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| 5 | acne | Initially my face had some redness and dry patches | I had large acne on my face...so awful my face was swollen and red,I was embarrassed to go to work. Tazorac prevented the acne from scaring and pimples from getting swollen or larger. The results are amazing my skin is gorgeous now and friends wonder what treatments i may have had done. I still use it weekly as a preventative measure..you do not need a large amount to cover an area. Good luck all :) | F | 39 | 365 days pea size 1X W | 1/30/2012 | 3 | F | 20 | 3 days | 1/26/2012 | 4 | A few, stubborn pimples | Red, dry, peeling skin | So I was prescribed this for light, but stubborn acne. This product made my skin A LOT worse than it originally was. I was also prescribed acanya gel. So basically I gave up on tazorac and acanya was a miracle product for me HIGHLY reccommend it. | F | 15 | 1.5 months .1 1X day | 12/21/2011 | 4 | Acne | Peeling. Redness. Acne really worsened. | F | 38 | 9 weeks 1% gel | 11/24/2011 | 4 | Acne | It has made my skin too sensitive to get my eyebrows waxed anymore. I tried it once and it took a few layers of skin off with the wax. I do threading now. | It has worked really well, but I feel now that its becoming less effective. | F | 29 | 3 years 1X day | 11/4/2011 | 3 | Moderate Acne on my cheeks chin | Blistering ,redness,extreme peeiling on my face , tightness | So I noticed my marks have lighted simply because this helps to dry out and peel of the top layer, but when coming out of a hot shower my face is tightened and hurts to the max. Ill take the advice of others and use moisturizer and see if it will help | F | 19 | 7 days .05 1X day | 10/29/2011 | 4 | sebaceous hyperplasia | itching and some burning especially around eyes | derm prescribed for hyperplasia...while I see no improvement yet in bumps (may be a little worse) I notice an overall improvement in skin tone and I have great hope that the bumps will go away..is there anyone out there using this for hyperplasia...I would love to hear your results..will give an update down the road | F | 55 | 2 weeks 0.1 cream 1X day | 9/9/2011 | 5 | acne | severe acne; had been on accutane 3 times. I am now 63 years old. extremely oily skin. started with taz cream (.05, then .1%) and moved to the gel and my skin has improved. I didn't move to the gel until about 2 months ago and sorry i didn't . no real side effects except purging of blemishes at the beginning..a year ago. I would recommend it for people with difficult to treat acne. | It has improved the general texture and appearance of my skin as well as improving the acne. much smoother and less blotchy. | F | 63 | 1 years 1X day | 8/25/2011 | 5 | Acne | Peeling, Redness, purging | Tazorac is taz-o-riffic. You may notice that I have only been on this medication for 1.5 weeks but that is just this time around. ( I will update this as the journey continues) When I was in junior high, the derm. prescribed me Tazorac as a last step before accutane. This was actually before the cream had come out so my skin went through extreme peeling and purging. After the purging was complete, I basically would have layers of skin falling off my face. I won't lie, this was incredibly embarrassing in junior high but it didn't last forever. Initially I was using the gel every night but because of the peeling my derm. suggested I only put it on for 15 minutes then wash it off. This reduced the peeling and redness greatly and seemed to work great on my acne. When the cream came out, I switched to that and was able to leave it on all night with little to no peeling. This stuff saved me. I survived the peeling, redness, and breakouts and returned in the 8th grade to people complementing me left and right. I literally had a girl run up to me to tell me how great my skin looked- Man, that was awesome. I went off Tazorac because I was convinced it was having a bleaching effect on my face. I had a tan body and pale face. I have never experienced acne so bad as I have been in the past 6 months. I went off birth control and my skin has had a hell of a time adjusting. I'm 23 now and perhaps this is Adult acne but it is painful, huge, and takes forever to go away. I have even missed c | F | 23 | 1.5 weeks 1% 1X day | 8/23/2011 | 5 | Acne | I'm an aesthetician who has been on Tazorac 0.05 for about a year. I use it every other night. I have found that the key to success with Tazorac is combining it with the right skin care products. I use Obagi Clenziderm Step 1 ( for oily skin with 2% salicylic acid) and Step 2 (Pore Therapy with 2% salicylic acid) twice a day along with my Tazorac 0.05 every other night. What my saving grace has been is a product called Cicalfate by Avene. Originally a post laser product, Cicalfate is gentle enough to apply to bleeding, oozing skin (sometimes caused by a CO2 laser treatment) and has soothed my skin nightly. It really keeps the side effects of Tazorac at a next-to-nothing level. Here's the kicker -- I'm a dry, sensitive skin type who is very acne prone. All of these products are strong but are very tolerable with the use of Cicalfate, which by the way, is pretty inexpensive. Only $24 retail! Good luck to everyone