Worked great! but then again, it is not an acne fighting Company. Great for sensitive skin though
A few weeks ago I used the acne.org Glycolic Acid for 4 consecutive days...oops! My skin started peeling/flaking, it was dry and I all the moisture was sucked out of my skin. #lessonlearned. I stopped using all my acne.org products and used this Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser for 2 weeks. My skin is back to being soft and supple but I still need to treat my acne. I am still using this cleanser but I am slowly adding back my acne.org Benzoyl Peroxide. It's been 3 days and so far it working just fine. I am going to use this cleanser until I run out and then go back to the acne.org cleanser since it is tailored for the regimen.
I have mild acne that is very stubborn. In my case this did not clear my skin.. but does feel like your skin is being cleaned.
I've owned and used this cleanser for over 6 months now. I have combination skin, with acne and blackheads.
While it does cleanse my skin without leaving it irritated or tight, I have not seen any change in my acne while using it - although my acne is probably hormonal. [redacted]
edited 17/03/21
I have this before, since most youtubers love and rave about it and also my mom's friend recommend to me (when I used to have really bad acne), so I gave it a shot. I don't remember too much about it (since I used it a long time ago but somehow used up two bottles of original and knock off brand) but the three things that I remember were: it left this uncomfortable film feeling, kinda dried out parts of my face, and somehow it kinda stings (which SURPRISINGLY this is supposed to be GENTLE and be suitable for every skin type). Since it is a liquid cleanser, I felt that you have to used more inorder to take off all of the makeup.
I would probably try this out again in a travel size to see how my skin will react to it since I have hardly any breakouts...but yet again I don't wanna take the risk..
My current regimen:
Morning: Nothing (unless if there's a special event then gently cleanse with soap bar for 30 to 45 seconds, rinse, pat dry, and moisturize). If skin feeling tight/dry then slap on moisturizer (current fav vanicream cream).
Night: Cleanse with dove soap bar. If had makeup, then cleanse twice for 30 seconds. Every 2 to 5 days (or just when my skin needs it) exfoliate with a device (a baby rag towelette or hand glove exfoliate). Then use moisturizer (current fav vanicream cream).
Budget friendly?: Depending of where you buy it at, also if you get the generic brand of it.
Does it do its purpose?: Cleansing the skin, yea but its comes down to what type of skin the person has.
Would recommend?: Probably not...but then again EVERYONE skin is different.
Overall, I would probably suggest to try out the travel size and see how it goes from there (so that you don't have to spend the whole bottle), to see if you need to wash twice a day, once a day, and so on.
At first, my impression is that Cetaphil has a watery texture so I need to put a little more amount than I should because the formula slips between my fingers so in that situation is a minus point for me because its such a waste knowing that this product is way too expensive and too mainstream esp here in my country PH (shout out to the 'kuripot' people out there haha). Second is that when I rub it on my face, I can't feel that its doing anything on my face (yeah because its GENTLE psh! hihi) because I like the feeling of stripping the excess oils and dirts off my face. Third is I can't see any improvement on my face. Maybe because this is not the product for me or for people who suffers from adult hormonal acne.
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The reason why this cleanser stings when you put it on your skin is because your acidic mantle is disrupted. Our skin is naturally acidic (4.0-5.5 range). Your skin is alkaline due to dove which falls in a 7-8 range, not good. Your skin gets dry, leading to more dead skin cells that trap your sticky sebum aka oil under the pore, and bam acne. You should be using an appropriate ph-cleanser like this one actually which is a 6.5. You are def. doing the right thing by keeping your cleanse for 30-40 seconds good job love. Just once a day cleanse at the sink and in the shower never let water touch your face, that dries skin out (making a ph of 7) causing more dead layers of dead skin, leading to acne. Why do u think acne meds break you out before u get better? bc its shedding tons of layers of dead skin in which acne is underneath. How to solve the problem? this cleanser for 30 to 60 seconds once a night or once in the morning and melting/patting a moisturizer in your skin. you'll see your acne coming to the surface and think its the products breaking u out, NO YOUR DEAD SKIN IS SHEDDING DUE TO YOU JUST ADDING WATER AND OIL WHICH OUR SKIN NEEDS TO PROPERLY SHED. UNDERSTAND? READ MY ABOUT ME SECTION ANF GET OF ACNE FOR GOOD.