Azelex : Azelaic Acid (20%) Cream

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Active Ingredient: Azelaic Acid (20%). Inactive Ingredients: Cetearyl octanoate; glycerin; glyceryl stearate and cetearyl alcohol and cetyl palmitate and cocoglycerides; PEG-5 glyceryl stearate; propylene glycol; and purified water. Benzoic acid is present as a preservative.

Items marked with red have tested a 3 or above (out of 5) in comedogenic (pore-clogging) testing.

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May 21, 2011

Pros:

lights dark spots, calms redness in skin

Cons:

burns, tingles, and itches for a couple weeks after you first use it. This decreases as your skin gets used to it.

I love the way this medication has lighted my dark acne scars. I am a carmel complexed african american. Your skin will get worse before it gets better, but the irritation is worth the outcome. I found it is better to wait at least 30 mins after you wash your face to apply the medication. It doesnt burn or itch as much.
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October 22, 2009

Pros:

Feels very silky and smooth on your skin, also fades hyperpigmentation, there is no sensitivity to the sun

Cons:

maybe price if you don't have insurance

Works very very well, took two months to see AMAZING results, i had pretty bad acne but now it is 95% clear, just a few very very tiny bumps you can't even see unless you look really really close, also cleared up a lot of the hyperpigmentation and I would say in about a month it will be all gone, I have tried so many products and this has without a doubt worked the best!
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June 30, 2010

Pros:

Over 2 weeks in so far:

Seems as effective as BP at present

Calms down acne in terms of:
amount,
severety and
redness,

light white powder makes skin look nice and does not bleach anything (like BP does)

Does not cause foetal malformations like retin A (always speak to doctor about this anyway)

Does not cause as much irritation as BP

does not cause antibiotic resistance as it is not an antibiotic.

Does not cause sun sensitivity

Cons:

itchy for a while after applying
Light white powder can get onto dark clothes,
you end up using alot of it so make sure you get 180g for 4 weeks for one application a day and double that for 2 applications a day.

can lighten skin (I like this but I know its a con for some ppl, still doesnt bleach anything else)

may be expensive to buy if you aren't on the NHS or if you don't have insurance as you will need alot ofit for body acne.

I would reccomend this to anyone who has body acne as BP is often just too much of a restriction on your life. Cant sleep on friends sheets cause you will bleach them with BP, can't wear the sexy black dress or top cause if you sweat you will bleach it... etc etc its great stuff and since using it my skin has really improved, i dont like to review "too soon" but I prefer this so much I wanted to share the word as so few ppl know about this treatment. BTW I have been using once a day. I will do another review after 6 weeks xx
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November 29, 2009

Pros:

Truly truly truly works! It got rid of cystic acne and made the reduced the redness.

Cons:

Slight tingling and burning when you first apply it. So worth it though!

You must not give up on this product. It truly does work if you are patient with it. I have only used this for about a month now and I can't believe how much my face cleared up. It looks and feels so smooth. I no longer have bumpy cheeks!
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December 13, 2009

Pros:

Cleared up my acne faster then any other product I've tried and I basically tried em all.

Cons:

None

This does sting when first applied, but it works bottom line. I'd much rather deal with the pain then with having acne. Come on people havent you ever heard the saying, "Beauty is Pain", toughin up it could be worse.
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November 24, 2009

Pros:

Clears non-inflammatory and inflammatory acne, smoother skin, anti-bacterial, non-irritating, not too drying, treats PIH, reasonably priced.

Cons:

None

Best topical I've ever used. Has really improved the texture of my skin. Very effective in killing acne... Reduces the lifespan of cysts and unblocks pores to purge comedones. Have been using this for 3 months and noticed slight improvement in PIH (takes about 6 months to see good results). Highly recommend it!
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October 6, 2009

Pros:

Results were immediate. Not too drying. No new breakouts since I started.

Cons:

Make sure you let your skin dry for 20 minutes after washing, before applying the Finacea. Keeps the itching down.

I have a history of acne and now I struggle with rosacea. I've tried it all. Tazorac, Ziana, differin, accutane once a week. Recently I had been using Ziana to improve texture and help with the rosacea breakouts. I didn't realize it was making my face worse. I was an oil slick by 2 pm! I began to get hard cyst-like pimples on my chin. The minute I stopped using it and switched to Finacea, my skin began to clear again.
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November 7, 2010

Pros:

it's simple (just a freaking cream) and it is the ONLY thing that has cleared my chest and back acne in over 12 years

Cons:

without insurance it's INSANELY expensive (I just paid $200, but if I don't use it, as I have stopped in the past because it is just so expensive, my acne came back with a bloody vengeance), doesn't work on my face acne

so my chest and my back are ridiculously allergic to benzoyl peroxide and salicylic acid does absolutely nothing, so I just kind of always have had gross back and chest acne since 7th grade (I'm now in my third year of grad school, a good 12 years later). I went to the dermatologist, looking for a cure for my recently emerging (at 24, neat!) facial acne problem, and he suggested this product. i did not see any improvement in two months in my facial acne, but now my back and chest are clear! if I do get an errant back or chest pimple, however, azelex does nothing to make it go away, but it does an awesome job of keeping it under control. I think it's worth a try, and seriously, the tingling is nothing. so in short, works freaking miracles on the chest and back area (after 2 months mind you) but it didn't do anything for my newly developed adult acne.
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March 19, 2010

Pros:

This has cleared up 95% of the acne on my face and jaw line in a matter of weeks (3).

Cons:

Burns when first appiled. Initially dries my skin out, which is great but then my skin seems to overcompensate by producing more oil, turning me into an oily slick and requiring me to wash my face every couple of hours at work.

I've tried everything, to include accutane. This stuff works.
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April 11, 2011

Pros:

Smooth skin the morning - after.

Cons:

Stinging after application is absolutely unbearable - especially with a sensitive skin

Burning, burning, itching, itching, please help me fire brigade! I have a very sensitive skin, I have no clue what development team thought they should think of a 20% acidic cream but well, hey, if it seems to work in vitro? Anyway, no one's skin should have to deal with such a harsh acidic product. Made me want to scratch my skin off, tried it three nights in a row but could bear it the third night anymore. Going to hand it back in to the phamacy tomorrow.
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