I used it and it dried my face out horribly. My eyes got crusty, flaky, and very red from being irritated. Then again though, my skin is very sensitive to benzoyle perozide so i steer clear of acne products with that in it now. ProActive is chac full of the stuff. It just depends on your skin competely. Everyone is different. What works for my might not work for you, what works for you might not work for me. Best advice is to just try it for a month and see. Don't judge it on the first few days b/c your skin has to settle into it. Try it for a month and judge from there. Hope that helps.