TAZORAC Reviews (TAZAROTENE)Average Rating: 3.7 (317 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare TAZORAC with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR TAZORAC | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | wrinkles, mild breakout | I started using tazorac for acne when it first came out in the 80's. I have been using it ever since. I am now in my 50's and my skin is almost wrinkle free. My dermotologist can't believe how great my skin looks. No crows feet, laugh lines etc. It did cause peeling when I first started using it, but I have developed a tolerance to it. I just started to use a face cream in addition to my tazorac. It is by a company called yonka and it is fabulous. I would say stick with the tazorac. You can combat the peeling by using aquafor...believe me this really works!! People always ask me why my skin looks so great and I have to say I owe it to tazorac. | If you are really peeling, use the cream form. I used the .5 for many years in the cream. I now use the 1.0 in the gel but use it sparingly and add the yonka cream. | F | 53 | 20 years 1.0 gel 1X day | 3/16/2010 | 5 | sun damage & fine lines | Redness & drying, some irritation. I have been using Tazorac for approximately 10 years. My dermatologist prescribed it to improve skin texture, tone, and color. He also prescribes Premarin Estrogen cream as a night moisturizer. I have been seeing this Dr. for 30 years now. I am now 60 years old and have the skin of much younger woman. Smooth and soft with very minimum fine lines. As a sun worshiper in my youth I was concerned about sun damage. Tazorac has removed it all, even on my neck and arms. The estrogen cream has kept my skin supple and does not have that thinning skin we ladies get after menopause. Girls, use this product & don't give up, you will have wonderful benefits. | If it is too strong for you to use everyday. Start out with 1-2 times a week mixed in with your moisturizer. | F | 60 | 10 years .1% 1X day | 5/10/2010 | 5 | Acne | Peeling, burning, redness | I believe I am the oldest poster on this board so far (53). Have battled acne since age 12 and have been through the gamut: accutane, light therapy, so many antibiotics cannot remember them all, overy OTC you can name. A new derm took me off 10 years of bactrim and put me on stronger topicals several years ago. I have been on retinoids since the late '90's, starting with Retin A, on to differin and finally to Taz .05% then Taz 0.1% for the past 5 years and nothing but nothing has improved my skin the way Taz has. Once you get past the initial peeling and redness (it takes awhile, probably 6-8 months for me), the acne cleared up substantially. People actually ask me what I do to get such "smooth skin". Yes I still break out occasionally, but the nightly taz takes care of the problem. Taz, with a good moisturizer & sunscreen, is nothing short of a miracle for me. Stick with it, the peeling and redness will go away over time and you will be SOOO glad, especiall | F | 53 | 5 years | 1/17/2009 | 5 | horrible acne and hyperpigmentation | bad peeling, tightening, stinging, and more breakouts. The 1st time i used it it darkened my skin around my jawline. | People need to realize this isint a magic drug and it wont cure your acne in a few days or a month. Yes your acne will get worse, it will get more red, your going to peel and most people probably stop using it. You must realize that this happens because the med. is going deep into the pores and moving everything up to the surface which is why you break out. If you can get over this period which lasts about a month, month n a half i recommend just sticking with it. I've been using tazorac .05 cream since i was 15 years old and i am now 21. I had dark brown hyperpigmentation spots all over my face along with horrible acne..let me tell you it was gross. My skin now is beyond perfect. I dont breakout and have absolutely no acne or hyper-pigmentation at all. When I first started using tazoarc it was horrible. It burned, made my skin red and my skin was very dry and peeling no matter how ch oisturizer i used. I remember eating and having the skin around my mouth just crack and peel off, i couldn't even eat in public. After about 3-4 months os using it before bed my skin was great. the only time i stopped using it was last year for about 8 months. After those 8 months i started breaking out again so i started the regimen again. Ever since my skin has been nothing but perfect. This is the only med. that has ever worked on my face. | M | 21 | 5 years | 5/9/2009 | 5 | Truncal Acne-chest, shoulders, back | redness, itching, slight peeling | Although I never had facial acne, I sought treatment for my "truncal" acne that I developed at age 22 from a dermatologist for the first time. I was prescribed tazorac and was given several trial sizes. It truly worked like magic for me. However, in reviewing the comments on this site posted by users who reported poor results and experiences w/tazorac, I noticed a pattern among those who reported such experiences and whom initially described their acne condition(s) as being "slight" or "mild". I am not entirely sure what "slight" or "mild" acne consists of, since it would seem as though one either has an acne condtion or they do not and acne is not slight. The occasional and normal occurrance of blemishes and blackheads should not be characterized as acne with a "slight" or "mild" designation. My dermatologist told me that tazorac is designed to work very well for truncal acne, which is notoriously difficult to treat, due to the skin on these regions being thicker, more oily and slower to exfoliate than facial skin. My doctor warned that this medicine could even be too strong for "moderate" facial acne. I believe this was done to discourage me from using tazorac on my face to treat the occasional breakout or keep my skin perfect after seeing how effective taz was on my truncal acne..