My boyfriend bought this set for me it was the cleanser, toner, lotion and spot treatment. I always wash my face at night with a cleanser and in the morning with just water (to help me wake up). Ive been using this product for about a month and its not doing anything super special or amazing for me. I will continue to use it until its gone, but i wont be buying it again.

These products did not work for me. I know many people that it has worked for but I believe it depends on the severity and type of your acne. What I do not like about these products (along with those that I know this has worked for) is that it is extremely drying. It makes your skin extremely dry and flaky (even with the included exfoliant). Another negative aspect is that it stains/bleaches your pillow cases and towels. Not to mention that as soon as you stop using it (if it does work for you) you go right back to breaking out. You're basically stuck using it for life.

I purchased not only the 3-step kit but also the makeup removing wipes and oil-free moisturizer. Overall I wasn't impressed enough with the product to justify paying the price. For some reason when I wash my face with the daily cleanser it just doesn't feel sufficiently cleansed...I like to 'feel' the clean if that makes any sense. The reason I purchased the extras was because Proactiv advises that you stick to their product line for maximum results (as do most companies of course), but I honestly wasn't impressed with anything other than the oil-free moisturizer.

I have had cystic acne for the past two years and can not afford the hundreds of dollars worth of acne products prescribed by my Dermatologist. I then started searching online for affordable acne treatments and found Proactive. I had heard of it before and heard good things so I decided to order it as it was extremely cheap. When I got it I used it until it was gone but had just as much acne as I had before using it. It gaurantees clear skin, however it did not live up to the guarantee. I was extremely disappointed and have since been using products from my Dermatologist and as a result my skin has cleared up completely. Bottom line: please do not try Proactiv if you have cystic acne, instead go see your dermatologist and use prescrition products. However, if you have mild acne, Proactiv may work okay for you.

I originally got this for my teenage sister, who is troubled by those awful puberty breakouts, and I decided to give a try as well, although I am blessed not to suffer from acne, yet I still get the occasional PMS breakouts and clogged pores due to long days of wearing make up.
I was hoping it would help me achieve that perfect skin, cleanse and help me avoid the before mentioned troubles. Soon into my first week of use I broke out. I continued using it, hoping it’s just a minor reaction as it tends to happen, and my skin calmed down within two weeks. Then, I broke out again. I thought in might be the step 2 cleanser, glycolic acid based, and decided to skip that step, occasionally using my regular salicylic acid one. Problem fixed. After 2 weeks I decided to go back to the original routine and reintroduced the cleanser only to break out worst than in my teenage years.
I stopped it all together, went back to my La Roche Possay Effaclair Duo and everything is back to normal.
My sister didn’t have much success with it either. She has been using it for about 3 months now, and still gets breakouts, and has under the skin swollen “pimples”.
My boyfriend however swears by Proactiv.
I personally didn’t have any success, I believe acne is a very complex problem with many possible underlying causes, and each individual needs a different treatment. That is why, Proactiv might not be for everyone. It definitely doesn’t work miracles.
I guess it’s worth a try, but I wouldn’t get my hopes up.

Okay, well I don't like it, but I don't hate it. I don't know, I never really used it that much. Although I do like the scrub part, it's good. But then again there is a risk. I mean it sometimes gave me more zits when i was actually trying to diminish that zit on my forehead! eekk! I mean hello?! I do have normal but sensitive skin. And ProActiv is NOT for me.

-Brigitte
Fashion Girlz

My mother ordered the proactiv solution for me when I was in junior high. I was never the type of person that really cared if I had pimples on my face, so I didn't put in the effort to get rid of them. I always had the outlook that one day I would grow out of it, which I did. To correctly use proactiv you should use it in the morning and again at night. I only used it in the morning, but I still had decent results. I know many other people that swear by proactiv. The cleanser isn't too harsh on my skin. The toner did sting from time to time, but I've used toners that were much harsher. The repairing lotion was my absolute favourite, left my skin soo incredibly soft. The refining mask was good for spot treatment, I really only used it every once in a while.

Didn't like it. Dried out my skin way too much, and I still continued to get cystic pimples. I used this system for 2 months religiously, and my results were no better than what I get from just D/S products. Wouldn't recommend.

I tried this product years ago when it first came out. I had 'normal teenage acne' - but it didn't work. I had tried several products from the doctor and this was the last thing we decided to try. It kept the acne from getting worse, but it didn't clear it up like I thought it would. Disappointed, but would encourage others to try if they think it might help them.

I have been using ProActiv for a few years. I actually started using it before it was available in Canada and had to be ordered from the US, so ProActiv and I have some history. I have never had really bad acne, but have always had pimples popping up on some part of my face at all times. ProActiv has been really helpful at controlling my breakouts.

Both my sister and I use it and have both been happy with it. I still generally have a few pimples on my face, but I have a tendency to touch pimples and blackheads, so blame their existence on my face on myself and not on the effectiveness of ProActiv.

I use the 4 piece kit. I use the mask as a spot treatment while I'm asleep, but it's not amazing. Green tea treatments or even toothpaste probably do the trick better. But, because I use the cleanser, toner and cream, I use the mask as my spot treatment so I'm not using too many different types of chemicals on my face.

I had heard some negative reviews about the main chemical ingredient in ProActiv, claiming that it was overly harsh. So I took the bottles into my doctor and showed her the ingredients. She said that nothing stood out as being a problem. The only concern I have with this product is that your skin becomes reliant upon it and I think that, when I stop using it, I will have to slowly transition to a new product to avoid serious breakouts during the transition.