on Tazorac. It's a great product for acne and has also proven to | F | 28 | 1 years 0.05 1X day | 6/30/2011 | 3 | ACNE | redness, peeling, more pimples, esp. whiteheads, sunburn easily | Takes too long to work! | F | 36 | 30mg 1X day | 5/26/2011 | 4 | Bad breakout | Bad initial break out, greasy/oily skin | I've always had pimples here and there but a few months ago my skin turned it worse it has ever been. I was on differen prior to this that my doctor had gave me but this made my skin worse. So I went to the dermatologist and he prescribed tazorac to me. I'm also taking clindamycin and minocycline. The 2nd week on this product I had the worse breakout I have ever had. I couldn't believe it and hated looking in the mirror! I was so discouraged so I called my doctor to tell him I was stopping the product. He told me that this is what the product is suppose to do and he told me to continue using it. So I did. And let me tell you it has actually been worth it. It has been about 7 weeks and my skin is so much better than before. My skin is finally starting to feel like it use to be. I do have a lot of scarring now because I picked but they will eventually fade or makeup works fine. But you have to be very patient with tazorac. And it will get worse before better..but it's worth it! | F | 22 | 7 weeks 1X day | 5/5/2011 | 3 | Acne/Pore Minimizer | Dry Flakey Skin, Very dry lips! | I started using this product back in November. I have a friend who is 42 years old and has the most beautiful skin! She uses a similar product called Retin A (I'm sure you've heard of it). When I went to the derm, she suggested I try the Taz.I have very large pores, and have had mild to moderate acne since I was about 13.The moisturizer used first makes the product less harsh. I started out using it, as directed(pea sized amt) for the first 2 months, about 3 times a week.My friend suggested I go full speed ahead and use it 5 days a week (minimum). I thought she was nuts but at first, I'm not gonna lie...it was rough. My skin was blotchy, flakey, and not pretty. I covered it as much as I could with makeup but sometimes that made it look worse.My suggestion is to wash your face at night, put a small amt of moisturizer on (the suggestions here for Cereve are correct...it is a good moisturizer!). Wait about 15 mins, and then apply your pea sized amt of Taz. I do this Monday night-Friday night. I give myself a break Sat and Sun night. I think my fine lines around my eyes are going away too. People will suggest you stay away from the corners of your nose, and the 'puppet lines' (the lines from the corners of your nose down to the corner of your lips), but these are the areas that need it to...so i say....suck it up and give it a chance. I'm 3 months in, and I'm just starting to see results. | F | 35 | 3 months 1X day | 3/22/2011 | 2 | Acne | Burning, itching, peeling, severe soreness (tenderness) of skin | I started using Tazorac on January 7th, it is currently March 8th. Over all, I'm not sure if I would recommend this drug. It hasn't did much to clear up my acne at all so far. I started by using BP pads on my face at night followed by a moisturizer and then the Taz. When I was doing this regime, I didn't have any harsh side effects, however, I was getting absolutely no results either. Then, I eliminated the moisturizer and was just applying the Taz after the BP pads. This actually started working better for my skin and I noticed the peeling but my acne was slightly getting better..minimally. However, I've been doing this for about a week and a half now and my face hurts so bad! I can't touch my face without it burning and hurting really bad. I just washed my face and it was stinging so bad that I think I'm going to skip the Taz and BP pads tonight. I just applied a lot of moisturizer and hopefully it will feel better soon. I read that you should apply moisturizer before applying Taz and I also read that the moisturizer doesnt alter the effectiveness of the Taz but I'm not too sure if this is true. The Taz seemed to work so much better without the moisturizer, maybe I just need to incorporate the moisturizer more into my routine. I'm not sure how to fix this, I just know I've been using Tazorac for two months now, my acne is still there and even a little worse, my skin peels and my face hurts. ....not satisfied. | F | 18 | 2 months 0.05% 1X day | 3/7/2011 | 5 | Acne | Redness, Dry Flaky skin, Irritation, Burning | I have used Tazorac gel in the past, applying it at night. It caused me severe burning and irritation. To cope with the dry and peeling skin I use Aveeno natuarlly radiant mosturizer with spf, which works excellent and well worth the money. I also use Triaz foaming cloths both day and night before applying tazorac. I was never told to use a mosturizer before applying tazorac. I completed the process in about 5 months I used Triluma to get rid of the scaring. My face was flawless and I always received compliments. However, I got lazy and stopped taking such great care of my face, and my acne returned. I am currently going through the process once again and it has been four weeks and the improvements are drastic already. I recommend always using a benzol peroxide cleanser to maintain