Sulfur
Topical Keratolytic
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Due to its antimicrobial properties and ability to absorb skin oil and dry out the skin, sulfur has been used for thousands of years for various skin conditions, including acne. However, it is normally reserved for noninflammatory acne (whiteheads and blackheads), because it doesn't work as well as other over-the-counter medications for inflammatory acne (papules and pustules).
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February 26, 2009
Product used: Murad (Acne Complex)

Pros:

Leaves your skin clean and smells ok.

Cons:

Made my acne 10x worse and irritated my skin badly.

I dont even have sensitive skin and it irritated mine badly. It made my mild acne into severe swollen acne.
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February 9, 2009
Product used: Murad (Acne Complex)

Pros:

The price of the product was decent.

Cons:

This product only made my skin break out worse in the begining. After break out so much the product tells you not to break the pimple but when I left the pimple alone, it only started scaring my face!! I have a lot of dark spots left! I

I dont recommend this product. I have other friend who tried it too and it never work either.
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January 20, 2009
Product used: Murad (Acne Complex)

Pros:

Smell good almost like green tea, doesn't bleach clothes, and has a clean feeling.

Cons:

Purging, but doesn't seem to get better.

So I basically used Proactive for about 2 years, and I heard about Murad and decided to give it a try. Now when I use Proactive, I saw results, but I still broke out a little here & there yet my skin looked better than what it used to look like. I had got Murad and tried it smelled really good, and it didn't bleach my clothes like proactive though. Know I know I would go through a purging stage before my skin got better, but that wasn't the case for me. My skin got even worse I had cystic pimple all on my cheeks and I would wake up to about 50 whiteheads everyday. It was very painful. After about a month and a half of using the product I decided to back to proactive and it cleared it all up again except for now thanks to Murad I have severly bad scaring on my face that I have to get fixed surgically!
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January 18, 2009
Product used: Murad (Acne Complex)

Pros:

i started see results after 2 washes!!!!!

Cons:

I used it on places on my face that werent breaking out just to keep them clear and it irritated my skin.

Try it!!! I have used proactiv and didnt see results and then i used murad and it help so fast it was amazing, Now im not hiding under my make up, i feel beautiful.
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January 11, 2009
Product used: Murad (Acne Complex)

Pros:

- the cleanser feels nice

Cons:

- made me go on accutane
- ruined my face and my self esteem

I first knew this product when i went to a Murad salon in my city. The salesperson there noticed that i had a few pimples, and she showed me this product and told me that it would clear things up. So i bought it, without further research and thoughts. At first, my face cleared up a bit. But then, i started to breakout. BIIIIIG TIME. After like a month or so, i had cysts all-over my face, including the areas where i never had breakouts before. I cried when i look at my face at the mirror those days, it was just horrible.I went to a dermatologist, and she had to inject those cysts to prevent extreme scarring and put me on accutane. I cried when i look at my face at the mirror those days, it was just horrible. All things considered, don't buy this thing. There are many other options out there which are safer and yet more effective than this 'money back guarantee-whatsoever-90% success rate-blablabla' ACNE WORSENING acne kit.
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January 11, 2009
Product used: Murad (Acne Complex)

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Cons:

Made My acne wrose than ever and got pimpes in places i never got before

SUCKS
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January 2, 2009
Product used: Murad (Acne Complex)

Pros:

none

Cons:

PRICE and does NOT work, I wish I had seen this board befor I bought all this stuff!!

bottom line is this stuff does NOT work!!!
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December 3, 2008
Product used: Murad (Acne Complex)

Pros:

Smells clean, feels clean, seems clean, bottles look clean, etc.

Cons:

Leaves condition of your face Worse off than if you never started using it!!!!!

The commercial is Verrry Persuasive, definately. And who of us suffering from acne can't help but have a little hope?! We're good people, we want to believe that there may be a cure.. WEll, Murad is Not it! When I started using this product, for the first three days it made my face smooth&happy, and then the breakouts began. I called the rep on their derm "hotline". She talked up all this purging business. It's been two months, my face is in the worst condition it has Ever been. I can only hope that it has not done lasting damage as others have expressed. Fingers crossed. Who would have thought paying a pretty penny and waiting for some bogus face crap in the mail would leave me with my fingers crossed hoping to reverse the products' effects. This product may help like 1% even 5% of people, sure. My feeling is that the 99% of us who really Need something that works will be completely screwed by MURAD. Note: When i cancelled my card, the customer service rep was fed up----Telling...
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November 13, 2008
Product used: Murad (Acne Complex)

Pros:

FEELS REALLY CLEAN, GOOD FOR BLACKHEADS AND TIGHTENS PORES.

Cons:

MAKES U BREAKOUT MORE.. REAL BIG ZITS THAT NEVER WERE THERE

IVE BEEN USEING IT FOR A WEEK NOW AND ALL IT HAS DONE TO ME IS MAKE ME BREAK OUT MORE AND LEAVE ME SCARRED!! ITS HORRIBLE.. AND THE DRYNESS IS REALL NASTY.. I RATHER STICK TO PROACIVE.. IT FELLS KIND OF OILY BUT IT WORKS BETTER.. YOU CAN CALL IT PURGING BUT IT IS NASTY N NEVER HAD MY FACE LOOK LIKE THIS..NOW ITS MESSED UP CUZ OF U GUYS.. EWW!
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October 29, 2008
Product used: Murad (Acne Complex)

Pros:

The face wash had a good fragrance

Cons:

Left permanent redness on my face.

This stuff is horrible spend your money on something else. Worst product I've ever used. Have redness on my face still a year later from this stuff.
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