Salicylic Acid 20% Gel Peel, 100ml (Professional)

Ok, first I read all reviews on amazon before buying and I must say for acne, I don't understand how people can post a review after just 2 or 3 days of use. I have used this for over 1 year and at first I was very unsure it would work. I actually stopped for a few weeks. I have a ton of moderate to occasional severe acne for about 15 years now, yes the type where you hide for a few days, but after using this, I must say it is not a cure, but the best solution I have come across to keep your skin looking great! Yes, I have tried a billion products. There are two things that work on my white, male, oily skin. This Salicylic acid and clean and cure's benzoyl peroxide. I use that cream every night, and I use this acid 2 times each week. Yes, every 3-4 days I find is right on. At first I used it just once a week. I had massive stinging, and it was very very painful. I frosted, etc. When you are new, and have that much dead skin on your face, you should use very very little. On day 3 after using this acid, you will have peeling going on. When I first started, I used more then I should have hence the pain and frosting, to the point that 3 days later when I peeled, it was not good to see me in public even with lotion on. I mean I was shedding like no tomorrow and red around my mouth. I was losing so much skin it was not a good thing. After applying this acid in smaller amounts each week for a few months, yes months, the pain went away, my skin shedded a ton of dead skin, and I could not believe how great my skin looked! Did I still have acne. Yes. Was it visible, hardly. Now if you do it and feel very little pain, you do not have moderate acne, most people have mild acne out there, so you will think it is not working. Let me tell you, if you use this, and benzoyl peroxide like I do, you will clear up. This acid needs time to get deep down to do it's work every 3 days and the cream to help kill the stuff when you are not using the acid. Now that I do one treatment every 3 days, I am and have been mostly clear of acne. About 90-95 percent. I feel and look awesome. However, if I let it lapse even one week, I will start to get breakout acne again as all that dead skin is being piled up by the cream which alone can't keep it at bay. Without the cream, I break out some, this alone is not going to clear you 100 percent if it is active acne, but with help of the benzoyl peroxide, it is the perfect solution to freedom! What I mean is no more glossing looking oily skin, you may now workout and sweat without worring you are going to break out massively due to your clogged pores. You actually sweat because your pores are not clogged, and you don't break out if you continue using this acid with peroxide. Also, I have had tons of whiteheads on my back for many years until this acid and this has been slowly making them go away as it dissolves them a little each time I apply it. I do not peel at all when I use it on my back because it is not active acne anymore, but just old dead acne whitehead bumps under a new layer of skin that won't go away on it's own since it is protected by the new skin. This was the first place my acne started when I was 15. It stopped breaking out at about age 25 on my back. I am now 31 and my acne is just on my face now but still moderate if I leave it untreated. The new skin on my back is not dead so it does not peel when I use it. However the acid gets under and disolves the oil. I just see shriking and smoothing skin appearing slowly as the whiteheads go bye bye. I can finally take my shirt off without looking horrible. It has taken months, but it is worth every penny this acid is worth! Amazing product, best I have in my solution to fighting acne. The less dead skin you have on your face when you use it, the less pain you will feel. I do it every 3 days so I feel very little more like a itch for about 15 minutes then I wash it off and the pinkness of my face fades away by the 30 minute mark. You must get this, forget reading the people that tried it once and stopped. They didn't give it time to work. It needs time to exfoliate all the garbage on your skin which is plugging your pores. That is why you break out. Don't give up! Oh, and the shipper is awesome, super fast!

I have experience with TCA peels (Blue peel) and retin A .5 and my skin takes it. I recently got some cystic acne and stupidly picked and scarred. I decided to give this a try and after a week of doing it every 2 days I see a fading of the scar, flattening of milia and other bumps plus very smooth skin. The blackheads are gone but I have had very minimal peeling. Probably because of my peel history. I want to emphasize that peeling may not be apparent to many but it is exfoliating. I may go to 30% and do a Jessner in January just to even out. Need to wait and see how this product works out.I recommend this product as it has made my skin very smooth and clear. I think the scar will fade away with time and there may still be something to extract. I did go to a esthetician and she did get a lot out but I still see something. I am hoping this product will make that come out. I am very patient about seeing results as I have been on Obagi for 10 years and love it. But after a while, you need a little boost and this product definately delivers that way. I think if you have virgin skin as far as peels, it will do wonders. For me, since I have peeled my face twice with TCA, the effects are a little milder than what I am used but still very positive.Update....Day 10. I have used the peel now two more times for 5 and the last time 8 minutes and I am definately going to peel big time. I am thrilled as I am getting better peeling than when I did a 15% Blue peel All I did was shed and flake and there was not noticeable difference over $400 later! I was so angry at the esthetician who assured me the result would be the same as the 30% Blue Peel if she did the 15% with more layers. WRONG! So, I just wanted to add that if you are used to getting peels...especially TCA, then your skin may take a bit longer to peel with the 20% SA. I am Hispanic and my skin is thick and not really sensitive except for being prone to hyperpigmentation. I can withstand quite a bit of acid of any kind. I expect to peel tonight or tomorrow night for sure. Have been using the jojoba oil to moisturize snd I highly recommend it. Not greasy, absorbs quickly and no breakouts.