(good thinking doc!) Although this is only one dermatologist's opinion I would keep it in mind to avoid | F | 26 | 4 years | 5/14/2009 | 5 | fine lines and skin discoloration | I have brief peeling and flaking. I use a daily moisturizer with SPF 30 but it doesn't help until the old layer of skin has been sloughed. Kind of like a lizard. Freckles have really lightened. | I first tried Retin A but it did absolutely nothing. I was later prescribed Tazorac and I love it. I use it to brighten up my skin about 4 times a year (each season). I apply a pea size amount to my face nightly for about 4 weeks. I always avoid the under eye area, corners of the nose, and mouth. My skin is bright and youthful. | F | 39 | 4 years | 10/23/2009 | 5 | Cystic Acne | At first redness, dryness. Now it seems that my skin is much oiler then it was as my skin was dry before. | I have used it for 4 years now and my face was very bad. It took about a year to see a huge difference and today I rarely get any pimples ever and all scars are gone. I do not know what I would have done without this product. I had tried everything OTC and from Infomercials without success and this worked. I had also tried cleocin and other prescriptions but this by far was the best. PLEASE be patient and follow the directions on how to use it. | F | 18 | 4 years | 8/13/2007 | 4 | Acne | Dry skin, intense burning/itching | When I first started taking tazorac it took a long time for my face to clear up and get used to it. It burned really really badly until my skin finally got used to it. Its good for spot treatmnet. I wouldn't recomend putting a lot on especially on areas that don't have pimples because it will make that area red. So just a little on the pimple. It does dry out your face but you just have to get used to it. I still have breakouts every now and then but tazorac clears them up for the most part. | F | 20 | 4 years 0.1% 2X day | 2/16/2010 | 5 | breakouts on my forehead | sun sensitive and sometimes peeling, but your skin will get use to it. | your skin will get worse before it gets better no doubt about it. i have been on tazorac for almost 4 years i changed to retin A for a year once because i thought my skin was use to tazorac and a change would be nice. I will never leave tazorac again. with retin A my skin got as bad as it was to begin with. so i had to go throught the whole process again with tazorac but now everyone tells me how jealous they are of me because i have beautiful skin. tazorac also removes scars after a while and leave you with a beautiful skin tone. but wear 15 spf atleast because i am very dark complected and didnt wear any one day and i got 2nd degree burn so be careful! (i was on a boat for 8hrs. to so it was me being careless also not only tazorac). please stick ith this product its God's Gift for Acne. | F | 15 | 3 years | 6/23/2007 | 5 | Acne and scars | dryness, itching, burning, peeling, redness | Yes I did peel and itch and burn when I started using tazorac but that is just feew weeks until your skin gets used on it. This is normal process and using good oil free moisturizer that u can apply several times a day helps. I got a great lotion for hydration with hearbs, vitamins and all protection and that subsided the irritations and redness. I also was on antibiotic first but stoped using it cause it made my stomac upset. Tazorac does help with acne, scars and uneven skin tone. It bleaches the skin so all of my freckles are gone now. Hope this helps I have been using this products for over 3 years. | F | 25 | 3 years | 2/13/2007 | 5 | Acne | How to beat the side effects | Hey guys i work for a dermatologist and i see here that there are several people having problems with the side effect of tazorac whether its 0.05% cream to 0.1% gel tazorac should be applyed to face after a moisturizer ( cetaphil does the job ). Honestly you should truly appreciate your doctor put you on tazorac its the best thing ever!! Retin-a for both woman and men is a must for you entire life ( should be stopped if you are trying or are pregnant, or nursing) | F | 3 years | 4/6/2008 | 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 | 5 | Severe Acne | Extreme dry skin, peeling, extreme sensitivity, burning, redness. | Tazorac literally changed my life. I had severe acne in Junior High, and at that time, all of my other friends had perfect skin, so it was really embarrassing for me to look like that. I had no self esteem, and I just felt ugly. I would always wear make up to cover it up, and none of my other friends had to wear makeup! My dermotolagist prescribed Tazorac and for the first few weeks, my skin was dry, burning, red, and