i've been on tetracycline in the past, tried various other products/methods which my doctor has offered, and none of them have been working. i have yet to try proactiv, and accutane. it all boils down to one thing for me: money. i don't have the money for accutane or proactiv. i find this regime to be an inexpensive, yet EFFECTIVE method to fight acne.Originally posted by Porky
I recommend you get off of this right now.
It works...for the most part. I was on it for about 6 months, but I hated it.
For one thing it takes 20-30 minutes, start to finish, if you do it right. Then, even better, for the next 4-5 hours if anybody rubs or otherwise touches your face, or if you rub or touch your face, lovely white filmy stuff comes off, because the Benzoyl clumps up with the moisturizer.
If you get any in your hair, have fun getting it out. I remember one day a girl who was very much into me said "oh, Matt...you have some dandruff in your hair."
"No I don't, I shower everyday."
"well...I think it's dandruff."
"No, it's this cream I use."
"Suuuure."
Finally, and perhaps best of all, your face will almost always be dry. I used copious amounts of moisturizer (but I couldn't put too much on or it would start to clump, majorly) to no avail.
Despite all of this effort, I still got pimples from time to time. And no, not just one. Three or four at once. Beats me how.
Go see a doctor. Mine put me on some peeling agent/acne cream. Guess what? The cream doesn't bunch, and the whole process probably takes about three or four minutes to do. My face is no longer dry, despite the fact that I use only 1/4 of the moisturizer I used to use. The small bumps on/around my nose have disappeared, blackheads are a thing of the past, and I haven't had a pimple to speak of since the beginning of summer.
now, what benzoyl peroxide do you use which clumps with the moisturizer? if you're using a cream (neutrogina on-the-spot), then it WILL clump up with the moisturizer. if you use the benzoyl peroxide gel which is offered from the website, then you shouldn't have that problem.
as for the over-drying, what kind of benzoyl peroxide did you use? you should be sticking with the 2.5%. i don't seem to have any problem with over drying, because i had EXTREMELY oily skin and i'm glad that the moisturizer has solved that problem. but, i don't flake or anything.