Proactiv Options

[shortiiex]

nope...i don't really need it

[literemix24]

I used them before, it works. I think its amazing, but I've heard that w/ neutrogena, it can achieve the same results as Proactiv.

[Hottness]

I use it! It works for me.. I just don't like the smell too much. To me, it smells like corned beef mixed with some cleaner.

[lilliannnn]

i used to use it.. and it didn't work for me.
nothing really works for me.. but it's okay. :)

[HappyHeart]

i've used it but it never worked. it took too long to put everything on and the toner stung when it went on my skin. It smells terrible too and it's very costly.

[compleXperceptio...]

i tried it the first time quit a few years ago, in middle school actually and it didn`t do shit... probably `cause my hormones were still f**ked p from going through puberty. after that, i vowed never to try it again.

so i used the kinds of things they sell in the stores, like neutrogena-- didn`t do too much, but i kept using them anyway :X.

about half a year ago, i tried murad, which is like another one of those skincare systems like proactiv, but they use salicylic acid as their main means to 'fight' acne. that really didn`t do much.

so about a month ago, i figured why the hell not-- might as well try proactiv again since the first time i tried was kind of a stupid time to use it. i had some pretty f**ked up skin before-- all the breaking out and the scars from picking at them (DON`T PICK!!) and drying them out. i don`t have those crazy outbursts of zits-- i get one here and there (usually around when 'aunt flo' comes to visit). my scars are disappearing which is a miracle since my skintone was imbalance for the past who knows how many years.


... so yeah-- i`d say it works... atleast for me it did... and i have oily skin.

[IamRad]

my friend says it works well.. and her face is really clear. but she uses is CONSTANTLY

[short_stop08]

I am currently using that stuff now. It works just fine if you use it like it says twice a day. Read directions and it should work fine.

[yummy_delight]

It really worked for me!

I used to have really terrible acne, but after using it faithfully for a couple weeks, it began to clear up. Now, my skin looks really great!

[Angel_Cece]

hmm im just fine with neutrogena

[xlauren73x]

it works really well for me.. you just have to keep with it and use it as directed [like twice a day]. but then again thats liek anything.. you cant expect a product to work if you dont use it. one of my best friends uses it too.. and shes got like perfect skin. so yeah it worked really well.. makes your skin feel so good and soft when you use it and doesnt irritate my skin.

[katssso]

it must of work if celebs are on tv promoting it, im gonna by it though soon.

[sheddingtears]

it worked i guess... but then i got painful zits and with that, i got acne marks. i think proactiv caused this cause when i used other off-the-shelf brand products, it didnt do that.

[Chii]

it must of work if celebs are on tv promoting it, im gonna by it though soon.

you mean like jessica simpson? her "testimonial" of the product is a sham. i just read about it, she used this other thing that cleared up her skin before she jumped on the proactiv bandwagon to make some money promoting it.

[pshaa.shauna]

My cousin used it, her skin cleared up a whole lot. She still gets tiny pimples, but her face was the kind where you can't see any skin, just pimples. So I think it works pretty well.

[*reflection*]

it helped my friend a lot but yoy need to use it everyday

[seriouslynikki]

It didnt work for me. yeah, it depends on what skin you have.

[Xprezsion]

Yea my friend used it and it worked a little bit, but then summer came and I haven't seen him, so I don't really know if it continued working or stopped working.

[Chaos13]

I've been using it for 2 years and it works for me. Its really good but maintaining the habit of putting it on everyday are one of the problems. I'm getting lazy on doing it. . . but I try not to skip any days.

[itsARIE]

I have never used it.. but my best bud does, and she says that it really really help her out!

*amber*

[nopattern]

Try AcneFree. It's pretty much the same as Proactiv except cheaper and easier to obtain. I'm pretty sure it works just as good as Proactiv too.

[Annie5332]

Your suppost to use it twice a day and suppost to cut down on junk food, anything that causes pimples, olyness things like that. Then it'll work.

[Teesa]

Hm, I don't think this makes sense in Fashion.

Moved to Health.

Since it is a type of medication. Mods, please feel free to move it back, if you choose :)

This post has been edited by Teesa: Aug 17 2005, 12:59 AM

[*danielle_x3*]

Proactiv worked for me. I've been using it for about 2 years now . . I'd get some acne once in awhile, but not as much as i used to.

[yellowgurl]

it only sorta works for me maybe its cause i havent been using it consistantly but from what people say from this thread.. i guess its pretty good. you have to try a few until you have found the "right" one.