Customer Reviews

PanOxyl Bar 10% - 4 oz - 1 Bar

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I've had severe back acne for several years and even after fine tuning my muscles to perfection, I was still afraid to take off my shirt - at the pool, around girls, even for a massage from my girlfriend.
I tried tons of stuff that never worked. I searched on the internet and found a reference to this product. I tried it out and after using it on my back once a day while in the shower, I saw results after only 3 days. After 2-3 weeks of use, my back was virtually spotless. I'm so glad I found this soap!
Warning - I wouldn't use it on your face more than 1-2 times a week. I tried using it on my face everyday and after a week my entire face crusted up and I had to rub lotion on my face like 10 times a day to even go out in public.
Also, make sure you rinse your skin very well after use because it can bleach your bedsheets and clothing.

This product works better than anything I've used in my years of suffering with acne. I've used everything you can imagine and have spent a lot of money doing it. Salycilic acid (especially) and other treatments never really worked that well for me. I've discovered benzoyl peroxide works wonders and found a few really good products, but this one beats them all by far and is MUCH cheaper. I've read that this dries many people out, but it doesn't dry me out and my skin is not that oily. I guess if it dries you out, a good, lightweight oil-free moisturizer could handle it. It's worth the benefit of having blemish-free skin! By the way, I use it on my chest and back and have seen the same great results.

I've been using this soap for about 3 years. I have oily, acne-prone skin with bad breakouts during "that" time of the month.

I do not use it every day. I noticed when I use it every day, it doesn't work as well. My skin gets used to it. When I use it once every 4-5 days, it works a lot better and faster.

I usually get these at WalMart, but you have to really look for them, they're usually hidden on some bottom shelf.

One bar lasts a long time, even if you do use it every day. I always buy 5 of these bars at one time that way, I don't have to hunt for them. The price is great too.

WARNING: DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT FOR $40+ DOLLARS. This product is perhaps the greatest I ever used on my chest and back. It completely cleared up my acne on those parts of my body and kept it clear. So, as you can imagine, I was pretty upset when I heard it was discontinued. I never found anything quite like it. Today, I went to Walgreens and happened to stumble into the face/body wash (essentially acne) area, and saw a tag for this bar! I was so happy! I asked the clerk if it was being back into production and she said yes! If it's not in your local store yet, it should be by the end of this week (September 17, 2011)! Don't pay $40+ for it, it's coming BACK IN STOCK for around $8.50!

I have used the 5% bar and have been impressed. I have had a couple of cluster breakouts for several weeks and was not getting any results from anything I tried. This was recommended, so I purchased it the other day. I have only been using it at night and have been very impressed. The breakout areas were immediately clearer (almost gone).

My husband has been using this product for years. We have gotten it at Walmart and Meijer and it is $6 a bar. They never have it anymore so I thought I would come on here to see if I could buy it. OMG $25 a bar? I don't think it works that good. He goes through a bar in 2 weeks. We could get the prescription stuff for less. Am I reading the quantity wrong?

I'm a believer in over-the-counter medicines as your second line of defense, prescriptions as your third. First is always what you eat and how you live... but no soapboxes here, just the soap itself.

Benzoyl Peroxide is a near-miracle medicine, as it works for most acne sufferers without prescriptions. The only time you need prescription meds that use this is when the delivery method is (somewhat) more effective at delivering more medicine at once or making it work longer by adding something to keep it from drying out too quickly.

However, most of us just need a good soap for the morning, after work, and bedtime. This is a little on the high side, but it does have the max percentage of medicine you can buy OTC, and it really does control bad breakouts. I wouldn't use it prophylactically, avoiding the risk of developing a tolerance for it, so the bar will last awhile if you use it during bad weeks.

Fred

You'd think that at some point in my 33 years that acne would cease to be a real problem. Untreated, not a chance, but PanOxyl really really helps. I used to use the "leading brands" and prescription meds for control. PanOxyl works every bit as well as my prescription cleansers (at a sixth of the cost) and a hundred times better than the other stuff. I use it morning, afterwork, and before bed and it doesn't seem to bleach out my towels, linens, or clothes nearly as bad as the "storebrand".

After reading all the reports that this product was discontinued I decided to go to the source and find out for sure. They said they are shipping out the Panoxyl Bar later this month and it should be in stores by mid October! I am so glad because I love this stuff!

My dermatologist recommended this soap to me, for my acne. I have had acne vulgaris and cystic acne for more than 20 years. I have tried every acne product out there, including ProActiv, and nothing works as good as this soap (especially in conjunction with my acne prescriptions!) I use the PanOxl soap every day, as my dermatologist recommended. My daughter also uses this soap (and nothing else) to treat her teenage acne. It clears her up within a day or two - every time!

The bar comes in a plastic tray with a lid, so you can keep it dry in the shower. One bar lasts me several months, with daily use. Some people will experience dry skin, and even redness and itching with this product. This will go away after some use, or you can skip a day here and there.