great skin even after acne is gone. | F | 18 | 1 years 0.1% 1X day | 2/28/2011 | 1 | acne | i used tazorac for 3 days and my skin began peeling and i had intense burning to the face. | M | 15 | 3 days 1X day | 2/23/2011 | 3 | Acne, prescribed by dermatologist | Peeling, itching, iritation, more breakouts, darkening of spots | I've been using Tazorac for about a month and a half and I am getting a little discouraged. For a while, about three weeks in, I noticed that things seemed to be improving, but then I'd have phases of more breakouts. Right now I'm in one of those breakout phases that seems to be worse than before. So bad in fact that I actually made the decision to go on Proactive to see if that would work faster/better. I changed my mind after reading that I still may go through some of the same side effects as Tazorac. After reading everyone's comments on this forum, I've decided to stick with Taz for at least another three weeks, which is when I go back to the dermatologist to let her check my progress. This whole process is definitely about being patient, even though I'm very self-conscious about my appearance right now and want something to fix it all NOW. I hope that Tazorac is worth the wait and stress. Besides, Taz is more cost effective than Proactive and that's a very good thing. Thanks to all of you for sharing your stories. You've helped me a lot. | F | 38 | 43 days 0.1% 1X day | 2/2/2011 | 5 | acne, even skin tone | AMAZING, minor symptoms if you follow the regimen described in additional commentsThis really should help a lot. I hope it does because I know i read reviews a lot and I was so nervous about starting. I really hope someone tries this step by step. Here is some other tips if you really wanna clear you skin and you are serious about doing anything in your power. These have made my skin glow and perfect 1. Drink:2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar in half a cup of water. You can read online the amazing benefits for acne and just your health in general Supplement: instead of taking so many medications for acne that are damaging your skin and overdosing it with chemicals I advice natural vitamins that help the skin. Tumeric pills morning and night and Spirulina are amazing for acne and your body's health! You can also read their benefits online. | MORNING: 1. use quarter size of jojoba oil and massage into the skin for 30 seconds this will soften peeling and combat dryness, jojoba oil is also great for scars and acne in general. Hop into shower with jojoba oil on if you take a shower in the morning 2. Wash with water, there will be a film of jojoba oil still on skin. At this point add your gentle cleanser and massage for another 30 seconds to wash away the oil. If if still remains you can GENTLY massage with a washcloth. This should wash away the jojoba oil 3. Apply a thick layer of moisturizer and let it soak in before applying any makeup NIGHT 1. Same as morning #1 with jojoba oil. Hop into the shower with jojoba oil still on if you take a shower at night 2. Apply gentle cleanser and massage very gently with washcloth or cleansing cloth to remove dirt and dry flaking skin. DO NOT BE ROUGH. Do this for 30 seconds and rise with warm water 3. dry face and wait 5 minutes and apply a pea size amount of tazorac to problem areas!! not areas that are completely fine because that will just irritate them for no reason. After applying tazorac wait 1 minute for it to sink in and then apply a thick moisturizer. Keep applying till the skin feels calm and not cracked and dry 4. Get a lot of sleep and drink a lot! | F | 20 | 1 months 0.05 gel 1X day | 1/15/2011 | 5 | SEVERE ACNE | Redness,flakiness,dryness,irritation,burning. | The side effects mentioned calm down after the first week. It's been 2 months and a half on this my face as gone from severe acne to very little I'm happy with the results my acne left scars but this also treats that so I'm happy but I hope by the third month the scars would be gone. The 1st month was hell but you get used to it and your skin begins to improve you can't complain. I posted a comment below after my third week and I believed this was working and I was right to trust it. | M | 17 | 2 months 30 MG 1X day | 1/1/2011 | 4 | Large pores, blackheads, acne | Mild redness, moderate dryness, irriatation when washing face/applying lotion | I have tried both strengths of retin a micro over the last 2 years with moderate effectiveness, but my skin was still very oily. My derm put me on taz gel 0.1% and just after 2 weeks my skin looks much more clear (my sister even thought I had makeup on when I had none on at all!) I had enlarged pores on my cheeks, and blackheads on my nose. My enlarged pores have shrunk & are nearly invisible now, visibly less blackheads as well. My once oily skin is now actually dry, so be prepared to use a good moisturizer. I never used a moisturizer even when on retin a micro. My biggest problem with this medication is that it is so drying and irritating that it stings when I wash my face & apply moisturizer. I use cetaphil which is supposed to be gentle. Everyone is different, but taz is much more effective than retin a micro for me. | F | 20 | 2 weeks 1X day | 12/17/2010 |