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| 4 | acne | Hello Im a black male and I started getting acne at the age 16 which was very mild and my Doctor put me on Defferin gel and it worked great tell I turned like 20 years old then after that my acne got real bad and my doctor put me on Tazorac gel and my whole face got all red and bumpy and itchy with alot of white heads. then it cleared up and my face was clear and my skin tone was great and it cleared my black spots i been on tazorac 0.1% gel for 2 years now But now my skin is back getting real bumpy and red and itchy.. is there anybody that knoes about any new medicine that works? or do i need a high dose | watch out for the side effects... i had burning, stinging. bleeding and cuting my skin | M | 22 | 2 years | 5/29/2007 | 3 | Acne | Extreme skin sensitivity, peeling, and redness. | Tazorac is a double-edged sword. There's really not much more to it than that. Out of all the creams I have tried, it has the most unbelievable effects. Before I discontinued it, my skin looked extremely fair in complexion and flawless. The problem is, Tazorac really wears down your skin strength. I guess it's worse for me because I'm on the tennis team, so I was out in the sun about 2 hours a day. I ended up with amazing, clear skin, but every time I laughed, my face turned red as a tomato. If I was embarrassed, the same thing happened. My dermatologist switched me to Differin because it's basically a similar therapy but at a way less powerful concentration. It's Adapelene instead of Tazarotene though. For those of you who are willing to have perfect skin at the cost of turning extremely red and being embarrassed in public, don't say you weren't warned! If you want to try a safer route, try a weaker med like Retin-A or Differin. | M | 18 | 18 months | 5/26/2007 | 5 | Adult Acne | I am a 40 year of African American female, and I have dealt with acne most of my young adult and adult life. This is important for me to mention because black skin is different then white skin and some ways, and I want blacks who read this testimonial to know that this product does work on black skin. The side effect that I experienced was that my skin peeled and as I understand, this is a natural occurrence in the use of this product, which is great because it's peeling off the old to reveal a newer and fresher skin tone. You will experience a little bit of irritation when applying make up and sunscreen, but nothing that's unbearable. I have not had a pimple or broken out in several months now. The dark marks and scaring that occur after a breakout are gone. This product is fantastic! | I did continue to break-out after I started using the cream, but I remembered reading that you should continue and that you would see results, and so I did. | F | 42 | 4 months | 5/25/2007 | 5 | Sick of laim over the counter stuff | I used to get alot of peeling/redness. I use the moisturinging stuff from an old Proactive kit now, and my skin has gotten LOADS better. Tazarac's website has a video on the steps necisarry, and one of them is to use a moisturizer regularly. My doctor kinda forgot to tell me that. Use the moisturizer, use tazorac, it rocks. | You owe it to yourself to try this stuff, if your sick of crap on infomercials, go for it. | M | 18 | 2 years | 5/18/2007 | 3 | Acne | slight pain, peeling | Been using tazorac for about 1 1/2 month now. The only significant difference i see is a complexion change and less blackheads. I feel like I'm still going through the phase where your face will look like its getting worse though. Acne breakouts will come and go but most time when they do come they are red and sometimes painful. I wash with 10% benzoyl perioxide in morning and at night wash with cetaphil then wait 20 min. then apply tazorac. Unfortunately I wasn't given any antibotics or anything to help with breakouts and redness, if anybody has any tips, advice (face washes, moisturizers, etc., personal success) how to help out along the way it would be much appreciated. Feel free to email me. | M | 21 | 1.5 months | 5/18/2007 | 5 | Adult acne | Slight peeling | My skin was horrile, I had bumps everywhere. I started Tazorac back in February. After 2 weeks, I noticed that my skin was starting to change. 3 months later and my skin is fantastic! I love it. I had almost no side effects, my skin is so oily so I never got really dry skin or never peeled. I love it and definitely reccommend it. I use a moisturizer by Peter Thomas Roth in the mornings which is great - it's not too heavy at all. | F | 29 | 3 months | 5/17/2007 | 4 | Minor Acne | Dryness | I am a fair skinned female with minor acne for 25 years. I have basically tried all acne medication to prevent breakouts. My friend gave me some free samples which lasts bout a month. I am still using these samples and I am seeing a significant difference in my skin. Even though this does cause dryness, like any acne medication, my skin is clear. I use this medication every other day and on the days I do not use it I remove my makeup with Ponds makeup remover and apply Oil of Olay (oil free for both products). Once a week I use a exfoliator (St.Ives Apricot Scrub) to remove the dead cells. | F | 27 | 2 weeks | 5/10/2007 | 5 | acne | some dryness; nothing a moisturizer won't fix | The key to this drug is patience. Look at this forum and notice what everybody has to say about it who have been using it from 6 to 8 months +. My dermatologist told me it would take anywhere from 6 to 8 weeks to start seeing results. The acne normally does get worse before it gets better, but my derm put me on an oral antibiotic (doxycycline) and a topical antibiotic (evoclin foam) to curb the intial breakout...it worked fairly well. Now I use the Evoclin twice a day (morning, and night) and Tazorac every night. Use a lotion on the face (water based) and you'll cut down on the dryness (which minimizes over time). I'm telling you, if you have