peeling, it made everything look worse. My acne began to clear up a little bit, but the side effects of Tazorac made things look 10 times worse. About 5 weeks later, the side affects dissapeared and my acne did too. It was literally a miracle, my skin looked amazing! Many times I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming. I felt great and I finally began to think I was actually pretty. It worked amazing for me for about a year, before I ran out again and I so from the on I just stopped using it, and surprisingly my acne didn't come back for a very long time. Now I find myself in highschool, and I've noticed my acne coming back so I've got a new presciption and I'm starting it again. The symptoms (redness, dryness, burning) are back but I can't wait to see my skin clear up again! | F | 15 | 2 years 1X day | 5/28/2010 | 5 | severe acne | peeling, itchy, dryness, and redness | 2 years ago I had severe acne. I cried all the time due to low self-esteem. My acne did get worst before I got better. However, I do believe it just depends on the person's health, history, and skin in general. Tazorac was a miracle!! My face literally was so clear people thought I had on make-up, and I didn't. Recently, my face began breaking out again so I went back to the dermatologist and they prescribed me Tazorac since it worked a miracle in the past. My face isn't near as bad as it was 2 yrs ago before I used the product, but I definitely believe it's not all that great now. I advise everyone who uses this product to continue using it whether your face gets worst or not. Believe it, Tazorac truly works, but the only way to find out is to actual go through with it. My suggestion is to put it only on the irrated areas, put moisturizer ON TOP of it ONLY WHEN needed, if peeling worsens, apply it every other night, and wash your face every morning and night with warm water and pat dry. I promise you, Tozarac will not only change your face, but it will change your life!! | F | 21 | 2 years 30 grams 1X day | 9/19/2010 | 5 | persistent acne | dryness | The only acne product that has ever worked for me. Fortunately, I didn't experience an initial worsening of acne like others have. But it was irritating and drying to my sensitive skin. My dermatologist recommended that I only wash my face once a day and use Tazorac at night followed by a good moisturizer which helped with a lot of the flaking/dryness. | F | 22 | 2 years | 2/8/2007 | 5 | Improve acne | Redness and sensitivity for the first few months that I was on it. | I didn't get a pimple until I was 18 - but once they started popping up, they didn't stop! I tried literally everything - RetinA, the pill, all over the counter brands, Proactiv, etc. Some things would help at first, but after awhile it seemed like my skin got 'immune' to the medicine, and my breakouts would pick up again. My dermatologist prescribed Tazorac and my skin has been better ever since. I've been using it for 2 years and will use it forever! Tazorac in conjunction with doxicycline (an anti-inflammatory antibiotic) has made my skin perfect. I NEVER thought I'd have perfect skin again - this product is the miracle I was looking for. | F | 24 | 2 years | 1/17/2007 | 5 | breakouts, moderate acne | more breakouts at the beginning | It took a long time to clear up my face, but now my complextion looks GREAT! Time is the key, I guess it just depends on the person as to how long it takes to start working, but once it does, the results are worth the initial breakouts. Just be sure to use only a 'pea' size, anything more will dry and redden your skin. | F | 13 | 2 years | 2/10/2009 | 5 | acne, sun damage | burnin/itching with rough handling and certian lotions. Peeling, dry skin. Overall tender skin. My husband has peely sking around his mouth from contact when we kiss, weird. | I love Tazorac! It makes your skin purge all the bad junk in your pores. It has made my sunspots/freckels disspaear. When I stopped using it for the summer (I love the sun and beach and it is soooo bad to be in the sun a lot when you use this product) my freckels came back in the same areas. Now that I have started up my regemin again I am experiencing baby smooth skin, tender, but clear and so soft! | F | 21 | 2 years | 10/6/2006 | 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 | 5 | Acne and Oily Skin | Clear skin, but at a price. It itches!!!!!!!! | Tazorac works really good. Its the best product I've ever used for my acne and I've had acne and oily skin since I was 12. Nothing else will clear up my skin. But it does itch really badly for like an hour after I use it. And the longer I go without using it, the more my face will itch when I use it next. I only use it once a day or every other day because it is so strong that it will dry out my face. I use it before I go to bed, after I wash my face and put on moisturizer. (I hope that the itching isn't an allergic reaction!) I love it, even though it makes me itch. | F | 19 | 2 years | 1/8/2010 |
TAZORAC (TAZAROTENE): Tazarotene is used to treat psoriasis or acne. It is a retinoid product related to Vitamin A. It works by affecting the growth of skin cells. The foam form of this medication is only approved for use on acne. FDA Approval Date: 1997-06-13 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)