This is good to treat existing breakout, but lousy as a preventative. Redness and swelling is reduced overnight. Mildly dries out my skin. I am often afraid to use this medication because I've ruined towels and clothing even after thoroughly washing my hands. It's also made my eyebrows significantly lighter.

I've been using the product for over two months, and for the first 3 weeks, my skin was clearing up, but then suddenly a huge breakout occurred. I started using neutrogena cream face wash, which cleared a lot of my acne, then I went back to the regimen. after 4 more weeks, I've been having rashes and my eyes are swollen are dry and my skin looks horrible, I've been skipping school because of how depressed I am and I have seriously considered suicide because of my skin. Please avoid using this product and go to a dermatologist if you don't want to take chances.

I had read such brilliant reviews about quinoderm, and since duac had stopped working for me, I bought some. Really cheap which is great, and the percentage that I had was 5% (then I upped to 10%). Unlike duac, with quinoderm I did suffer from very peely and dry skin, aswell as it making my skin very red, almost as if I had been burnt. I used it consistently despite the dryness for around two months but I did not see any improvement in my skin. Real shame because it has worked perfectly for one of my good friends!

The short version is: I normally have cystic acne, and bp is the only thing that cleared me up. Make sure you use enough (this is sooo important!), and it takes about a month for results to show. The amount you need depends on the severity of your acne, so if you're still not clearing up, INCREASE THE DOSAGE. The long version for those who are interested: I've had moderate/severe acne for 10 years. I would always have at least 2-3 active acne lesions on my face at one time, but they were always cystic, and would be extremely big, painful and take at least 2 weeks to heal. They also left scars (I'm Asian so I would always get very bad hyperpigmentation that stay for more than 2 years!) so my skin always looked terrible. I could never bear to show my skin to anyone, even my family, unless I was wearing a concealer. Even then I couldn't conceal my acne and scars completely and I hated taking pictures, making eye contact, etc. I've tried pretty much everything for my acne. Off the top of my head, I've tried salicylic acid, tea tree oil, topical tretinoin, topical and oral antibiotics, various cleansers, zinc, honey mask, ground flaxseed (I hoped this would lower my androgen levels), and even Accutane. NONE of these worked except Accutane, but it was only temporary - when I stopped my acne came back with a vengeance. (note i was on a low dose however) I think the only thing i haven't tried is hormonal pills. I had also tried Neutrogena on-the-spot benzoyl peroxide cream. Then I looked back and realised that the time when my skin was at its best (although I still broke out a lot!) was when I used Neutrogena bp, but I used a thin layer because it would ball up so much. After reading about the regimen I realised I needed to use more, but I was scared to increase the dosage because even the thin layer of bp would leave my skin red. I bought Panoxyl gel (bp 2.5%) at first. I thought it would be the same as the acne.org gel since it's the same concentration. I slowly increased the amount I used but my skin peeled soooo badly and was extremely red, and I had red streaks everywhere on my face - they were open wounds where the skin had peeled off. Basically my skin was absolutely awful and my skin just didn't become tolerant to it, even after several weeks. I then ordered the acne.org bp gel, desperately hoping that this would somehow be gentler. And it was! Of course my skin still peeled but at least I didn't have red stinging streaks all over my face! I was then able to slowly increase the amount I used and I was finally free from acne for a year. Then, I had a major stressful event happen in my life. The stress made my cystic acne come back and it didn't improve for several months, and I was afraid that bp was no longer working. But after 9 months of this, I decided to increase the amount I used even more (why didn't I do this sooner?) and after a painful month of readjusting to the increased dosage, my skin became completely clear again, thankfully. Note that even after using bp for more than a year, my skin is still slightly red where I apply bp. Perhaps my skin is a bit sensitive. And I do get dry flakes that I rub off in the morning (I know you aren't supposed to but it hasn't done any harm ...) But I think this is a small price to pay for clear skin! I really cannot live without this bp gel!!! Many thanks to Dan for creating such a great product. *********UPDATE****************: I'm now using Cetaphil CREAM (I used to use just the lotion) and this got rid of flakes almost entirely, and even my redness is pretty much gone! I used to use AHA to get rid of flakes but this was too irritating for me. Cream works wonderfully!

