Calamine Lotion

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Calamine is either a mixture of zinc oxide (ZnO) with about 0.5% ferric oxide (Fe2O3) or a zinc carbonate compound.

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January 26, 2009

Pros:

Reduce redness and swelling

Cons:

Leaves skin rather dry

huge red spot on end of nose that was still under the skin. Dont suffer from acne that bad so this one really stood out. dabbed some on and the redness greatly reduced.
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July 30, 2008

Pros:

Dries up pimples,leaves skin smooth/soft

Cons:

Pinkish tone-only wear at night OR you could use a thin thin layer on oily spots under your make up to keep the shine away

I started getting acne a year ago, when I was 13. Sure I havent had it all my life like some people but acne is acne, no body wants it on their face. I put this stuff on my entire face as a mask, and if it starts to get a little dry, I just do spot treatment. You put it on at night and you wake up and it's clear clear clear. :D I recently started using this at night for spot treatments and milk of magnesia during the day under my makeup to control shine/oily-ness. Calamine works great, so I'd go get yourself some!
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January 21, 2008

Pros:

Simply put: It clears up zits! I dab some on individual spots that come up and it dries them out without irritating my skin.

Cons:

Can only use it at night due to the pink tone.

Try this, it really does work!
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January 2, 2008

Pros:

its cheap and effective.
it works fast

Cons:

it goes on coloured so you can only use it at night.

I put it on and the next day when i woke up my skin was flawless.
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December 2, 2007

Pros:

works pretty quickly
extremely cheap

Cons:

runny, sometimes hard to apply
dries to a white, so it should basically be applyed at night

I haven't been using this all over my skin, but I have applyed it to individual pimples..and I have to say, it really does dry it up, and make it much smaller. I only apply it at night, and as a spot treatment. Dan's bp has really gotten my skin under control, but when I see a pimple about to come..i dab this on..and its just about gone by the morning. Plus its extremely cheap..and a little goes a long way.
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September 29, 2007

Pros:

Cheap & effective

Cons:

None so far

I have wasted sooooo much cash on stuff that did nothing for my acne(it came about a year after I had a baby and has not stopped). So I was reading about home remedies for acne, came across this, tried it (what have you got to lose, a buck?). You can feel it working. I'm never using anything else.
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June 15, 2007

Pros:

cheap, readily available

Cons:

drying, unattractive

I had a freak break out over 80% of my face this time last year and used calamine lotion every night for several night to heal it. the same exact thing happened this spring too so I have begun the same regimine. It burns a bit but it works fast. It's drying so definitely use a moisturizer the following morning. I just applied with my finger to the active areas and allowed to sit all night while I slept and washed off with a baking soda scrub in the morning then moisturized really well.
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July 18, 2019
magical pink powder

I've been suffering from cystic acne since my teenage years and spent so much money on acne products, now I feel like a fool cause this product saved me singlehandedly. I bought organic calamine powder from a local organic store and make my own toner. 

Just put 1-2 tablespoons of calamine powder, 1 tablespoon of vegetable glycerin (NOW Foods) and some 50ml of water, mix them and tada! Takes seconds to make and it lasts for two weeks in the refrigerator. I prefer this to store bought ones since it's SO cheap (3 pounds for 100g of powder) and doesn't have all the nasty ingredients you'd find outside. I use it before La Roche Posay Toleriane Riche Mosturiser and my skin has honestly never been clearer. My redness is gone and my existing cystic acne heals much faster than before. Hope this helps!

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February 22, 2019
GOOD

This is so great! I used to use Mario b. drying lotion..but it has alcohol in it and it smells pretty foul. It draws the pus (I KNOW GROSS) to the surface while gently drying them out.

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September 23, 2018
I am amazed
I have oily skin with hormonal cystic acne plus frequent persistent chin zits that start off small but grow over time. This is so annoying, because while SA has really done a great job of controlling my deep cysts, the little ones seem impervious to SA and BP. That is until I added calamine lotion as a final step one night out of desperation. Having read here that it worked for many, I figured I had nothing to lose. I was pleasantly surprised at the mattifying effect it has on my oily skin, and my small pimples shrank to almost nothing by morning. Amazed, but cautious it might have been a fluke, I put the calamine away for a week. Soon enough, those persistent pimples developed again, and I again applied calamine overnight. The next morning they were gone! While this might not work for everyone, it has worked wonders for my problem skin. I only use enough to cover the blemishes. I do not put it on thickly.
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