triceps and butt cheeks. The solution to this (called AmLactin lotion) I found just 2 weeks ago and it works like a charm. I can honestly finally say that I have the skin I have always wanted to have and envied everyone else for.

Got it at Walgreens for 12 bucks and it has helped clear me up to about 97% clear along with my regimen. Highly recommended if used correctly...remember to moisturize!

At 27 years old, after 13 years of severe cystic acne, my skin is finally clear. I began using Hibiclens about three weeks ago and have not had a single pimple since. Normally, my chin is covered with painful, inflamed cystic acne. I use the product by wiping it on my skin with a cotton ball. I let it sit on my skin for 5-10 minutes and then wash off. While it is on my skin it does feel drying but as soon as I wash it off my skin feels amazing.

I had very nice skin 7 months ago...I didn't even have to wear much foundation at all, but I was taking topamax to prevent stress-related migraines and unfortunately, had an adverse reaction that didn't show up until several months after I was on the medication. I started getting sores/cystic acne on my forehead, cheeks, and a bit under my neck. I had a lot of scars and redness. I am allergic to so many medications that the dermatologist basically told me that I had to take accutane or else he couldn't help me. I said no to accutane, so he tried to give me other antibiotics, but failed to recognize that I could not take them because they were in the same family as things I am allergic to. I gave up on the dermatologist and decided to take things into my own hands. I was doing research online and found this website, so I joined and started to read the reviews of different products. This one had a high rating, so I picked some up and only after a couple of days of using it, it started to smooth out my skin. I still have red spots and scars, but as for the actual acne itself, this stuff helps! It is less painful and I believe it has taken the infection out of my face. I have still got a long way to go because my acne was really bad, but there has been a definite improvement due to tapering off the medication and adding hibiclens to my regimen. It did kind of dry my skin out the first few times I used it, but I just put some lotion on at the end of my skin cleansing regimen and that solved the problem. Now it does not dry it out because my skin has adjusted to it. I took other peoples advice and got some of those cotton pads and that is what I rub on my face after I have let the hibiclens sit on it for a minute or two and that helps to exfoliate dead skin and also it will take the pus out of the middle of whiteheads without having to pick at them. Do not follow with a salicylic acid cleanser like neutrogena because it will make your skin burn!!!

be sure to rinse off completely (i always use Dan's cleanser afterward). highly recommended as a part of Dan's regimen (just use it before his cleanser, and after any exfoliating cleanser if you use one).

GREAT PRODUCT