Proactiv??? Help! - Page 3

CrimsonTide4 · #31 10-09-2003, 04:16 PM

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Originally posted by UKDaisy
Well, I finally decided to try it.... but on the way to the mall I stopped and got ProAcne from Walmart. I have loved the results! Although my face isn't perfect, it is 90% better!

About two weeks after I got it I stopped by the Proactiv booth in the mall and asked what the difference was. She smiled and said "very little". So I was excited. Then she sold me proactiv's refining mask? HAS ANYONE TRIED THIS? Its a miracle potion! Its a mask you use twice or three times a week - but she told me if you put it on your problem areas and leave it on over night (no lotion on top of it) it will help clear up faster. OMG it works so well! I'd advise all of you, especially those with cystic acne, to get this!

The only downfall is, that it has sulfur in it. So it kinda smells funny. But its worth it!

I still have mask left. Never knew about leaving it on overnight. I would usually leave it on for like 40 minutes and then steam it off of my face.

Klear Action did not come with a mask. I might have to E-bay some mask.

ilovemyglo · #32 10-09-2003, 05:03 PM

i bought proactiv a long time ago and tried it- it didn't work for me... neither did prescriptions-
I did find that CLiniques 3 step did, except the moisturizer, I use a sensitive skin formula of neutrogena for that.
But overall I have great skin.
The past year of my life is the first I haven't been afraid to leave the house without makeup on.

CrimsonTide4 · #33 02-21-2004, 01:04 PM

ProAcne at WalMart is now called AcneFree (lawsuits and stuff) and is $18.88.

dzsaigirl · #34 02-21-2004, 01:50 PM

I use Proactiv and it rocks.

At first (the first year or so) I had to use it every single day. Now, I only use the repairing lotion and even then, I only use it when I need to. Now if I feel like a zit is popping up, I treat it and it never even surfaces!

The number one advice though: Don't touch your face or pick your skin!

ADPiAkron · #35 02-21-2004, 02:13 PM

I started using ProActiv in 1999. I still use it now, but not on a regular basis. I was using it on a regular basis for about two years and then slowly started using it less and less. I now use it when I have a flare-up, which is only when I am getting my period. So my suggestion is, get on a regular schedule with using it and then slowly stop using it and see what happens. I would use it everyday though if it wasnt for the price!!

UKDaisy · #36 02-21-2004, 05:11 PM

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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
ProAcne at WalMart is now called AcneFree (lawsuits and stuff) and is $18.88.

Is that what happened? Haha, I went in a while ago to get some and the lady at the counter said "its been recalled". I was like "oh no, what have I done to my face!!!"

There's a Pro Activ station in the Fayette mall here so I just went and picked some of that up. I have to say, my face has done a complete 180. I'm so impressed with this stuff!!!!

CrimsonTide4 · #37 02-21-2004, 05:14 PM

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Originally posted by UKDaisy
Is that what happened? Haha, I went in a while ago to get some and the lady at the counter said "its been recalled". I was like "oh no, what have I done to my face!!!"

There's a Pro Activ station in the Fayette mall here so I just went and picked some of that up. I have to say, my face has done a complete 180. I'm so impressed with this stuff!!!!

I asked Susan @ WalMart today and she went on a 45 second spiel about lawsuits because of the name. I was standing with my back to it when I asked her where was ProAcne, but I had not yet spotted it so I feel like less of a dunce.

Honeykiss1974 · #38 02-21-2004, 05:38 PM

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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
ProAcne at WalMart is now called AcneFree (lawsuits and stuff) and is $18.88.

Ahhh, that's whay happened.

I hope they only changed the packaging and not the formula.

I tell yall, the Walmart brands works!!!!!!!

chideltjen · #39 02-21-2004, 05:50 PM

my roommate used that stuff. only her skin didn't dramatically clear up or anything. she still had flare ups and she also said if you stop using it, it all comes back.

I shop at Origins and I love their facial products. The face wash I use is just super expensive for a face wash so I am using neutrogena now.

ZTAngel · #40 01-19-2005, 11:47 AM

*bump*

I want more ProActiv opinions before I go and spend a fortune on this stuff.

I went through puberty having only a few pimples. I was lucky. My skin has always been really good. I've been stressed for the past couple of months which I think is the cause of the break outs. I've been stressed before but never had a break out...I'm guessing my skin doesn't react as well to it now that I'm older.

My break outs aren't bad. They're contained to my forehead and it's only a few zits but they're there and they're bothering me. Especially coming from someone who never had a problem before; it's kinda upsetting. As soon as my break outs seem to be going away, they'll just pop up again! I long for the days where I was able to go without make up. I now have to put concealer and powder on.

A friend of mine had really bad break outs when she was younger and some of the prescription stuff that her dermatologist prescribed made her skin worse. I guess that's my main fear. Has anyone ever gone on ProActiv and had their skin worsen?

Anyway, I just want to hear more ProActiv success stories before I buy it.

OtterXO · #41 01-19-2005, 02:00 PM

My roommate uses this stuff and her skin is perfect...however, one of my friends who has not great skin tried it for a month and she said it made her skin irritated and worse than before. I've always heard mixed reviews...people either love it or hate it. I use Nivea gel cleanser and olay regenerist serum at night and my skin is pretty good. I guess it just depends on what works for you!

UKDaisy · #42 01-19-2005, 09:48 PM

I really like it. My skin has done a 180 while on it. Totally worth it.

CutiePie2000 · #43 01-19-2005, 11:58 PM

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Originally posted by Sistermadly
It works extremely well. My only problem is that shipments take so long to reach Canada that I often run out before my next shipment arrives. It gives my skin a chance to break out all over again!

Go to Park Royal Mall in West Vancouver. They sell them off one of those carts, just outside of Shoppers Drug Mart.

layla2728 · #44 01-20-2005, 12:41 AM

my boyfriend uses proactiv and it works very well for him. but what everyone else said before was right- if you stop using it, it'll come right back. I bought the walgreen's version (klear action) and compared the ingredients- they're exactly the same, but half the price. I would try the walgreens or walmart knockoffs, they appear to work just as well

preciousjeni · #45 01-20-2005, 01:52 AM

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Originally posted by OtterXO
My roommate uses this stuff and her skin is perfect...however, one of my friends who has not great skin tried it for a month and she said it made her skin irritated and worse than before. I've always heard mixed reviews...people either love it or hate it. I use Nivea gel cleanser and olay regenerist serum at night and my skin is pretty good. I guess it just depends on what works for you!

My skin is very dry and ProActiv irritated it pretty bad. I've tried a bunch of different things and then finally went to a GOOD dermatologist - note: I had already been to a few who basically all told me to use one of the reigning treatments like ProActiv, Dermafina (is that what it's called?) or whatever - who did a series of glycolic peels and laser treatments. At home, I use prescription ointment and a special mask. My skin was never that bad, I just had a bit of adult acne that would get scary right before my period.