I do use this when I do not want acne to flare up, especially after a microdermabrasion session. Also, if you do not have acne caused by hormones or cystic/nodular acne, that is, if you have acne caused by dirt, being a teenager or just a weird flare up, this is the topical for you!

I've had moderate acne for years and this is the only product that has ever consistently worked for me. I used to wake up everyday with a new pimple. I cannot remember the last time I brokeout after using this. No initial breakout for me...no dryness, no irritation. I cannot recommend this stuff enough.

So i will give a little background about myself. i am an eighteen year old boy. Like many teens, i too started facing the problem of acne and it has been going on since perhaps a year and a half. I even underwent 5 month course of accutane which cleared up my skin pretty well. but my acne soon returned a few months later although this time they were much less severe than what i had before accutane. Say perhaps i would get a few pimples every month on random days which would leave behind marks. It was nothing very severe. But at any point of time i had marks left over from previous pimpes along with a few new pimples. Nothing too ugly, but nothing close to clear face. I would try new face creams, washes, gels etc every week or few weeks in the hope to completely get rid of acne. some would help temporarily, some wouldnt, some would worsen the acne, etc etc . Nothing helped me get rid of my mild to moderate acne completely. Then out of the 50 odd products i have tried over the past couple of years, i remembered this one my derm had suggested. "Clindamycin phosphate 1%". And i started using it as per the instructions. First 2 weeks Morning: -wash face with oil clearing cleanser. - Apply a thin layer of clindamycin on my cheeks ( since thats the only place i get acne). Not exactly a spot treatment. on the whole of cheeks ( even on places without acne) - Follow with a non clogging sunblock night: -wash face with oil clearing cleanser -apply thin layer of clindamycin on cheeks -follow with light moisturizer. When i started this regimen i had i think around 6-7 pimples. Not only did this regimen clear all those pimples up in the first two weeks. But it even prevented new acne from forming. ( I remember getting only a couple of small zits) So by the end of week two i had "perfectly clear skin". yes i had a few leftover acne marks but no pimples whatsover. Also, since i didnt want my skin to develop a resistance towards clindamycin. from week three onwards i started using clindamycin only once a day. Week 3 to week 6 Morning -same as weeks 1 and 2 night: -oil clearing face wash - non clogging cream for acne marks It was been six weeks now. My face is Clear :D I dont remember getting any major breakouts ever since i started using this product. My face has been completely clear since the last 4-5 weeks for perhaps the first time in a year. Also it works on the marks, reducing its redness and darkness. though it doesnt completely remove the marks. but thats not its job anyway. There are different products for the marks. So all in all, Great product. Works great on skin with mild or moderate acne. Dont know how it works on severe crystic acne though. Cheers

works well but completely destroys the skin around the pimple, only use for on the problem pimple

I suffered from acne from my early teens to my adulthood. I tried everything from the face wash/creams you buy in the grocery store, to drinking lemon water, to going to the dermatologist. I can 100% say that this product changed my life for the better. Now that I am in my early 20's I just get hormonal acne, right around the chin/mouth/upper forehead. I am prone to getting the huge under the skin embarassing acne. Nothing ever helped it until this product. All I do is wash my face with an oil free/sensitive cleaner in the morning and night and then right before bed every night I apply this cream. Just when I thought my social life was over, it changed my life forever. I would recommend this to everyone.

This product works amazingly for my acne. oh god, its awesome!! I bought this product as it was recommended by the doctor. i had my capsules n applied this. the second day after usage, my acne became smaller n less noticeable. i had lots of small acne n now they r all clearing up!!! I would recommend this product to people with combo to oily skin as it may dry out very dry skin. so i use moisturizer after it. just love it! hope it helped :) n I'm waiting for it's results a month or two. :)

Made my large pimples smaller over night

I'm 15, had this prescribed by dermatologist (dalacin-t liquid solution) and used this product for 4 days and was seeing a pleasant improvement in my back acne. This morning I woke up with severe diarrhea and I vomited twice - induced by clindamycin. I guess it works for some people but be careful because the side effects aren't fun and I have to discontinue use of this product after only 4 days after spending 35$ on it :( Plus I feel like crap and it has ruined my long weekend in addition to the fact that I can't contact my doctor for 2 days due to the holiday. fml

I've used this for about 5 months. At first it worked great and cleared most of my acne so I stopped using it it when it ran out. Then when I broke out again, clindamycin did nothing for my skin. I've been using it for about a month every morning and it doesn't seem to work. I've been breaking out more actually. But I still think it's worth a try. It seemed to clear up my acne at first.

I think Differin is a very good acne product and is good for people with sensitive skin because it is much milder than retin-a or and other retinoid. I started of with using Differin cream so that it wouldn't dry out my skin so much and then after 2 months went to the gel which was much easier to use and prefer over the cream. I highly recommend Differin to people with moderate acne as it can really make you about 90% clear and will change a spots healing time from like a week or more to just a few days. But make sure you use a very good moisturizer with this because you can get very flaky skin. I would recommend applying a moisturizer like Cetaphil lotion like 30 mins after you apply Differin and this is what my derm suggested