Hibiclens : Antimicrobial and Antiseptic Skin Cleanser

I had been using this product on my face because I seemed to have begun getting what I figured to be cystic acne and excessive closed comedones on my forehead. I figured since it can be used on cysts that may exist on other parts of my body, it would surely help my face. I actually figured the cysts on my body and the cystic acne on my face was connected. Nevertheless, I continued to use hibiclens on my face because I had read it was a great alternative to BP and was having little to no luck with BP for some odd reason (pre-hibiclens, BP was a god-send). Hibiclens cleanses well and seemed to curb the closed comedones but after 6 months of religiously using it, I'd routinely get at least 2 excruciating large cystic acne lesions somewhere on my face. They'd last about 2 weeks before somewhat subsiding (though not completely) and two more would appear. I couldnt understand why this was happening when my health was perfectly fine. I figured it to be a late onset cystic acne case and stuck to my Hibiclens to cure it. Also, I'd notice that if I'd get a small pustule, it would take a good month to heal. Now understand, I scar easily so the round-the-clock appearances of cystic acne RUINED my forehead (loads of hyperpigmentation) and we know that the longer an acne lesion remains inflammed on your face, the higher chance for lasting acne scars. Luckily, I took the chance and stopped using Hibiclens altogether after a year! Would you believe the cystic acne cleared immediately!?!?! I havent gotten anything close to cystic acne since - 6 mons. now. I still suffer from closed comedonal acne and blackheads but a combination of bp and salicylic acid works just fine. And it works fine now because I've stopped washing my face with Hibiclens, as I once was. I just want to make sure I shared this so as to make sure no one else reading reviews on this site inflicts undue scarring of their skin due to the inflammation hibiclens has the potential for causing.

I've had severe acne since I was 16 (I'm 28 now,) and I happened to read all of the great reviews on this site about using Hibiclens to wash my face with. Let me tell you, that is the worst mistake I ever made! I started using it in May 2014. Within 3 weeks my face broke out in these huge, puss-filled, boil-like pimples the size of nickels! Not only that, but it chased the bacteria away from my face and all over my arms, so for the first time in my life my arms were covered in acne. I stopped using it immediately and it took about 6 months for the boils to go away. Here I am a year later, and I've just now gotten rid of the acne on my arms. I use a combination of Proactiv and Apricot Scrub (I mix it together in my palm,) and then scrub my face and arms with it. My face is way clearer now, and my arms are back to being acne-free. If you have severe acne, please don't waste your time with this crap!

This is the first time reviewing anything on this site. I am telling you to stay away from using hibiclens on your face. I overthought my personal regimen and decided to us this. The first few days my few pimples dried up and fell off. I thought I had a staple... I was wrong. I noticed that this stuff dried my face and shrunk my pores to a tiny size. The small pores sound good, right? Wrong. After two weeks I am having a terrible break out. My face hasn't looked this bad in quite a while. I'm not sure if it was from irritation or from closed off pores, but this product definately wasn't right for me. There is a reason why more people don't use this. Please consider before buying.