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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July 25, 2008

Pros:

- calms acne
- reduces pimples
- washes off easy

Cons:

- leaves white/pink colour on skin, can only use at night
- dries your skin out

my acne is kinda bad but every face wash I've used from Cetaphil to Clean & Clear, but everything irritates my face & makes my skin and acne bright red. Calamine lotion drys the pimples up so in the morning they sort of blend with my skin, instead of looking inflamed and red. it doesn't clear all the acne, but it's the best thing i've tried =]
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May 15, 2008

Pros:

Very inexpensive
Effective at both soothing & drying up patches of bad skin

Cons:

Drippy & bright pink
Medicinal smell may be offputting

I'm 29 and I have moderate acne. I use proactive and that hasn't entirely cleared up my skin, but the addition of calamine lotion as a face mask daily really seems to have helped. It's non-irritating but still seems to manage to dry up the problem areas. I am also really bad about picking my spots (I know, I am trying so hard to stop!) so I wonder if the fact that it's a bit antiseptic is part of what's really helping the areas I've picked heal faster.
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April 27, 2008

Pros:

clears up spots and reduces redness.

calamine lotion works better than any spot treatment i have tried and i have tried tons.
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February 5, 2008

Pros:

Inexpensive
Works better than benzoyl Peroxide or salicylic acid for a spot treatment.

Cons:

Runny

I had a giant cystic pimple on my cheek. Normally, I would spot treat it with Proactiv 6% benzoyl peroxide, and it would get super dry and take about a week to completely heal. I decided to try calamine lotion instead and my cystic pimple went from a painful deep hard round lump to disappearing completely in only 3 nights of spot treatment! I now have a tiny dry spot where I applied the calamine, but it was much less drying than the 6% BP!
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January 23, 2008

Pros:

Clears Face Quickly
Face is smoother
Less Oily

Cons:

First couple days your skin will be very dry
Pink color so you have to wear at night

I've tried everything from ProActiv to basic creams and all in between. I've spent hundred's of dollars in acne medications. So I wanted to find a home remedie. Well I started looking and found alot about Calomine Lotion. So I said why not lets give it a shot. In one day more face was smoother and clearer. I was totally shocked. I've had acne since I was 12 (i'm 17) I will continue using the lotion and suggests anyone who hasn't tried it yet they defiantly should give it a try.
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January 6, 2008

Pros:

Keeps my skin from being oily, minimizes the redness to a point, not sure if it stops the formation of pimples, but it definitely helped my skin stop producing as much oil as it has in the past.

Cons:

Can't wear it while out of the house, and sometimes its hard to wash off of the blemish.

Its good to use to keep the acne at bay and helps reduce redness. All I do is put it on at night before I go to bed and usually when I wake up most of it has flaked off but my skin isn't as red as it was the night before. Good spot treatment if you want to get rid of redness quickly. Just dab a little on, wait until it starts to dry and flake off, wash it off, and the redness should have gone down a lot. Definitely worth trying, because it doesn't irritate the skin and only takes around 15 mins to dry :)
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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 11, 2007

Pros:

affordable. smells good. works!

Cons:

sorta liquidyyy.

works great. i've had acne since i turned 11 (i am now 13), and a lady at the doctor's office told me to use it because it helped her daughters. i tried it on my forehead, which is the only place i get pimples (but there's enough to cover my whole face up there!), and it was gone the next day! i was so happy. :) everyone who has acne should try it.
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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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November 20, 2007

Pros:

Its Cheap And Works Great!

Cons:

Use Calldryl Its The Same Thing Only a Few dollars More And You Can Wear It All Day!!

I reccommend Calladryl More Cuz You Can Wear It all Day
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