Great for rosacea on the cheeks; the redness is toned down for light makeup.
“The Anua azelaic acid is great. I have rosacea on my cheeks and this helps.”
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Went through a whole jar of the Anua azelaic acid without changing their scars.
“I've been looking up stuff about them for so long and went through a whole jar of anua azelaic acid but it didn't change anything and I dont usually see people with their scars like mine so idk”
Puts The Ordinary Azelaic Acid on fresh pimples at night and is amazed how much better they look by morning.
“Azelaic acid might help, the one from the Ordinary is great on a fresh pimple—I’ve put it on at night and been staggered in the morning at how much better the pimple was.”
After four years of acne, the CeraVe Blemish Control (Acne Control) Gel is the only thing that has helped them.
“I’ve found that the cerave blemish control works wonders! In the US it’s acne control gel”
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most new reviewsA year on it has transformed their skin, after quitting tretinoin they couldn't tolerate.
“I've currently been using the retinal for a year and it's transformed my skin.”
Helped with their oily skin and large pores.
“Azelaic acid from the ordinary helped me with these”
Cleared up redness under their nose when a derm prescription didn't.
“Anua azalaic acid seemed to clear it up.”
The Acne Control Gel seemed to work at first, then less so, so they moved to something else.
“sometimes i use the acne control gel it seemed like it worked at first but now i feel like maybe not as much so i switched to something else.”
Two years with the Drying Lotion: shrinks deep painful pimples overnight about 70% of the time.
“I've been using that Mario Badescu for maybe 2 years now.”
Has been great for their skin, alongside glycolic toner.
“The azelaic acid booster and 5 or 10% glycolic acid toner from Paula's Choice have both been great for my skin.”
Tried it before going on prescription and calls it a trash product.
“I tried the ordinary AA before going on prescription myself and it really is a trash product”
Their clear skin started breaking out, so they stopped it immediately.
“So I have tried anua azelaic acid and my perfect skin started getting pimples.”
Cannot recommend the resurfacing retinol serum enough after never noticing a huge acne improvement before.
“Can’t recommend the resurfacing retinol serum enough!! Best of luck”
A newly postpartum user has loved The Ordinary Azelaic Acid Suspension through pregnancy and since.
“Newly postpartum and I have been loving The Ordinary azaleic acid, Mad Hippie vitamin c, and a glycolic acid face maskthrough my pregnancy and now!”
Twice daily for 1–3 weeks slowly made their milia disappear.
“I've had a lot of luck with just using over-the-counter 1% retinol over 1-3 weeks 2x a day”
After adding several actives at once their skin broke out; reintroducing one drop of the Granactive Retinoid brought a big bump two days later.
“On friday I used the retinoid, 1 drop, two days after got a huge bump on my forehead and right cheek.”
Has used Paula's Choice azelaic acid for quite a while and finds it awesome.
“I’ve been using the azeliac acid for quite a while and it is awesome.”
Found the Anua azelaic acid too sticky.
“I agree about the Anua one. I found it too sticky on my skin too.”
Paula's Choice azelaic acid irritated them every time.
“I tried Paula’s choice but I think my skin disagreed with its formula (maybe the added salicylic acid?) Irritated me every single time”
An oily/combination user found the Anua azelaic acid serum didn't do much for their hyperpigmentation.
“I used to use the Anua azelaic acid serum but it wasn’t doing much for me.”
Saw no changes with Paula's Choice azelaic acid and found prescription azelaic much more effective.
“I’ll also add I tried Paula’s Choice as well and saw no changes. It’s not strong enough.”
On very sensitive, acne-prone skin, Anua azelaic acid was well tolerated and improved things by about 30–40%; slow, but they finished a bottle and bought another.
“My skin tolerated it well and improved by about 30 to 40%. It worked slowly, but I finished one bottle and bought another.”
Three months into Paula's Choice azelaic acid for post-acne marks, they haven't noticed any change.
“i started using the paula’s choice one like 3 months-ish ago but i don’t know if it’s doing anything to my skin, i haven’t really noticed anything”
Anua azelaic acid only helped brighten PIH/PIE for them, not their rosacea redness and bumps.
“I have used anua azelic acid and it only ever helps with brightening PIH / PIE, not the redness and bumps”