The product itself is far too drying, which is detrimental to both dry skin (my type) and perhaps even more harmful to oily/acne prone skin, as dehydration is often the underlying issue in these skin types. I ordered a 30 day kit just to try the product, HOWEVER, proactiv then surreptitiously enrolls you in a 3 month, 3 payment installment of proactiv entirely without your consent or knowledge. To make matters worse, once canceling, they continue to charge and ship the unwanted product to you until the cancellation has been processed, which takes 4-6 weeks. Yes, you read that correctly. You are still on the line for the product shipments you never ordered or wanted 4-6 weeks after cancellation. Perhaps proactive as a company should work to improve their product instead of trying to propagate sales and offload the product through such invasive and corrupt schemes.

DON'T DO IT. First off, I do not believe this "solution" is the quality it was 10 years ago. Proactive use to work wonders for me, as of today I've been using it for over 3 months and see absolutely no change in my skin. Secondly, no where did I read that after the initial $19.99 purchase that the next order will be $100... 3 payments of $35 come out of your account automatically over the course of 3 months. So, all in all, Proactive has cost me closer to $300 after overdraft fees that my bank charges because Proactive will be "pending" in your account for a week, and then the actual amount will be charged the following week. Not impressed at all. Don't waste your money. There are many free, natural ways to cure acne... lemon juice, baking soda... Proactive is NOT one of them!

So I just lost my extremely long, detailed review when I signed up to publish it (dang!)... but the bottom line was that this is amazing! So don't listen to all what I have to say (because I'm not retyping all that right now)... Just get out there and try it yourself! It's worth the try, especially if regular acne washes and regimens haven't worked for you, or if you have moderately sensitive, scarred, combination skin like me. I've suffered from mild to moderately severe acne since age 11, and now I'm 20, and this is the only thing I've tried that I would ever highly recommend to anyone. Screw the details, just take my word for it, fellow-acne and scar suffering friend! It felt like a miracle after all those years of feeling like a leper... and I'm only less than a month into it! TIP: If you are somewhat sensitive to benzoyl peroxide, use the 3rd step only every other day. I use the rest of the steps only once a day, as I know my sensitive acne-prone skin wont' tolerate more washing than that. Now, my skin looks brighter, smoother, pores smaller, no blackheads, no new zits for a couple weeks, almost all of my awful jawline acne scars/peeling sores have disappeared. The wash feels great, not over-drying (I can stand to wait awhile to put moisturizer on afterward, rather than needing moisturizer instantly afterwards). The sulfur is much nicer and gentler than salicylic acid or benzoyl peroxide in a wash. There's absolutely no burn and you don't have to use hardly any, just a nice sized dot on your fingertip, so it's very cost effective. The toner doesn't burn either, and it feels clean, refreshing, brightening, and minimizing of pores. The dual treatment feels amazing, even though I can only use it every other day. It evens and brightens and somewhat even somehow seems to deeply moisturize my skin like nothing else, be sure to let it penetrate and dry a minute or two before applying moisturizer so they don't mix together and make a roly-poly, peely, white sunscreen mess.. It makes my skin literally glow all day. The moisturizer is the nicest I've ever encountered, it doesn't make my skin itch nor shine, and it doesn't make me want to rinse it off either. There is a sort of "residue", kind of like some primers, but it's not an irritating one at all. I really really like that the white of the zinc in the sunscreen further evens and brightens my skin tone. It feels more like a nice primer than a thick greasy lotion. The best parts about this regimen is the lack of discomfort, itchiness, irritation, burning, sloughing, peeling, tiring, dehydrating, and drying and merely managerial abilities of harsher meds, and the effectiveness of keeping acne from surfacing or appearing to begin with... None of the useless spot treatment mentality!

Not only does the product cost at a strange price, it also makes you break out after a month. ALSO this company has been sending me extra packages I did NOT purchase, as well as bill me each month 50$ for the face washes I did NOT buy. I had called every time I had received this bill and asked them to withdraw my "purchase" as well as cancel it. They complied, but I STILL receive bills each month. WHEN WILL THIS NIGHTMARE END?! PLEASE SAVE YOURSELF THE TROUBLE. DON'T PURCHASE

I just started using X-Out and I'm starting to get worried because the only reviews I've seen are negative. I used Proactive + before and saw no results, unless I skipped a day or something then my face got way worse. I really like the cooling feeling of X-Out, so now I am wondering if x-out is as bad as every review says it is. Any positive opinions??

In high school, I used the Clinique acne system for around two years and I loved it. It always worked for me and did wonders to clear my skin up. However, during my first year of college, my skin blew up. It started off really gradual, but it kept getting worse and worse. I stopped using the Clinique system to try and find something else, but nothing really worked. Just as I was getting past the point of desperation, I decided to try Acne.org. I've been using it for almost 3 months now and I absolutely love it. It started to clear my skin within the first few weeks and continued on until I had no breakouts left. The only bad thing is that it really dried my skin out, but that goes away. I highly recommend this product to anyone out there who is struggling like I was. It changed my life and I know it can change yours!

I tried this item for a month and did nothing for me. I had very light acne, this product just made it worse.

I have very little acne and thought Proactiv would help make it totally go away but using it for 2 days, my face completely broke out. To make it worst, it made my skin so dry. I called customer service to cancel the automatic shipments and when I told the person on the other line what I was experiencing she told me that breaking out more with Proactiv is completely normal. Now they tell me. I wouldn't recommend this product to anyone.

In my experience, Proactive was an ok product at best. It did leave my skin feeling cleaner, but overtime I lost that feeling. Proactive improved my skin for about a week, then stopped working. My acne is pretty stubborn and resistant, and Proactive just couldn't deliver. If you have oily acne-prone skin, I would not recommend this product. Chances are, it will do little more than leave your face feeling fresh, and it doesn't even do that well. It might work for others with less severe acne, but I don't think it's worth the amount of money it costs.

I am a 39 year old pre-medapause and never had acne in my life time. Now that I am going through this change I broke out so bad I would not leave my house. I was desprate. I tried everything out there and nothing worked. I then found this I LOVE THIS PRODUCT. Now my face is clear. I have been using it for 5 months.