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Clindamycin is a topical antibiotic that helps slow or stop bacterial growth and also helps reduce skin inflammation.

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Clindamycin is a topical antibiotic that helps slow or stop bacterial growth and also helps reduce skin inflammation.

It is normally applied twice a day.

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February 18, 2008

Pros:

Clears up my minor acne, and no side effects whatsoever

Cons:

doesnt really work all that well.

USE IT, its cheap and if used with other medicines, even over the counter ones it can really clear your skin up
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January 28, 2008

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it's ok, no real pros

Cons:

no real cons

i have used a product called duac, which is a gel laced with benzoyl peroxide and clindamycin. i feel that this product is the product i would recommend the last, out of several prescription medicines i have tried. i feel that oral anti-biotics with a strong face wash (like brevoxyl, which is manufactured by the same company) is more effective combination than duac, probably because in the hot southern weather, i dont get a chance to leave duac on my skin for long. it perhaps gets to stay on my skin for 2 -3 hours before i wash my face. so if you live in a cold northern state, it may work for you better than it did for me. all in all, it's ok. btw, duac should be kept in a cool place like your refrigerator, and should be used within 60days. also coupon is available at [link removed]
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January 18, 2008

Pros:

It dosnt cause redness too much and in about two weeks or so i really started to notice a differance

Cons:

It made me break out even worse: worse than my face has ever been at least for about a week or two until i started to notice any results

Its a great product and works in about a month.
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October 17, 2007

Pros:

Kills the Acne P. Bacterial, Did a good job of clearing my Mild to Moderate Acne. (Combination of Whiteheads, Blackheads, Pustles and Cysts.) Great to use under makeup! I've use makeup daily keeps the acne under control. inexpensive

Cons:

Comes in a small bottle. May sting a little bit because of the alcohol base for some people. I was using astringent before so it didn't really bother me.

In my teens and 20's I used Clindaycin for years and had practically perfect skin. Stop using it because skin changed in my 30's got dryer until recently starting to have bad hormonal flare-ups resulting in many painful cysts practically weekly got back on Clindamycin and everything's back under control acne. Daytime: Use Clindamycin under my makeup. Night-time: Apply a base of Clindamycin on the skin and then apply a coat of Neutrogena Spot of Treatment 2.5%. Works great!
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October 2, 2007

Pros:

clears up pimples quickly and stops new ones from forming. dabber quick and convinent

Cons:

stings for a minute or so, and red for about the first 10 minutes.

works very well but dont use alone. i use it in the morning with a benzoyl peroxide cream and at night i use retin-a. my ance is slowly improving, and my overall skintone and texture are improving too
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September 10, 2007

Pros:

Clears up pimples around nose quite quickly! No nausea, heart burn caused, and doesn't restrict me from eating. The dabber is convenient as well.

Cons:

Smells quite terrible and strong, burns my nose for about 30 seconds.

I went to the doctor because of the insane stomach problems minocycline had/has been giving me since March and she prescribed this instead, which I am hoping will keep the acne (which I haven't had since March) away.
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March 31, 2007

Pros:

didn't make skin worse

Cons:

just made my skin the stay the same, no breakouts, or new pimples, but no improvment either

I have used clindamycin for about 6 months, and have been hoping for a change, but still my acne is the same, no improvment what so ever. However, it did not make acne worse.
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December 10, 2006

Pros:

works well in some areas, but not in others.

Cons:

drys out skin pretty bad

still iffy on this product, it seems to only work in certain areas of the skin, and it drys those areas out, so the skin ends up irritated anyway.
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October 16, 2006

Pros:

my skin got better from the very first time i used it. tried differin afterwards and skin got bad, went back to clyndamycin and skin is okay again.

Cons:

still get pimples when working out.

try as many different products as you can handle, then stick with the one that works the best. there will probably not a product that will rid all your pimples BUT get the one that helps the most.
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October 4, 2006

Pros:

cheap

Cons:

doesn't work, adverse effects, tacky feel

I was originally really happy for getting this Rx for such a low price, but immediately found out why it wasn't more expensive. This stuff seriously doesn't work. It builds a layer of film on the skin and so I could only use it at night. My skin felt really oily in the morning, while the acne doesn't subside at all. It might have showed a slight improvement at the end of the first month, which made me hopeful. But after 3 months I've decided that my skin is worse than when I started this product.
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