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Reviewer: lalalawhat?, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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The doctor told me to use this as a treatment and preventive ointment. As a treament it's great, takes a while to work but really dries out the acne. This stuff does not prevent acne. In fact i found this stuff is so drying thats within a few hours my face is super oily to the point where i have to wash my face. And yes i do use a clear gel, fragrance free, oil free moisturizer.
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Reviewer: 25-34 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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After using so many combinations of brands that claimed to ease the acne... wrong.. for 6 months I had to deal with the situation until I visited a Doc and he prescribed this and some oral medications. I'm on my 3 week and is been clearing up.
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Reviewer: 19-24 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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All of a sudden I had a really bad breakout and nothing that I was currently using was working any longer. I get pimples, blackheads and cystic acne as well. I only had to use it overnight and the next morning my cystic acne no longer hurt and was drmatically smaller, the blckheads around my nose we almost gone and my face just looked better. Now two days have passed and my skin is much clearer an
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Reviewer: 13-18 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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It has taken a month for me to really start seeing results, but i think it is working fine.
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