Rael Miracle Microcrystal Spot Cover Hydrocolloid Acne Pimple Patch With Tea Tree Oil For Early Stage Blemishes 18 Count

These patches work really well for helping mitigate the cystic acne situation I have on my chin. I wish there were more than 9 of them in a pack because I went through them too fast, but they did help with the pain and discomfort so I consider them worth the cost.

Let me start off by saying that I've tried my fair share of acne fighting products over the years. I have actually gone on two cycles of Accutane and it has been the only thing that has fully healed my acne. It's sad to say that I still get the occasional pimple, but I guess it's just going to be a lifelong battle.I randomly came across this product while browsing through Dropy, and I was curious about how well it worked. I've tried Rael's pimple patches, which are great for smaller, more surface level pimples, but I was never able to find something that helped with the deeper pimples. I was a bit skeptical, but I went ahead and bought this product.First off, I want to thank the person in Rael who came up with the idea for the new packaging. IT IS QUALITY. I really like how it comes in a small plastic case+zipper bag because it keeps the product airtight and sanitary. It came just in time because I had one of those annoying, deep pimples that are bright red and never seem to surface, right on my jaw. I typically use a 5% benzyol peroxide cream to help clear my occasional pimples but it just wasn't doing the job. I put one of these patches and waited about 4 hours before taking it off and HOLYYYYY. I was shocked to see that the redness and size was about 50% down. I actually couldn't believe it. I didn't apply anything that night and woke up the next morning with the pimple even smaller and less noticeable. This stuff definitely works. It doesn't make your pimple completely vanish (especially if its deep) but the microneedling technology does something that surface level creams can't.The only downside is that the patch is not translucent as the pimple patches from Rael. I recommend using this product at night and just keeping it on while you sleep. The package also says that you should have it on minimum of 2 hours before removing but I found that 2 hours isn't really enough time to see good results after trying it on other pimples myself. I recommend at least 4 hours before taking it off to be the most effective! TRY THIS PRODUCT OUT!!!

Expensive but unlike the regular colloid dots that they sell, these literally work after a few hours with noticeable reduction in redness and size of the pimple. I get some pretty bad cystic pimples and the last time, the dermatologist recommended that I have need to have a steroid injection into it to shrink but I tried this instead. After a few days (literally I had a giant growing cyst on my face for three months), I noticed it finally shrinking and draining. It took about two weeks and two packets of the product but this was the cheapest and fastest solution that I have tried. The only negative thing that I noticed was more scaring/blemishes after using this product. The regular ones, while they take forever to work, did not scar or leave blemishes on my face so I guess you have to weigh the benefits. If you only get occasional large pimples, I think using this once or twice on it would be magical. However, long term twice I wouldn't recommend.

I had to see it myself to believe it, but these are truly magic. I started out with the 9-pack because I was skeptical, but I will definitely be ordering more.I am a woman in my 50s, and I don't often get pimples, but when I do, they are the deep, hard, painful, cystic type that never come to a head. They can lurk below the surface for weeks or months, sometimes flaring up and getting really red and painful, and other times just being a lump I can see/feel below the surface. Using most over-the-counter acne lotions didn't affect the cyst, and left the surface dry, crusty, and scabby. When the cyst finally went away, it would often leave a scar.Most recently, I've had one of these cysts on my cheek for over six weeks. At times, it was so painful that the throbbing would wake me up/keep me up at night. I'd have to hold an icepack on it to try to reduce the swelling and pain. I was finally about ready to make an appointment with a dermatologist, although the creams and lotions they have prescribed in the past have been expensive and haven't been very helpful. When I was searching the internet for home remedies for cystic acne, I stumbled upon these patches. As a last resort, I thought I'd try them a try.I received my order yesterday and tried one patch right away, but admittedly, I screwed it up. After removing the large circle from the square backing, I thought that the smaller circle was another covering that needed to be peeled off. I figured out that this smaller circle was the "microneedle" part, so I tried to piece it back together. The first patch worked somewhat, but I clearly didn't do it right.Then I tried a second patch, this time doing it correctly. Pressing the microneedle for five seconds as directed felt sort of like pressing velcro into my skin, not painful. I felt very minor tingling while wearing the patch; again, not painful, but sort of like a little tickle or itch. After two hours, the patch was bulging with liquid extracted from the cyst. I used a third patch with the same result. After three patches and about 8 hours later, my cyst is almost entirely gone, without any redness or flakiness. Now I'm kicking myself that I've been living with this stupid enormous zit in the middle of my face for weeks when it could have been dissolved in a day had I acted on this sooner.Simply amazing!

I purchased these after hearing about a similar (different brand) item. I sometimes get deep, cyst like zits on my chin and jawline that never come to a head. I'm terrible at just leaving them alone to do their thing and die off on their own. They don't work the way I expected - I expected a patch that absorbed whatever gunk from the skin. These did not do that - there was like a slimy gross (protective?) layer where the patch had been. I used them all day on day one and overnight and then all day on day 2 - a total of 3 patches. I had a large zit on my chin that wasn't really red yet but was painful to touch. I wasn't really sure it was doing anything - the zit didn't reduce in size or in painfulness, but there was always a gooey bit where the patch had been. After wearing one overnight, it seemed like the zit was maybe coming to the surface - which I didn't think it would do at all! These zits never do - they sit far below where I can get them and I end up squeezing like a madman trying to bring them up and end up with nasty marks on my face that last literal months. I cleaned the area (and the gooey goop left behind by the patch) with rubbing alcohol and a cotton swab and put on a new patch. By late afternoon, I could see what definitely looked like a head on it, so I removed the patch and cleaned the area with rubbing alcohol. There was absolutely a head on it and I was able to pop it (I probably should have just put another patch on and let it do it's thing, but I couldn't resist!) and I was impressed with the amount of gross crud that came out of it. Afterward, I cleaned the area again with rubbing alcohol and put a regular hydrocolloid patch on it. So far it seems to be doing very well. It seems to have worked. Obviously I'll never know if it would have come to a head without the patch, but from experience with past zits, I don't think so. At the very least, it kept me from constantly touching it (to feel for a head) and getting more germs on my face around the already bothered area. I'm buying more to keep on hand so that when this package is inevitably used up, I'll be all set.One note - the part of the patch that contains the microneedles is not covered, but it is in a plastic tray inside a sealed package. I did keep them out of the bathroom to avoid humidity from showers getting inside the package.