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Tips for
Proactive Acne
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Renewing Cleanser : The Renewing Cleanser has benzoyl peroxide as the active ingredient. It gently exfoliates dead skin cells, allowing benzoyl peroxide to penetrate in to pores.
Revitalizing Toner : The Revitalizing Toner is used to hydrate the cleansed skin. It contains witch hazel, dog rose fruit extract, aloe vera leaf juice, allantoin, and anthemis nobilis flower extract. Revitalizing Toner soothes and softens skin while removing pore-clogging impurities.
Repairing Lotion : The Repairing Lotion also contains benzoyl peroxide; a comparatively smaller dose of it is applied, and then not rinsed off but rather allowed to dry, in order to suppress bacteria buildup. Repairing Lotion hydrates skin while penetrating deep in to pores to stop acne-causing bacteria at the source itself
Proactiv Solution is the right solution for bad and severe acne. The users of the system swear by this system's effectiveness and recommend it highly.
And this holds true for any topical acne product. It's not that the products would be bad. It's the fact that they approach the problem from the wrong end.
Let's take a brief example. Let's say that you are in an unfortunate
situation and find that your car is dirtied by bird droppings every
morning. You naturally want to keep your car clean and wash it every
day.
However, even if you would be using the best soap in the market it
wouldn't keep your car clean. Why? Because the soap does nothing to
the fact that you park your car every evening under a tree that is
full of well-fed birds.
This same principle also applies to your skin. Proactiv (soap) can
only do so much because dirt keeps dropping in. Once you understand
what really causes acne you'll see why Proactiv can't be 'the answer
for acne'.
Most people report that Proactiv irritates their skin. This is due to benzoyl peroxide, alcohol and other harsh chemicals in Proactiv. Especially if you have a sensitive skin, you can expect some of the following symptoms:
Itchy skin
Skin goes red
Dry and flaky skin
Though it seems that many of the above mentioned symptoms are caused
by the Revitalizing Toner step in Proactiv System. If you are
concerned try using the toner only in the evening.
Also anything you apply on your skin will go through it burden the
liver - which ends up aggravating your acne even more. Contradictory
what most people think the skin is quite porous and many substances
pass through it easily. Or how do you think that nicotine patches
work? So I would really think twice before applying dangerous and
carcinogenic chemicals on my skin.
Like most acne treatments Proactiv gets a mixed feedback. It
seems that about 60% of the reviews are on the positive side (note:
mildly positive is also positive) while the rest would advice you to
stay away from Proactiv.
The average user rating is something like this:
Mild to moderate acne
Acne reduces/ clears completely within the first few weeks
Skin becomes itchy, dry and red
Acne breakouts continue a week or two after the use of Proactiv is stopped
Note that that is just the 'average' user feedback. There are people that get no results or that report that Proactiv actually makes their acne much worse. Also some users say that Proactiv is fantastic, it completely clears their skin and has no side-effects.
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