Ziana : Clindamycin (1.2%) and Tretinoin (.025%) Gel

I was originally prescribed Adoxa and Ziana together. I hate swallowing pills so Adoxa didnt work out for me but I continued to just use Ziana. Bottom line is that this product is a miracle worker! I never had an initial bad breakout. Ive had this stubborn moderate acne for years...especially on my chin. This product made the most persisant acne disappear. Im hoping with time some of the scaring will go down, but I can actually go out without make up now! AMAZING...girls you know how annoying it is to spend 20 mins applying makeup just to conceal all of your blemishes..and constantly looking in the mirror throughout the day to check on your makeup coverage. This product has taken away the stress of having acne. You have to try it for atleast 2 months. At about 7 weeks my skin was CLEAR. I get an occasion break out now and again, but it's tiny and doesn't bother me at all. People are even noticing how glowing my skin is now.The only downside is that even if you use a little of this product it still dries the skin. Ive even had dry eyelids...pretty weird. Just get some Eucerin Hand Cream and dab a little bit onto the dry part of your face and it will keep your skin hydrated all day. It hasn't cloged my pores either or caused more breakouts. Go get Ziana, totally happy I use this product. If you have body acne, dont forget to put ziana on it at night also.

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 Ziana in December of 2010 and April 2011 my skin was completely clear with the exception of hyperpigmentation marks from precious 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, I got this prescribed after a 2 month regimen of antibiotics and Aczone that left my skin a bit dry and confused looking (dry and scaly in some spots, red and sensitive in others, with residual acne fighting to stay put). I told my derm I noticed more whiteheads during my initial treatment which I barely ever had before treatment and she said this would help remove these and reduce acne scarring from the flares before and during my treatment. (had 2 major flares) I also decided to ween off the antibiotics and stop using much of the aczone unless absolutely necessary for returning acne, but and as soon as I introduced this my skin flaked slightly, though in a few days I noticed my skin "breathed" better and it felt like a layer of the dry damaged skin had been lifted. It just felt more sensitive to the air, and pores felt open and clean. I looked up reviews and saw all sort of reactions listed, yet mine seemed to clean up my skin from a lot of left over junk and dryness from the treatment. Now 4 months later I use this every other day and I think it's helped keep my skin clear. My skin is amazing now and my scars have cleared up significantly. I am naturally tan/olive and scarred very easily, this has evened my skin out. The tube also lasts so long, since you apply very little of it to work. Also my skin has adjusted to it, it's no longer sensitive as it was at first. A quick tip, do make sure you add moisturizer to you regimen (I use a generic drug-store brand without oil or scent and it works fantastic and dries up clean in no time) The combo is perfect to keep my skin glowy (and it does make it glowy) Side perk I hear this is prescribed for wrinkles as well, I am in my early 30s and don't have many but if this helps stave these off as well as keep it acne free- hey!)

I was provided this product by my dermatologist and initially I was very excited. I was instructed to use a pea size amount for my face each evening. I used the product as directed and my acne became worse day by day. The type of acne I suffer from is primarily hormonal and is cystic in nature (essentially, I get giant knots on my face that will remain for weeks; no whitehead forms; very painful; I mean very painful). The acne became so bad that it was painful to talk, eat, and just throbbed throughout the day. I stopped using this product after one month and I am now trying Aczone as a result. Although this product did not work for me, I anticipate that many others could be successful with Ziana. Unfortunately, I was not so lucky. I hope you all find this to be helpful information.

I used this for 2 months and it completely ruined my skin :( as soon as i stopped using my skin got bak to normal.. i regret trying this

I just turned 22 years old and have been battling pimples, acne, whiteheads, black heads - you name it, since puberty. I've seen dermatologists since I was 12 and tried a million different things, and nothing has worked until I tried Ziana. This is A MIRACLE. Seriously, I've never had such amazing results in so little time - 2 weeks and for so little money - ZERO dollars! I wish this stuff had come out ten years ago and maybe I wouldn't have been much more confident about my appearance in high school and college. I recommend this to anyone, heck I'll even be their spokeswoman!

First off, I thought it was important to review this product to warn others of what I experienced. I have had mild acne for years. Its never been really bad, but it is very persistent. After about a two weeks on ziana my face broke out everywhere. At first I was optimistic, hoping this would be the IB that many experience. However, it also made my skin SUPER OILY. It was this that really irritated me and made it impossible for me to go outside during any type of heat. After about six weeks of continually breaking out I decided to stop considering my acne was WORSE THAN IT HAD EVER BEEN and honestly my skin just didn't feel "healthy" with all that oil. I have now been off Ziana for about a week and a half and things are slowly starting to go back to normal. I would be CAUTIOUS when using a product as strong as this. Look at your acne in the mirror and ask yourself if it is really that bad b/c honestly I personally do not think my skin warranted being that broken out for three months only to POSSIBLY be cleared. Sometimes its better to just let it be. Also, my dermatologist gave my absolutely no warning of the havoc this would wreck on my skin! I'm definitely checking acne.org before I put anything on my face again!

I had doubts about Ziana at first. The gel didn't seem very convincing. I had swollen pimples on my forehead and the worst BACKNE ever. Every night I applied a thin layer to my back right after showering and waited about 15 seconds to dry before putting on my clothes then going to sleep. in about a a week and a half, MY ACNE WAS GONE! Great Great GREATNESS! ;{D

I've been on Ziana for about two months now and it has made my acne more inflamed, visible and itchy where it existed before and has given rise to another patch of acne on the other cheek as well which is equally monstrous and seemingly intractable. I was on a Differin/Duac/Doryx regimen that worked pretty well at one point but my dermatologist recommended Ziana, as I wanted something that was a little bit stronger and had been off the DDD combo for around half a year for various insurance reasons. While I appreciate free things, I do not appreciate Ziana, as it has made my acne a lot worse. If possible I would give it a rating of 0. I am going to switch to lemon juice and hope for the best, as the Benozyl Peroxide solution I have been taking has not been up to par either...ugh.

After my face was ruined by proactive, my damatg. prescribed ziana. it has been two months and i already seen a great difference.my complextion is glowing and my face looks healthier. I use neutrogena (pore refining cleanser and toner followed by moisturizer) during the day and ziana at nights. great results!!