patience, this stuff is a wonder-drug. | M | 28 | 1.5 years | 5/4/2007 | 4 | Adult Acne | Peeling,and alot of burning in the beginning; but the results now are remarkable! Don't second guess it, JUST USE IT!!! | PLEASE!PLEASE!PLEASE! Give it a try it really works, I tried just about everything there is to try for acne..and this stuff really works. I use a facial cleaning cloth called PRASCION,an oral atibiotic called SOLODYN,and TAZORAC of course.My skin in very oily around the t-zone area it certainly dried up this area alot,which was another concern of mine.The only thing I do not like about this product is..the old acne spots have yet to fade. My Dermatologist said this will take about 1 yr. to see these fade but overall NO NEW ACNE!!! AT ALL. Imagine that for a person whose been suffering with acne since I was 13yrs. old. So if anyone has any questions about this product I'm sure I could probably help..After all I feel like I'm well ahead of the game....Feel free to give me some feed back I'm more than happy to give my advice. | F | 28 | 3 months | 5/4/2007 | 4 | stop acne | slight itching and burning | Can the 41 year old female who posted on 4/27/2007 please email me? [email protected] Or give more information on how the chemical peels and tazorac worked for you. I am a black female who is considering chemical peels to help fade the black spots. Tazorac and Lustra are fading, but its a slow process. | F | 31 | 10 weeks | 4/30/2007 | 4 | peeling | F | 40 | 10 days | 4/29/2007 | 3 | acne | I am using tazorac gel and it started off really rocky. After about a month or so my face seem to clear pretty good. Now that it has been another month my face is starting to break out again. Is this normal? I thought after the initial bad breakout that the acne breakouts were going to be much better. somebody please help and let me know something before I continue!!! | M | 16 | 3 months | 4/29/2007 | 5 | acne | at first it was itchy and makes my face burning but after a while it s really work it even lighten the scars away and my skin is more radiant. I used this once a day before bedtime and benzaclin in the morning. | Its does really. | M | 33 | 4 months | 4/28/2007 | 3 | moderate acne | burning, peeling, redness | I have been using Tazorac 0.5% cream for 7 weeks now and am still getting minor breakouts. I use a benzoyl peroxide wash in the morning followed by Lubriderm with sunblock. At night I wash with Dove and apply a small amount of Tazorac. IT has done nothing to fade my post acne marks | F | 27 | 7 weeks | 4/28/2007 | 5 | Acne & sun damage | Redness, burning, scaly skin, initial breakouts | I have had varying degrees of acne over the years & developed painful, cystic hormonal acne on my chin. I have tried the a,b,c's of all treatments including antibiotics & now hormone therapy. Have been on Tazorac (used nightly) & Benzaclyn (morning) since November & my skin is now clear. I also just finished a series of 3 chemical peels and take a very low dose of Spironolactone. I find that my skin does get very dry with the Tazorac, though, and use of Cetaphil moisturizer, while it helps, leaves my skin greasy. Can anyone recommend an OTC moisturizer they use? Use of Tazorac takes a lot of patience but I must say it has worked - both for acne & skin tone. The results took about 4 months for me. The redness & irritation & most scaliness is now gone - along with the acne. I just need to manage the dryness. | F | 41 | 6 months | 4/27/2007 | 4 | to even out sun-damaged/ageing skin | Terrible redness, stinging, darkening of facial skin for first couple of months | I used this cream for a few months and was disheartened as my face was permanently darker than the rest of me (!) and my skin appeared to be developing a bumpy texture that I wasn't happy with. Skin felt sensitive and 'naked'. I decided to take a break for 5 days (which helped) and start again. Only this time being VERY careful to follow the advice given on this web-site ie, wash with a mild soapless cleanser, then apply a water-based moisturiser. Then, and this is very important, wait at least 20-30 minutes before applying the Tazorac. This has made all the difference to how my skin looks and feels. Strangely, it's peeling more, but doesn't feel damaged or burnt and the skin being revealed underneath is much fresher and smoother than before! Good luck! | F | 40 | 3 days | 4/24/2007 | 4 | to improve skin texture | I left the comments below and just wanted to make clear that I have been using this cream for three months not three days! | F | 40 | 3 months | 4/24/2007 | 1 | Slight Acne/Scarring | Bumpy skin, redness, little white spots that looked like whiteheads, dryness, irritation | having little to no acne and a smooth face with just some scarring on my cheeks, after using tazorace, I broke out rapidly and my smooth skin turned to bumps- in places where there wasnt any either. I used tazorac at night with something called klaron and i will NEVER EVER touch it again. It ruined my face and left these bumps/scars which I never had. Dermatologist didnt even know what they were. Wouldnt recommend this at all, I used EVERYTHING before and never had a problem like this. | F | 22 | 4 days | 4/23/2007 | 3 | acne | breaking out and redness of the face. | I used tazorac regularly a year and half ago. My skin looked amazing after using it. I then used less of it and got to the point when i thought I no longer needed it. I WAS WRONG. I realized my skig wasnt as great anymore and started using tazorac 4 weeks ago. and i dont remember breaking out this much last time I used it. My forehead, chin, and cheeks are covered with scars and pimples. HOw much longer people? Its been four weeks. | F | 18 | 4 days | 4/22/2007 | 4 | acne | Extreme peeling. | I have been using tazorac for 1 year and peel as much now as when I first starting using it. When will this go away? Can I exfoliate? And what makeup can I use that works? | F | 48 | 1 years | 4/21/2007 |