Bye Bye Blemish Original Drying Lotion

I started dealing with minor breakouts at 17, & between then & college (22) i could also manage them with bp & a good concealer. However, as I got into my mid 20s, & even now at 34, i started to experience adult hormonal acne. It's never been severe, but when I say I have tried everything to prevent my hormonal breakouts, I'm not kidding. Salicylic acid & benzoyl peroxide don't even break the surface. In fact, I am a licensed esthetician in FL, where i live now because of my skin. I had studied & researched skin & skincare so so much on my own that I figured, heck, make it a career. I knew as much, if not more then my instructor lol. I did start school to help my own skin & have the knowledge needed to do so, but my intent was also to help others dealing with any skin issue & I took my training even further w/ extra classes & medical esthetics. I have helped so many people get their acne, rosacea, eczema, hyperpigmentation, erythem, etc under control but, the thing that gets me....i still deal with adult acne. I have had hormone tests done & know what my imbalances are & what causes it. I could prob take spironolactone & birth control & rid myself of all breakouts, but I choose not to add artifice hormones or things that block androgens into my body. So that means I deal with supplements, eating right & good skincare. Most of my breakouts now stem from stress & the increased cortisol levels that brings, along with insulin resistance. When I get them I am now very good at clearing them quickly & making sure they do not leave behind marks in the form of post inflammatory erythema (red spots via broken capillaries, for me the most common) or post inflammatory hyperpigmentation (dark spots from increased melanin production). I used to really like Mario Badescu's drying lotion & was looking for a bit cheaper option when I found this. There are about 6 types of similar SA & sulfur based spot trmts on amazon alone. My skin doesn't respond to SA by itself very well, but the anti-inflammatory effects of sulfur really help my skin & so I like the combo. You have to read the ingrediebts of these spot trmts carefully though, they are not created equal. Some ppl can't use camphor & some can't handle calamine. Test anything new for 24-48 hrs in a nonobvious spot on your skin before applying everywhere. Personally, my skin likes the slight variation in the ingredients in this product better than the Mario B product. I'm a-ok with that since it's $10 less. This is also a bit closer to skin tone & less bright so if I do have it on around someone else I don't look as crazy lol. Let me say though that the top clear liquid in here is alcohol. It can & will be drying. Try not to get this on the healthy skin surrounding your blemish & maybe alternate with a hydrocolloidal spot dot to keep the area from drying out. Active treatment ingredients cannot penetrate dry crusty skin. It'll just sit on top & do nothing for you. This is also just not going to do much for deep cystic or nodular acne. It cannot penetrate deep enough. If you have an open blemish, I'm not saying don't apply it, cause I have done that too, but.. It's gonna burn for a sec. Overall, I do think this is a good option for whiteheads, papular & pustular acne. The SA can help to loosen blackheads because it is oil soluable (until glycolic, lactic & malic acids which are water soluable, all AHAs are) but it's not as effective against them. Give it a try, i think this is the best spot trmt out there in this format. I like this more than EradiKate as well.

This stuff really works! I had cystic acne in my 20s and now that I’m pushing 50 my hormones are again going nuts and I’m developing cystic acne again. Been eyeing the pricier brand name versions of this and figured it was worth a shot to try the cheaper brand that has the exact same ingredients in the exact same concentrations. To apply you let it settle in the bottle, then use a Q-tip to dip into the sediment in the bottom of the bottle. Dab on blemishes and overnight you’ll have clearer skin and/or a pimple that comes to a head. Lasts all night, looks exactly like calamine lotion because it’s an ingredient, the scent isn’t unpleasant, and most importantly it works! Just watch out because your kids and significant other will steal this!

Not so much dark spot correction as it is smoothing and evening splotchy patches - over good , would buy again but not for dark spots Your skins tingles when using product

Works wonders and doesn’t leave my skin dry and peeling like other brands do.

Didn't dry my acne but it brightened my dark spots. I used almost everyday frontwo weeks and noticed a significant difference in old dark marks. I can only imagine how quickly it works on fresh acne marks.

So far from using this it has DEFINITELY helped reduce my blemishes overnight. I would say it is more effective than a pimple patch (depending on how bad your blemishes are)

I haven’t had breakouts in years, so I didn’t have any type of acne clearing skin care. The last few months I’ve been breaking out around my upper neck/ low chin area. I got this bye bye blemish drying lotion to help cure that. I’ve heard a lot about a similar product by Mario Badescu. This comes in a glass bottle holding 1 ounce of product. About half the bottle looks like a pink powder (sulfur) the other half is water. Do not shake. If you shake, let the bottle sit upright for a few hours, so the ingredients can separate again. First of all this smells awful, this doesn’t smell like something that should go on my face. It smells like cough syrup combined with paint and nail polish. I’m also pretty cautious about what goes on my skin. The directions say to to dip a q-tip into the sulfur. Unfortunately, this causes the cotton of the q-tip to absorb most of the product, but I did it anyway, and I used the swab to apply it to the areas that need it. Oh this smells awful... but it applies very thinly and dies immediately. I wore it before bed, when there isn’t much else on my skin. After about two days of use my breakouts are basically gone. I wouldn’t use it any longer, this isn’t gentle, and it will dry out the skin, now I have some minor peeling. This is 10% sulfur, as the active ingredient. This works, but use lightly and with caution. A q-tip is the best, because you really do apply lightly with it.

works well for making pores smaller.

I ve been using them since forever and love that product so much

Excellent spot treatment. But you dont see results over night as promised on the pack.

Perfect transaction. Item was as described, delivered very quickly, and expertly packaged. Excellent seller. Would buy from again. Many Many thanks.A********

This product does what exactly what it said for me. Speedy arrival and good value

Es hilft die Poren zu reinigen und zu verfeinern, jedoch sollte es täglich Abends angewendet werden um positive Results zu erzielen. Werde es wieder bestellen wenn es dann leer wird. Zudem ist es sehr ergiebig.