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Reviewer: 19-24 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month
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So I am in college and I don't have terrible acne problems but around when I get my "monthly gift" my acne gets very bad. So this product is amazing but one HUGE problem. It makes your skin extreme extremely painful. I was crying while trying to put on lotion to stop the dry skin. I have had this for many years but I can never get through more than a week cause the dry skin is so painfu
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Reviewer: norwegian, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I had high hopes for this medication. Black heads is my biggest problem, and I havent really seen any improvements. Been using it for 4-5 weeks.
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Reviewer: 25-34 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I have been on Differin for about 2 weeks now. I have just started to notice my moderate to severe whitehead starting to start to go away. I did go through about 2 or 3 days of dryness and irritation. But, that has stopped in the 2nd week. Now it seems it keeps moisture IN my skin which is a nice change from previous products. I hardly use moisturizer anymore. It's great
One note: DO NOT WAX YO
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Reviewer: 19-24 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Ive been on Differin Topical for about a week now and noticed my skin is extremely dry and peeling. It has cleared my acne up some but my face still peeling and very dry. Is there a certain moistureizer i need to use? Some one told me that Purpose is good for it and i already use the Purpose soap. hopefully the drying and peeling will go away soon. Overall is has cleared my face up some and hopefu
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Reviewer: Hawkinsm3, 19-24 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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For a teenager, my skin has always been pretty good. But around March of this year I woke up with a horrible breakout. At one point some of it became infected. I went to the doctor and she gave me antibiotics for the infection and Differin for the acne. The antibiotics cleared up the infection in about a week. As for the Differin, well, it's been a bit of a journey. As expected, my acne got worse
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