Duac : Clindamycin (1.2%) and Benzoyl Peroxide (5%) Gel

My acne was BAD . It was EVERYWHERE !! It got bad about 7 months ago . & i have every in store product in my house , but none of them worked . Forreal , i gave each of them 2 weeks . & if anything it got worse ! It became a self esteam issue . So i went too the dermotologist . BEST THING I EVER DID ! Trust me . They gave me Duac gel , Retin-a , & a pill called doxycycline . Its amazing ! It has cleared my skin like nothing else . It is VERY reccomended .

Basically It worked really well for me though you cant avoid to have 1 or 2 pimples once and a while. I hate the way you cant travel with it or it goes off because it not in the fridge, but it really does work it wont be magic but it works I feel much more confident. Started to see the difference the 1st week but my acne was only light maybe medium but it says you will see difference on week 3 or 4 I really recommend trying this out,

So recently (for the past 4 months) ive had reaaally bad acne and thats weird for me because i never really break out, and i was getting tired of it, i tried 5 other products in the past 4 months and nothing was working but my mom got this from our doctor she said to try it and i said why not because it cant really get worse and i did and it totally worked! im so glad because i was getting even more stressed out by trying even more products that it would end up with me having more acne, but now i feel way more secure myself, i use burts bees face wash before applying

I use it as a very effective spot treatment. I combine it with alpha hydrox sometimes to prevent a small pimple from getting any bigger...and it always works.

This REALLY works!!! Cleared up my skin 99% when paired with doxycycline. Your skin will be crusty at first (and I'm oily) so you'll need an awesome moisturizer. The only problem is the more mosturizer I used, the less effective benzaclin was.when mosturizing, focus on your dry areas like around your mouth, chin, eyebrows, etc. I REALLY like the Beauty Without Cruelty oil-free mosturizer because it doesn't sting or leave your skin oily. Make sure you moisturize AFTER you use the benzaclin and not before. If you're really desperate to find a cheap moisturizer, try Neotrogena Sensitive skin oil-free. It takes away the crustyness and doesn't sting, but it leaves an oily residue. Cetaphil and CeraVe don't work with benzaclin, and tend to give you pin-sized whiteheads. Good luck!

Many people on here had a bad reaction to this. The reality of acne medicines is everything works differently on everyone. Just because something burned your face into smithereens doesn't mean it won't work for someone else. When you use any face product, you are taking a risk. If you put it all over your face and you have a bad reaction -- I'm sorry and I've been there -- but it's your, not your Derm. or the product's, fault. ALWAYS test a product on a small part of your face when using any product. With that out of the way, onto my experience. I'm almost 16 and have had acne since 10 or 11. It wasn't until my freshman year that it got bad. I mean really, really bad. Moderately severe -- cysts, pimples, blackheads, whiteheads --- the whole deal. I've tried everything under the sun and this was the only thing that cleared me up and I'm ecstatic. I had begun to lose hope. I still have a few small zits and the occasional cyst, but it's nothing to what I had and I'm very content with my face. The only things that still bother me are blackheads and scarring. My routine is this: Morning- 1.Wash face with Adovia Dead Sea Mud Soap 2. Apply Cetaphil moisturizer (sometimes with Aloe Vera Gel) Night- 1. Use Pond's Cold Cream to remove eye makeup 2. Wash face and remove foundation with Adovia Soap 3. Apply Cetaphil moisturizer 4. Apply Duac (Ps. My Derm. gave me a box full of samples and I have not yet purchased the product. I have enough samples to last me several months.)

I have had acne for almost 10 years and out of all the millions of products I have tried this one is the only one worth noting. It LITERALLY clears my skin like magic like I will go from hideous break out to almost completely clear skin within a week of using this it is amazing! It does cause slight drying and irritation but in kind of a satisfying way (as weird as that sounds) because you can see and feel it demolishing all of the acne and potential acne on your skin and as the dry layer washes away you are left with fresh new clear skin! I cannot stress enough how effective this stuff is- I actually suspect it is magic.

It did wonders for a couple of months, when I first started using it, but after that "honeymoon stage" it all went downhill. I have continued to use it, in the hopes that maybe it will help again, but to no avail! Of course everyone's skin is different, but it certainly hasn't been worth the money to me for the past several months.

I started getting acne after I stopped using birth control pills. In the matter of 2 months my hormonal acne quickly went from mild do moderately severe. I went to the dermatologist and I started using Duac in December of 2010 and April 2011 my skin was completely clear with the exception of hyperpigmentation marks from previous acne. By May 2011 my skin was completely clear and hyperpigment-free. My regimen consisted of the following: -AM- Cerave cleanser & pat dry Duac gel all over face Murad skin perfecting lotion -PM- Cerave cleanser & pat dry Ziana gel all over face Cerave PM facial moisturizing lotion **I also had 2 chemical peels performed at my dermatologists office during the first 6 weeks of my treatment. These were TERRIBLE and made my skin much worse. My doctor then suggested I have a pulsed light/heat energy therapy treatment. I had two sessions of this and noticed great improvement after each one. **Occasionally I would use the Proactive refining mask as a spot treatment over night after my Cerave lotion if I had large pimple coming on. **Occasionally I would use CVS brand 10% benzoyl peroxide acne spot gel in the AM after my Murad lotion if I had a cluster of small pimples. I followed this regimen religiously for 5 months and my stubborn acne that I thought would never go away was finally gone. Also, even though it is not recommended my dermatologists, I think that being in the sun during the month of May really helped to fade my hyperpigmentation spots. I originally thought they only appeared faded because I got a sun tan but now that my tan has faded quite a bit it is obvious that the marks have indeed faded as well.

It worked greatt!