I was out of acne cream or gel that I usually keep around in case I have any blemishes that come up. My skin happens to be extremely prone to stress-induced breakouts, so I almost always keep a handy tube of zit cream available for these emergencies. I will usually put the cream or gel on the affected area before I got to bed at night, and hope for the best when I wake up in the morning, although many times I awake and it’s still there.
I happened upon a great deal at GNC. When I was purchasing some vitamins, up at the counter they had some clearance items for a buck, and among them was an acne treatment gel from what I believe is a whole skin care product line called Clinical Solutions which had a purple and white label, and was about 2 ounces in weight. I figured for a buck, who cares if it didn’t work at all, it wouldn’t be much of a loss if it didn’t. Well, turns out, it didn’t work all that great on me.
I had a few small zits, or acne bumps, crop up around my right temple for some reason recently, and although I used the acne gel from GNC on my templed several times at night, I didn’t notice that it had cleared the acne or even taken any of the redness out. So, I ended up putting it on and combining it with some leftover Murad acne mask, which helps to at least dry them out and prevent them from spreading. I guess it’s only a buck, but I was hoping I stumbled on one of those rare finds that you happen across that’s cheap and works!
I do like the Murad acne spot treament that I got with the cleanser a while ago, but ran out a few weeks ago. I’m probably going to end up ordering more of the Murad stuff, which is on the expensive side, but it really does help and many times will dry up zits that have just cropped up virtually overnight – it also takes the redness out. Also, Zenmed has a herbal skin care products line that includes an acne serum which works very well, so maybe I’ll end up going with that too. I like that one because it’s all natural, and even has a pleasant, woodsy smell to it.
