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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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November 13, 2006

Pros:

Doesnt dry out skin

Cons:

Doesnt work very well.

I have mild acne and this product just isnt strong enough to get rid of the few breakouts that I get.
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November 6, 2006

Pros:

Doesn't dry out the face, works reasonably well.

Cons:

leaves an "oily sheen" to face(tackyness, as others have observed), takes a while to work, can promote redness.

I've used this for over a year now. It's helped alot with not drying my face out which seemed to lead to huge breakouts, but has never cleared my skin completely. Also the effectiveness seems to have decreased over the past few months. Despite not being 100% effective, my face isn't as bad as it used to be and while I wouldn't swear by it I'm not throwing it out in a hurry. I say try it for two months minimum before coming to your own conclusion as it takes roughly a month before it takes full effect.
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October 24, 2006

Pros:

nothing

Cons:

it made my acne look darker and more visable
it didn't help it at all

i ahte this product
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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 9, 2006

Pros:

Kills bacteria deep into pores. Clears up large pimples. Doesn't aggrevate skin too much.

Cons:

Takes a while to see visible improvement. Skin eventually becomes immune and med stops effecting it. Very tacky feel after application.

DO NOT use this every day. If you do your skin will eventually not be effected by med. Use it once every 2-3 days AT NIGHT. Clind. has a tendency to make your face appear red and oily and that sucks during the day. I would recommend this because even mild acne requires an antibiotic such as this as an aid in killing bacteria.
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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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