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Topical Keratolytic
Acne.org’s Real World Take
Easy to find and with low side effects, but don’t be surprised if you are left wishing for better results after using it for a while. Any acid on its own is unlikely to dramatically clear acne.
Topical Keratolytic
How to Get It
This is an over-the-counter treatment. Here are some places you can find it online.
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July 12, 2011
Cons:
beads are annoying
must use for more than a couple weeks
need to use along with over counter medicine
I am also using epiduo(benzoyl peroxide) so I dont know if its helping everything. But, I've been using it for over a month and works pretty well. I have to use it in large amounts and about 3 times a day though.
April 27, 2011
Product used: Aveeno (Clear Complexion Foaming Cleanser)
Pros:
none
Cons:
literally the worst cleanser I have ever used. I have a rash all over my chin and cheeks and it burns. I would not recommend this to anyone, it's horrible.
DO NOT BUY
March 18, 2010
Product used: Clean & Clear (Advantage Acne Spot Treatment)
Pros:
NONE!!!
Cons:
Bad allergic reaction
I just used one drop on my chin for one blemish. Within two days my face was so swollen and red that my family did not reconize a text pic of me. The first reaction was my chin was very itchy and under my eyes were swollen. My neck was also red and very dried out. The next day it was so red, swollen and itchy that my face looked deformed. I had to go to the doctors for a shot of Benadryl and a streiod shot followed by 7 days of steriods. My face peeled as if I had a chemical peel. It took 5 days for my face to get back to a normal color, size and texture. It was a horrible and tramatic thing to go through. It cost about $8 for the product and $125 to fix the results from the reaction. I wish I had reviewed it before I used it. Use with caution and treat symtoms as soon as you notice them...they only get worse!!! I gave this a one rating only because it would not accept a zero rating.
November 7, 2009
Product used: Clean & Clear (Blackhead Clearing Scrub)
Pros:
Makes my skin feel so soft. And cleared my acne in an hour. And my blackheads were gone in about 2 minutes afteri used it. I used to waste money on other products but i found the perfect one now.
Cons:
Nothing this thing is amazing
Buy it because it's the best you'll ever buy. If you have acne and you don't like it this is the thing for you! i'm not even kidding. you can even ask my mom if you don't beleive me. She will tell you.
September 13, 2009
Product used: Clean & Clear (Advantage Acne Spot Treatment)
Pros:
Alot in the bottle! Works quite quickly, in about 2 days.
Cons:
-Burns!
-Doesn't work right away.
-pricey
you have to be patient to use this! and only use if you have a few big pimples, not alot of little ones!
May 17, 2009
Product used: Biore (Pore Unclogging Scrub)
Pros:
Leaves skin clean??!!
Cons:
Dries skin out, Irritated and made my skin sore, Did nothing but aggravate acne.
It Sucks.
February 12, 2009
Product used: Clean & Clear (Advantage Acne Cleanser)
Pros:
smells good.leaves skin feeling soft.
Cons:
breaks face out, doesn't work that fast
it's okay
January 4, 2009
Product used: Clean & Clear (Blackhead Clearing Scrub)
Pros:
Decent smell, cheap alternative ( I bought the walgreens brand - exact same! ) All you do is pay for the name! haha
Cons:
Beads do nothing, irritated my skin bad, red for days! pretty big bottle so if it does not work for you, it can be a waste.
I did not have any blackheads to startout with, but still wanted to try Clean & Clear Blackhead Clearing Scrub because of the 2% salicylic acid. However, my skin does not agree with salicylic acid and made me breakout bad. As in 3x worse. So it may work for some, just not me. I used it for a few weeks and it just plain out irritated my skin. Started out twice a day, then down to once but did not make a different. This product does NOT work with my skin type, so now I know and can buy more crap and they that hoping they work.
November 15, 2008
Product used: St. Ives (Blemish & Blackhead Control Apricot Face Wash)
Pros:
the smell, the feel, the little beads, i love this stuff.
Cons:
it dries out my skin in the cold weather and if i use it more than once a day
this is a great face wash. it does dry me out in the winter a bit but i have combo skin, so most stuff does. i use this at the sink and the st. ives medicated face scrub in the shower... basicly the same stuff only a bit scrubbier ;). i love every one of this companies products that i have tried.
July 3, 2008
Product used: Clean & Clear (Advantage Acne Spot Treatment)
Pros:
I bought this product after using proactive which only made my skin rough and dry and i have only used it for a week and at the moment my skin is doing better my forehead has been getting pimples underneath the skin and the spottreatment helps alot!!
Cons:
stings for a second but you get used to it very fast and it has a bit of an alchohol smell but not entirely bad
love it, its affordale, the cleanser works well if you squirt some onto the pad of the wave vibrating face washer and it really does stop new acne from forming and makes my skin very smooth and my skin is very very very sensitive so you can count on it that this stuff works
Pros:
drys skin
smells good
gets rid of most acne(I think?)