Proactiv Repairing Lotion
Written: Apr 06 '06 (Updated Apr 19 '06)
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Pros: worked great for about a year
Cons: zits are significantly WORSE after you stop using it!! DRIES YOUR SKIN severely..
The Bottom Line: Beware that when you stop using it your skin BREAKS OUT angrily!Italso stopped working without notice!Dries your skin to the point where your face looks tight and dehydrated!
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| solprincess1's Full Review: Proactive Solution Repairing Lotion |
I used this product with the toner, but I never used it with the cleanser because when i did it dried my skin to a crisp. The repairing lotion worked phenomenally for a little over a year. My skin was never "bad", I just suffered from a breakout or two on my forehead or chin once every few months. Although it worked, it dried my skin so much that I noticed little fine lines on my forehead starting to develop. At the time I had just turned 20. not cool!! But I didn't care because my skin was crystal clear!! Not a single bump, patch of redness, nothing. It really was a miracle worker. ((At the time, I was taking the birth control pill.. so in retrospect maybe that's why my skin was so clear)) Unfortunately, about a year later ((after I quit taking the pill, but still using proactiv)), I started to notice some really painful, "cystic" type zits spring up every once in a while. It wasn't too bad, so I thought maybe it was hormones. I had never had any kind of painful, cystic zit in my life though. I used this stuff every night before I went to bed just like I used to, but still.. I would get really big pimples like I had never gotten before. Then, on July 4th, I was in the sun for a good 3 hours and because I can lack a great deal of common sense sometimes (LOL) I forgot to apply sunscreen. I did not know at the time that benzoyl peroxide can make sunburns worse. Long story short I had 2nd degree burns on my face. I stopped using proactiv for about 2 months. when I started to use it again, my skin broke out like mad.. no matter what, my skin was covered in painful acne.. it was horrendous.. I don't know if it was from the sunburn, or if it was because the proactiv simply stopped working, or a combination of the two. all i know is it doesn't work at all anymore. It sucks, because for a while there it worked great!! So if you try this, be prepared.. it might work for you!! But it might not. and if it stops working, it can be extremely disappointing..
stings your eyes when you wake up if you wear it to sleep
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