First of all, let me say: Don’t waste your time on ProActive. Of the three I mentioned above, it was the least effective. ProActive is just basically watered-down Clearasil, which is great for use on mild acne.

However, for moderate to severe acne, I highly recommend this product. I’ve been using it for a little more than two weeks and, while my face is not completely free of acne (although I suspect it will be soon), it is much less irritated and my skin does feel softer. I don’t have many bumps, just red blotches where the acne used to be. These mild blotches are going away each passing day.

HOWEVER, I must state: while this product is great for severe acne and works well (yes, better than ProActive, in my opinion) I would NOT recommend using it for mild acne or as some kind of skin care treatment. These are POTENT chemicals that you are putting on your face/chest/back, not some mild antibiotics.

Now, my skin has been very tolerant to acne medications thus far, and I have not experienced any itching, peeling or irritation. However, this product did BURN around my eyes. DO NOT USE IT WITHIN AN INCH OF YOUR EYES! THEY SAY IT WILL BURN, AND THEY MEAN IT!

The third step of the morning routine, which I believe in the repair lotion, is a gritty, sandpaper-feeling substance. In the beginning, it stung when I put it on because of its rough texture and the fact that my skin was sensitive due to the acne. However, once your skin begins to clear up, it won’t bother you so much anymore. For a week or two, you just have to soldier on and deal with it. It is also possible that it will dry your skin out. What many reviewers don’t understand, however, is that this is SUPPOSED to happen. That is how Benzoyl Peroxide and other acne medications work – they dry out the affected area to kill the bacteria and other impurities that cause acne. If you get mild dry skin, that means it is WORKING! If you hate the feeling of dry skin, however, use an oil free or low-oil moisturizer. It will make your skin softer while also not impeding the effect of the acne medication.

Overall, I recommend this product to anyone with moderate to severe acne. This is a very powerful system; to put it in perspective, ProActive and Clearasil have 3-4% Benzoyl Peroxide whereas this system uses 10%. It is a very powerful, potent system. Use it wisely, and don’t be afraid to reduce how often you use it if it irritates your skin. Your skin will gradually become used to it and the burning or irritation will decrease. However, I sincerely must stress to not use this around your eyes – my skin had not become irritated with anything else before, and when I applied it around my eyes, it burned. I don’t mean stung, I mean burned, where there were dark red circles around my eyes (they went away in about 2 days, but were tender to the touch).

Also, it’s not exactly perfume – I notice a few reviewers gave it a bad review because it smelled bad. Yeah, it doesn’t smell the best, but the smell wears off once the lotion has been absorbed into your skin. As long as you’re more interested in losing acne than how it smells, it shouldn’t bother you.

Also, you’re better off finding this at Walmart where I got mine for less.

With all that said, this is a fantastic product, especially for the price. Proactiv goes for $40 on Amazon and this stuff sells for almost half that. Also, this kit did not overdry my skin as straight benzoyl peroxide treatments have done. I imagine some people might have a drying problem, but just use some moisturizer and you should be good to go. As with any acne treatment the key is being consistent. If you start missing applications acne Will come back.

Of course the bottom line is results, this product absolutely cleared up all my acne in a little under a month. It’s hard to express in words how happy I am looking in the mirror now and seeing a clear complexion looking back at me.

The only downside I can think of is that step 4 comes in a small 1 ounce container and will most likely run out before the rest of the kit does. Other than that I give this product my full reccomendation with consistent use it will most likely clear up most cases of acne.

And I finally found the solution to this acne maze.

I have been using “AcneFree Severe Acne Treatment System” for 2 days as of now, and I am seeing the difference!

I can see acnes disappearing! It works!!

Proactive didn’t work for me, but this one did!

While using PROACTIVE, I felt uncomfortable wearing the toner and lotion.. (It tends to make

my skin look greasy) but AcneFree doesn’t have that problem.

Definately recommended!

Some word of caution, however.

This stuff is very concentrated, and you should follow the directions VERY carefully. 10% benzoyl peroxide, in abundance over a long period of time, has the potential to leave scars, so don’t glob a lot of this stuff over a whitehead hoping to make it go away overnight.

Also if you live in a hot area and find yourself sweating a lot (Arizona), keep this stuff AWAY from any articles of clothing, because it can and will bleach your clothes very badly. Even the act of wiping the sweat off your face and wiping it off on your shirt will leave a bleach mark that will not come out.

I’ve been using this stuff since 2008, and it has not failed me yet. Just be aware that it’s strong stuff that shouldn’t be underestimated.

At first his face burned and dried out a little, but his face now seems used to the product. The #2 gets used up much quicker than the rest of the products.

When he misses a day using all of the steps, we notice the difference.

Hopefully, in another few months all of his pimples will be gone. If not, at least his face looks MUCH BETTER than before.

When you’re in your 30′s and are STILL dealing with acne, you start to wish for wrinkles, because who has wrinkles and acne, right?!?! I was starting to think I would be one of the few dealing with both, and that was a pretty depressing prospect.

I usually check out reviews on everything before I buy it, but when I saw this product at target, and saw that it was marketed specifically for severe acne, I bought it without knowing a thing about it (sidenote: this product was 21.99 there).

I know it sounds crazy, but I saw a difference in my skin the next day, after only applying it before I went to bed. Prior to purchasing this, I had just had a terrible experience with Burts Bees acne products, which had made my skin red, even more oily, and had produced terrible pre-pubescent breakouts along both sides of my chin. After one application of acne free, the redness was reduced significantly, and some of my more painfull bumps had gone down in size…which is huge.

I was ecstatic, but had experienced these results with other topical treatments, only to be let down a week or so later, when my skin would eventually return to its angry self. So I waited two weeks before sharing my review.

It is now three weeks after starting application, and my skin has honestly never been so clear. I still have a few bumps, but compared to what I was dealing with before, I’ll take them. Because this is a benzoyl peroxide based product, after a few weeks my skin became really tight, and that led to a few minor bumps. I started using an oil free, fragrance free moisturizer (olay regenerist), and that cleared everything up.

My husband has remarked on how much brighter my skin looks, and I am over the moon. I have even gone to the grocery store without makeup (and not wanted to die of humiliation). If you have skin like mine, you know what a huge, amazing thing this is.

Prior to using acne free, I had small bumps, whiteheads, and periodic cystic bumps that were super painful. It may not have looked severe to other people, but it felt pretty darn severe to me after dealing with it for so long. I would absolutely, whole heartedly reccomend this product to anyone dealing with acne. Just invest in some great moisturizer if you have sensitive skin.