Mario Badescu : Buffering Lotion

This buffering lotion is a very diluted milky kind of solution. You shake it so the bottom sediments are mixed into the alcohol solution. Instructions tell you to apply every other night. I use it in addition to other Badescu products, so it is a little hard to tell if it has been effective. However, when you apply this solution, it stings a little, so you know it is doing something at least. It gives me a feeling that it is antiseptic and helps to calm outbreaks.

This is intended for cystic acne so it works best on those but I use it on all pimples. It's hard to work with because it is so watery but it's my favourite emergency spot treatment because it WORKS. I had a giant cystic pimple on my nose (I don't even know how it got so big, there's not that much skin there?!) and it refused to go down no matter what I did. This combined with the drying mask overnight brought it down to flat in 3 days.

Like many other cystic acne sufferers, I've tried many products in hopes of finding a cure. Hopefully my new medication (spironolactone) eventually clears me up 100%, but until then I'm still on the lookout for ways to reduce and relieve my breakouts I still get. I actually bought this probably around six or seven months ago, and I can't say I'm blown away by the results. However, I did find out my cystic breakouts are hormonal, and that's most definitely the reason why this didn't work as good for me as it has for many people who's reviews I read before buying. Hormonal breakouts are impossible to completely clear up from the outside. You may find a small quick fix but it's not the same as treating and eliminating the root of the problem. Though this doesn't make my breakouts go down, it does reduce the redness a bit. Most likely thanks to the niacinamide. I also feel more comfortable putting makeup over a cyst after applying this. I think if your cystic acne is mild this could reduce the healing time, but for me it wasn't the quick fix I was hoping for when I got it.

This was terrible... I used it on my smallish/hard cysts at night and in the next morning they were bigger and more painful and for the small spots where I put the treatment on they were turning into cysts!! Bad product going to return. Don't even try the mario badescu acne line.. broke me out with cysts (which I was trying to clear with this product) terrible brand for my skin. I have acne/sensitive/oily skin.

This is my favorite part of my skin regimen, seriously. I know its technically a spot treatment, but I put it all over my forehead and chin after I exfoliate well. When I follow my regiment to a T I don't break out. If you have small bumps or clogged pores its great for clearing that up and it's great in preventing cysts. I put this under their drying mask and my skin cleared up so fast! Just make sure you take a night off to moisturize, or your skin will overproduce sebum to compensate and you'll break out. Hope this helps!