Proactiv has stopped working!! - Acne Message Board

matahari · 10-22-2003, 10:26 AM

I have been using proactiv for about a year and a half and it worked great up until about 2 months ago. It seems like it just stopped working. I have quit using it, but my acne is now worse since I stopped! Has anyone had the same problem? Do you think it would work again since my body has had a 2 month break from it??

Laurenmarie179 · 10-22-2003, 12:51 PM

it stopped working for me, and manny others as well. the infomercial says your skin wont "get immune" to it, but that doesnt seem true. Its not that its a bad product, its just not very strong if you look at the ingredients. i tried takinng a break from it and going back severala months later--still didnt work, so i went to the dermotologist and got much better stuff, which i then also became immune to...and now the endless search continues to save my skin....uhhh

froe · 10-22-2003, 01:50 PM

welcome to the club.

proactiv worked good for a lot of people
in this board - for a while.

we all hate it now.

lovely.lady · 10-22-2003, 04:49 PM

I think a good thing to do is to use Proactiv and when you run out, use something else for a month or two. That's what I'm doing so I won't get "immune" to it or whatever. I just started on my other stuff yesterday and already my skin's kind of gross, how sad.

bunny9987 · 10-22-2003, 05:11 PM

THIS IS WHY I AM HERE. It stopped working after a years and 10 months. This was about a year ago. I am currently on acctuane ( on my 14th week) because I couldn't get it back under control. I am 100% clear now. I am introducing some proactiv cleanser back in, because I want to keep it under control this time. SO this time I will mix it up. not just use proactiv.... This was the worst year of my life. I felt like I lost 6 months of my life. And time goes by slow when you spend it in bed. I really wish I can tell you what to do now. I had to step in with the big "guns" Good luck.
I don't hate proactiv, I just felt betrayed. Like it was real.

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