I keep going back to this product year after year. Because nothing else helps me. It did not clear me completely. But there is nothing else out there in almost 20 years that somewhat helps reduce my adult acne. This is definitely not a cure and that is why I am giving it only 3 stars, but at least it somewhat controls it. I had to use this even with a Paleo style diet.

I first used this when I was in 5th grade. It was alright, I didn't notice any improvement. I used up the whole kit and stopped because it didn't work. I decided to try it again in 7th grade, thinking maybe I was using it wrong before. NOPE. My skin acted horribly to this. It was red, shiny, and felt super tight. I quit using it right away. The only products I actually liked was the sulfur mask and the green tea moisturizer. That's why I am giving it 3 stars. Other than that, Proactiv is really not a good product. I mean, even in their commercials, the people they show have like 3 zits. 3. LITTLE. ZITS. Not good advertizing. And it's on ALL the time. Even on the radio. The price is also horrible. They charged me for an order I didn't even want. I used it any thinking it would help if I used it longer. Boy, was I wrong. Again. I would pass up this product.

I've been using the sensitive version of the product and it feels as if I'm using the severe version! It's really really harsh on my skin and my skins becoming very flaky and dry around my mouth area. I have been using it for about almost a week now. I'm assuming it's because my face isn't use to it. I've been using aveeno products before this. I started breaking out along my chin and jaw line. Not so much everywhere else. I have a really bad break out on my chin I've been trying to get rid of for months now. Since I've started using this product, all the cystic pimples came to a head and I was able to pop them. All the little bumps also came to a head. It works really really fast. But it does dry out my face a lot. I use bare mineral makeup to cover up the blemishes and throughout the day my skin gets very oily. So far it's doing the job. Hopefully I see better results in a couple weeks! This acne is really embarrassing.

The deep cleansing step gave me this major rash it was more embarassing then my acne.. also the first step gave me a rash so I stoped using those two and now only using step two and three they didn't give me a rash.. Ithen I suddenly got a random rash after useing the two steps for over a month. .. also the deep cleansing wash has bleached my wash cloth!! I don't know what is in this but its some harsh chemicals. I WOULD NOT RECONMEND anyone to use proactive because it is way ti harsh on your skin.

First I will like to say when you first start using this product it will dry and break you out and cause some drying. But once your skins get use to it proactiv does what it says as far as clearly your skin and keeping bothersome acne away. I first used proactiv in middle school and high school around the age of 15 I had terrible acne then. I am 32 years old today and still use this product and I am completely acne free!!

I started using the treatment about 3 months ago and over that course of time I've cleared my skin. I still have some remaining scars but that's nothing compared to having a face full of zits. Looking back on my acne experience I'd have to say I've tried a lot of over the counter products, natural and not, but none have worked as well as the acne.org treatment. Now being that I'm 31 and have been dealing with acne since my teens, I realize that in my younger days I wasn't as nice to my skin as I should've been, I needed to be gentle on my skin because there is a balance that becomes disrupted either by hormones, cosmetics or what have you. We as acne sufferers feel that drying the zits will make them go away. On the contrary, when we over-dry and over-scrub our skin we take away from our natural acid mantle and bacteria that live on and protect our skin making it more susceptible to breakouts. As I've matured I learned that maintaining a healthy environment for my skin is key. In concordance with the acne.org treatment, I wash with CeraVe foaming cleaner, use the AHA+ 2-3 times a week and as a spot treatment, and moisturize daily with 3 drops of acne.org jojoba oil mixed with Oil of Olay moisturizer for sensitive skin with spf (during the day) and CeraVe PM moisturizer with 3 drops of the jojoba at night. This regimen has been a success for me and I'm finally overjoyed that I don't have to spend butt loads of time putting on foundation to cover up. Granted, I still have the occasional zit but it doesn't consume me as it did before where I was constantly touching my face to feel if the zit was still there. I hated that feeling and now that feeling is finally gone. I like going outside, making eye contact with people, and taking pictures again. Thanks Dan, I love you more than munchkin kittens! Update February 1st, 2014: Still using the regimen, and still clear. Hooray!