Cetaphil : Gentle Skin Cleanser

I used this when I was on Accutane because of all the hype for this product. it didn't remove my makeup (concealer + mineral makeup) at all, even with a double cleanse. Expensive where I'm from as well.

I think I must have reacted to one of the ingredients in this cleanser. It was OK initially but after 4 days I had to stop using it because my skin was so red. I was using Cetaphil moisturiser as well - but this didn't help at all. One day after I stopped using the cleanser my skin improved and two days later the red patches had gone. Not as sensitive as it claims for some people! I looked at the ingredients after having used it and saw the long list of chemicals, which some reviews seem to think cause more problems than they solve. I'm now trying an all natural cleanser made by Pai - seems much better so far.

I loved this product for the first couple of weeks, it was absolutely amazing! Within the first week my pimples had disappeared and I had extremely severe acne, so I was so excited and happy to have found something that finally worked. But after the first week things started to go downhill for me- pimples popped up in places I've never had before, like my cheeks and the sides of my nose, and the acne on my forehead came back worse than ever, with cystic pimples literally everywhere. I kept using cetaphil in the hope that it would make them disappear like it did the first time but it just made things worse. Its hard for me to decide whether I would recommend this product because although it made putting on makeup so much easier, it caused more acne and redness because I had no choice but to pop them :( I'd say this is a quick fix acne solution rather than a long term one. It was a huge disappointment for me- I wouldn't recommend this product for those looking for long term relief.

This made my face itch and has SLS. Thank goodness I only bought the travel size

I have used this in the pass but in the last 2 year it didn't really work for acne and dosen't clean that deep, cause when i frist got facial the little acne comes out from like everywhere in my face! BUT MAYBE IT WORK FOR A NON TROPICAL COUNTRY

try it out everything will give you different results.

I'm a 28 year old male that has very sensitive skin. Between my teen years and to about 23 years old I had mild to moderate and fairly persistent acne. When I look back I think certain products (face washes bought at Boots etc) made it even worse. Anyway my skin started to clear up for the most part when I was 25. At the time I was using something called Nivea For Men - Sensitive Face Wash. The old formula (which has now apparently been discontinued in the UK; the new one is baaaaad) worked fairly well. I then moved to Pakistan for a while and discovered one of the best face washes I ever used which is known as 'Saeed Ghani Cucumber Face Wash'. I then moved back to the UK and so unfortunately it was no longer available. I then started using something called 'BioEnergy Aloe Vera Bath Gel'. This is in fact hands down the single best face wash (well, 'technically' a 'bath gel') I ever used in my life but unfortunately it was a hotel, single serving bath gel. Can you believe that? A simple hotel product was the best face wash I ever found, despite all the nonsense and marketing they have on mainstream OTC products. I tried going back to the Nivea for Men Sensitive Face Wash once the BioEnergy had finished but I learned that they had changed their formula and it broke me out. Dismayed, I tried a whole other bunch of products from shops and they all broke me out. Believe me, it wasn't just my skin being bad on its own, it was the products themselves. I even tried a product that gets recommended often: 'Olay Foaming Face Wash for Sensitive Skin' and that also broke me out. I didn't think anything was gonna work so I went back to plain old Palmolive soap. I don't break out with soap but the flipside is it makes my skin irritable and dry, all reddish looking. Not nice. So on a whim I decided to order Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser online and thank God it actually works. I've been using this product and since I've started I am again, at last, completely break out free. I don't think this product will take your acne away if you get it regardless of the products you use, but if your skin is anything like mine, it won't aggravate your skin and make it worse. My skin is dependent on the product entirely. Many things break me out but this one doesn't and so I'm finally clear again. There is one con however. I get a very very mild burning sensation when I use it in the shower. It's extremely mild but I do definitely get it. I still give this product five stars though because so many other crappy ones break me out so now that I've finally found something that works again it feels like a godsend. You should remember however that skin is very subjective, of course. Just because this worked for me doesn't mean that it will necessarily work for you. From my experience this is the third best face wash I've ever used. You can see them below: 1. BioEnergy - bath gel - aloe vera (Only available at some hotels!) 2. Saeed Ghani Cucumber Face Wash (Pakistan only) 3. Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser 4. Nivea Sensitive Face Wash for Men (OLD formula only; discontinued in the UK) Hope this helps! Good luck! UPDATE: I'm sorry but it seems I kind of jumped the gun with this product. I see from the review that I wrote this on September 25th, and I've been using the product for a full month now. Unfortunately I also break out with this product. The reason why I was so amazed by it at first was because it was definitely an improvement on what I was using before it, but sadly I still break out with this, just not as much. I really wish i still had access to Saeed Ghani Cucumber wash or that amazing 'BioEnergy' hotel product. Oh well, back to the drawing board in search of something that works...

I used this as a gentle cleanser to remove makeup, which it did so. But it broke me out, alot. Left this wierd film on my face. I am a naturally oily skinned person, but this just made my face an oil slick, it was grossssss.

This stuff feels gentle going on, no lather and no residue whatsoever. It really feels like putting a thin lotion on. I almost felt like it was TOO gentle. Afterwards though, my skin feels extremely dry (peeling in just a few minutes!). Be sure to follow up with a moisturizer if you use this.

I was persuaded by all the great reviews on this cleanser that I decided to try it for myself. At first I was very pleased with how gentle it was to my skin. However, I realized that it didn't remove all the impurites off my skin as I initially expected. The city where I live is among one of the most polluted cities in the world so I was raving for a cleanser which will help me cleanse my skin after a long day at school. Cetaphil failed to do that. After a few months of usage I quit and moved on with a new one. It is Oriflame's Pure Skin Scrub Face Wash which is so cooling. I'm loving it strongly recommended for acne sufferes (it has salicylic acid )