This stuff sucks!
I'm 13 years old and in the 7th grade. I suffer from moderate acne. Although it's not terrible, I do get teased about it at school on at least weekly basis, because only a few years from now will kids start having the breakouts I am, I'm going through puberty early.
So I go to the doctor and he puts me on a mild treatment called Differin. Fair enough, my mom and I got to CVS and pick it up and I use it for 3 months and go back. He says, "Oh, this isn't strong enough by itself, but it seems to be doing a decent job, why don't we add this?" and puts me on Duac. THIS one has 5% benzoyl peroxide, way more than I'm used to.
So I use the gel for a week. EVERY SINGLE STINKING DAY I wake up, go to the fridge, and put on the gel. EVERY SINGLE STINKING DAY, a few hours later, there is a white residue on my face like sunburn peeling, and the skin is flaking off because it is really dry. I add a moisturizer. A week later, nothing has changed. This occurred the entire 3 months.
Another downside is that is has to be refrigerated. While this may be great for some people, I personally do not really enjoy the process of applying extremely cold topical gel to my face. But hey, you might! If you want to try it, be my guest!
HOWEVER if you don't mind cold gel applied directly to your face, dry flaky skin and white residue that makes other people ask how you got a sunburn in October this product works great! It cleared up about 25-35% of my total acne in about 3 months, which I guess is pretty good.
Have fun curing your acne with this product!
