Clarisonic : Cleansing Brush

I purchased the Clarisonic Mia and after using it for 5 days day and night I have seen a drastic change in my skin. I'm 17 and struggle with blackheads, scars, and jawline/chin cystic acne. I'm currently using Retin A micro and Aczone, and the clarisonic is gentle enough not to irritate my retinol treated skin. The only con I can find is that before makeup my skin is so polished and soft it is as reflective as glass, and this is saying something as my face doesn't normally shine. I would reccomend this to everyone!! I use it with a salycilic acid scrub

I bought and used the regular Clairsonic a year ago and used my regular anti-acne cleansers. I broke out badly for several weeks and quit using the brush for several months. Over the summer, I decided to try again with a different cleanser. Once combined with Clarins shea butter cleanser and used 1x/day about 5 days per week, the Clairsonic works wonders. I can't help but think that the massive breakouts were due to my skin overproducing oil in reaction to being so thoroughly cleansed; the Clarins product kept my skin well moisturized and calm. Consider that using cheap, harsh, or chemical-based products may be your problem, not the Clairsonic itself.

I bought the Clarisonic a few months ago, and have been using it in conjunction with Dermalogica special cleansing gel morning and night. I have always had a few spots but my skin had deteriorated in the last 6 months, to the point where I never had totally clear skin days anymore, by the time one round of spots had healed, the next round had already appeared, it would probably be described as moderate acne I suppose. So the Clarisonic - my skin texture improved for the first few days, but then the purge began. Prior to using the Clarisonic, I was aware of clusters of little bumps under my skin, which were obviously potential spots but were dormant most of the time and so I'd pretty much forgotten about them. The Clarisoinc brought everything to the surface. This was bizarre because the spots were like cystic acne, which I've never had before, and it was relatively relentless for a few weeks, (probably 3/4). I came very close to giving up, feeling incredibly disheartened, but I think the only advice to heed at this purge time is to be sensible with the Clarisonic, don't stop using it but do avoid any angry spots or healing scabs (the motion will whip scabs straight off, prolonging the healing period). Anyway the point is that after this pretty horrible purge, my skin is amazing. It is soft, and glow-y, and totally clear, and just looks more plump and radiant. I have never had skin like this in my life! The Clarisonic is my new addiction! It seems obvious now that to achieve skin that looks this healthy, you have to clear out residual muck, which is the purging, but it does not feel so logical at the time. Stick with it! The Clarisonic is not a quick fix but it does work, or at least it did for me!

I purchased the clarisonic mia at sephora for 119.00 and bought the sensitive brush for 25.00 about 2 months ago. I have been using the pure by philosophy cleanser along with it and have been having great results. I only use it at night and just the pure cleanser by itself in the morning. I am very pleased and everyone has been telling me my skin looks great! It is expensive so my sister and I went in half's for it and we just bought out own brushes. So thats always an option if you want it and a roommate or family member would like it too. Overall I would defenity reconmend it to anyone with acne or that just wants to keep their skin bright and clean.

I have been breaking out a bit I hear from reviews it will go away sO hopefully it will clear up. I usually don't get acne but I do occasionally :)

I have used this product for about a month. I am 17 and have had stubborn acne that wouldnt go away since i was about 11. I have tried everything. I was hoping this would change that. When i use it every night and morning i see a diffrence.. but if not used consistantly, you wont see results. I did have some intial purging. Due to the extreme exfoliation, scabs are so slow to heal. If you pick at your face and get scabs, this will make the scabs and stuff take longer to heal.

I finally bought this with my Christmas money and I really don't regret it, my face has never been so clean or bright. I have really oily skin, huge pores, a lot of redness, and the Mia has really helped. It hasn't stopped my acne (hormonal) but then it never promised too, but the spots clear up much faster. It has also visibly cleared my pores and freshened me up. I have also been using Differin cream for ages which usually leaves a lot of dryness, and the Mia really helps buff away all the dry skin. I would really recommend it, but obviously it is hugely expensive. Also a word of warning - start slowly, maybe using it once every two days, and gradually build up. I learned the hard way (bright red, sore face!)

I got the brush over a year ago when my acne was fairly bad. I used it for 3 months and it just made my acne worse - redder and more sore. I got the dermacleanse system and took the capsules and used their cream and liquid exfoliator for my blackheads and stopped using the clarisonic for 6 months and my acne cleared up totally. Since my acne cleared up a few months ago I started using the clarisonic a few times a week after wearing a ton of makeup or after a good workout where i'm really sweaty on my face. and now this works really well. If you have blackheads or a little acne I think it works really well but if your acne is really bad you need to not exfoliate it hard with this brush and do something herbal or medicinal to take care of it.

After giving the device time to work its wonders it lives up to the good everything everyone said about it.

I am only in my second week of using the clarisonic. Last week, my skin looked great, better than it has in the past three years. Now, though, since two nights ago, I washed my face like I have been usually for one minute and gentle...and when I woke up the next morning, my face was tomato-red. It felt and looked like I left Nair on my face for way too long. I thought I was scrubbing too hard, but when I looked at my skin closely I could tell that I am going through the purge part of this. It is disgusting! Thankfully the redness has gone down, but I've been reading a lot of reviews and a lot of you have said that the breakouts never go away. I really hope that this is just a phase and that from here on out, my skin will get better like it was in the first week!