Neutrogena : On-the-Spot Acne Treatment (Old Formula)

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Reviews
3.5
673 Reviews

Active Ingredient:
Benzoyl Peroxide (2.5%).

Inactive Ingredients:
Water, Bentonite, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glycerin, Emulsifying Wax NF, Polysorbate 20, Glyceryl Laurate, Cetyl Dimethicone, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Citrate, Disodium EDTA, Citric Acid, Methylparaben, Propylparaben.

The list of ingredients above is provided for informational purposes only. Always check the actual product label in your possession for the most accurate ingredient information due to product changes or upgrades that may not yet be reflected on our web site.

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8.3%

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March 12, 2013

Pros:

No smell.

Cons:

Broke out more.
Dried out skin.
Increased redness.
Pimple stayed around longer than it would have if i didn't apply the treatment.

It didn't work for me.
February 17, 2013

Pros:

No smell

Cons:

Burning feeling that lingers slightly
Made pimples worse
Irritation

I used this about two years ago (felt like I needed to put my two cents in) on this one spot on my chin. It burned a little, but I just shrugged it off since I thought it was just the product working. When I woke up in the morning, my chin felt a bit swollen. A day or so later, my chin had swollen into a half dollar sized boil. I went to the doctor and got some antibiotics for it. It went away in about a week and a half. I still have a dark scar from it.
December 4, 2012

Pros:

None

Cons:

- Very small tube
- Overpriced
- Cannot be used for the whole face
- Makes your skin dry as a lizard esp during winter
- Doesn't eliminate acne

Do not use this item if you want to get rid of facial acne. It does not seem to eliminate it, I used it for 2 weeks, it made no difference to my skin but I got an eye infection after it badly irritated m eyes and made my skin really very dry. It sucks!
August 9, 2012

Pros:

Doesn't smell

Cons:

Burned my skin
Left huge red blotches on my face
Acne looks untouched

Don't buy this! Immediately after I put it on my acne areas my skin started burning. After I washed it off, I was started to see there were red blotchy circles exactly where I put the acne treatment before. It looks horrible and my acne still remains :(
March 26, 2012

Pros:

Easy to apply
Smells good
Relatively inexpensive

Cons:

DRYING
Doesn't work (if it does, very slowly)

I have very light but stubborn acne that's very difficult to conceal. This product only made my acne redder, and stopped it from forming, didn't treat it. I would recommend this product for harboring future acne, if it weren't sooooo drying! I have very VERY oily skin, and go through much make-up and oil sheets a day and this product managed to extremely dry it out. Even with a lot of moisturizer (applied almost hourly) the areas where I applied the spit treatment were so flaky, concealer couldn't cover it, and water couldn't sooth the burning. Furthermore, I've tried almost everything, from prescription to store-bought to online orders, and there are MANY products with a higher amount of benzoyl peroxide that are much gentler than this! I highly recommend Clean & Clear spot treatments. They are more specific to YOUR problems, not only fight acne but prevent it and fade past marks, and work much better and much faster for a much smaller price.
February 20, 2012

Pros:

- Did not over dry my skin
- No smell

Cons:

- Didn't help my acne at all
- Left a thin film of skin over my pimples
- Left scars

I bought this a couple weeks before graduation in desperate need to get rid of this huge pimple on my cheek. I used it before I went to bed and in the morning when I woke up. It didn't work at all. I saw no improvement in that one pimple. It probably irritated it even more. It also left a thin film of skin that COVERED my pimple. The only way to get rid of my pimple was to peel the skin off so I that skin didn't block it. Doing that made me scar so either way it didn't work. The only good thing was that I didn't smell anything and it didn't dry the rest of my skin. Other than that, don't waste your time or money.
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February 7, 2012

Pros:

None

Cons:

Leaves a white residue
Balls up when moisturizing
Expensive
Dries to quickly

Just don't do it! The fact is you will be wasting your money. It balls up and flakes off so easily. Not worth the time or effort.
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January 22, 2012

Pros:

none...

Cons:

leaves white streaks. balls up when applying moisturizer. extremely expensive. runs out quickly... need i go on?

If you are on the regimen and can afford to go through a tube of this probably every few weeks, you might as well buy Dan's BP because in reality you're going to save so much money and it works so much better. Dan's BP is a gel, which goes on perfectly and invisibly. This stuff is a cream so you have to rush to apply it and even then it still dries and leaves white streaks. Then just when you think it's dry, you apply your moisturizer, only to find out it wasn't really dry because it's balling up and coming off again. Ugh! don't waste your money people.
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November 11, 2011

Pros:

Smells Nice
Cheap

Cons:

Doesn't do anything

This is the first acne treatment I have ever bought (when I was 10 now im 12). It's the smallest f**king tube ever and IT DOESNT DO ANYTHING. Since it's a cream, it didn't absorb it just dried into a little crust on my face. DON'T PURCHASE THIS PRODUCT.
August 11, 2011

Pros:

none :(

Cons:

it itched
nothing happened
it smelled funny

this product didnt do anything for my face. i have one pimple in the middle off my face and its huge and red and i read on line that bp can make your face redder so i found this wich had low bp in it and it did nothing. i need help i start junior high in 5 days and i need something that will work fast can someone help me!!!!!!!!!