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

My face got much worse at first. I became depressed with all the acne on my face. After about two weeks I began to notice improvement. It's been almost a month now and my skin feels a lot smoother, the scars are fading away. I still get one or two pimples but they clear away in a few days (versus months, sometimes). I have also switched all of the products that I use on my face. I only use products that say Non-comedogenic or non-acnegenic, and oil-free (including my foundation). I use benzoyl peroxide for spot treatment when I have a pimple. I do plan to continue using this prodct, but I am cautious not to overuse it (just a little before bed time).

Yaz in combination with Ziana really helped!

this stuff stinks. and i don't mean it smells bad - this gel does not work. at least, not for me. not only does it feel sticky, but it leaves my skin feeling very oily and seems to have made my pores larger. my skin looks awful. i'm throwing ziana in the trash. it might just all be in my head. this stuff has made me stress out so bad i'm breaking out on my neck! i'm going back to tazorac.

I've been patient using this topic retinoid since its the first one I've ever used. However, after patience for almost 2 months my skin has no improved and still gets dries even after copious amounts of moisturizer. I only rated it high for affordability because my dermatologist gave me a huge bag of samples, I'm happy I didnt pay for this crap.

I used this for whiteheads that randomly started plaguing me when I turned 28. It honestly works. I've had my ups and downs with it, but the problem has pretty much cleared up after about a year of consistent use. In terms of agreeability, this stuff surprisingly caused virtually no irritation when I first started using it. After over a year, however, I've noticed it giving me a notable amount of redness and flaking on the corners of my forehead. Also, it never worked on my nose. On the contrary, it started giving me rosacea/seb derm-type symptoms (flushing, broken capillaries, severe flaking, red blotchy skin and small red bumps) after using it every night for about 7 months. My derm said this was impossible and prescribed some metrogel thinking I was showing early signs of rosacea. I'm Indian...so...yeah...not likely. Knowing the real problem, I stopped applying the Ziana to my nose and the symptoms are only now beginning to fade. Wasn't a pleasant situation.

I was prescribed this acne gel. At first, it dried out my skin terribly and made me break out worse then ever before. I was going to stop using it, but then i realized it made everything better. After about 6 months, my face was perfectly clear. I decided to keep using it just in case the pimples decided to come back. That was a mistake! Now i am almost back to where i started. I used it on my forehead and now it's covered. My advice- don't use it when you don't need it.

I'm not going to be too quick to lay the blame squarely on Ziana, but I started using Ziana about three days ago, after my dermatologist prescribed it for me. By the second night after I started to use it, I got an allergic reaction on my arms and wrist area (like hives). I thought it was too odd of a place for it to be from Ziana and chalked it up to eating something I didn't know I was allergic to. It went away very quickly. Last night was the third night and today, I'm having a very bad allergic reaction. This time it's on my face as well. Unfortunately my derm isn't available on weekends so I have to wait until next week to get any answers from him, but I'm not sure if it's from Ziana. I'm hoping it's not. I'm not going to use it tonight and see what happens. Has this occured to anyone else? Or maybe someone you know of with not only Ziana but any acne prescription? I've never had an allergic reaction to anything else before, so it's really odd for me.<

i did have sever acne, and i didnt know what to do, i went to my dermatologist, and she recomended ziana. the first time i used it, it worked like magic! it took a week, and my face was completley clear. i stopped using it over the summer, because the warning on the back was : dont use while being exposed to major amounts of sunlighgt. it was okay, because my acne was never theat bad in the summer. i started using it again this fall, it was horrible! my skin turned red and oily! and even worse when i put cover up on, my entire face peeled! ziana ended up not working anymore, so if you use it, dont stop! your face will break out worse then it was!

Today make on week and so far no dramatic results. In the past Duac and Tretinoin worked wonders but I am seeing a derm and prescribed ziana first. So, well shall see and I will keep you posted.

I used proactive along with birth control pills for years and my skin was always "ok". It was by no means great but it wasn't the worst. I had to be taken off the birth control pills and within a matter of weeks my skin was atrocious. I dealt with it with over the counter products for a year before I gave up and went to see a derm. He prescribed Duac and Ziana - alternating between the two each night. My skin definitely got worse before it got better however I see no overall great improvement. Instead of getting big, monster pimples I just have lots of smaller ones. I placed a lot of hope in this product and it let me down. My dermatologist said it would take about 3 months to see results. it's been 5 and i'm no better off. Maybe it works miracles for some people but it didn't do anything for me. I'm going to see a new dermatologist this week.