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Summary
Clinique Acne Solutions Clinical Advanced Clearing Gel is a powerful topical treatment with 2% salicylic acid. Helps clear breakouts + prevent new ones.
Benefits
- Skin Types: Dry Combination to Oily.
- Building on 35 years of Clinique's acne expertise, this innovative fast-acting hydro-gel starts to work with just one application.
- Powerful topical acne treatment with 2% salicylic acid helps clear breakouts and prevent new ones by targeting pore-clogging oil and dead skin cells.
- Helps visibly reduce redness caused by irritation.
- Two ways to use it: Use this lightweight gel all over your face to help prevent new blemishes from forming or as a spot treatment to quickly treat existing or emerging acne.
- Invisible finish: Dries quickly. Layers well with the rest of your skincare and makeup.
- Non-acnegenic.
- Dermatologist developed. Allergy tested. 100% fragrance free.
- Free of: fragrance, parabens, phthalates, oil, gluten, sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium laureth sulfate, synthetic colors.
Research Results
- Starts to reduce the size of acne in just 1 hour.*
- Reduces redness from irritation in just 2.5 hours.**
- Gets results as good as a topical acne prescription for clearing acne.***
- *Clinical testing on 31 women after using product once.
- **After pre-treatment period; clinical testing on 25 women measured for 150 minutes, versus untreated control.
- ***In a 12-week clinical study.
Key Ingredients
- 2% salicylic acid: Trusted acne-fighting ingredient helps clear dead skin cells, oil, and other impurities that can contribute to clogged pores.
- Witch hazel: Helps refine skin.
- Laminaria saccharina: Helps break down oil that can clog pores and lead to breakouts.
- Lactobacillus ferment: Helps visibly calm redness from irritation.
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Apply a thin layer to entire face twice a day after cleansing or apply as a spot treatment. Avoid eye area.
Using other topical acne drugs at the same time or right after use of this product may increase dryness or irritation of skin. If this occurs, only one medication should be used unless directed by a doctor.
Follow with a lightweight, oil-free moisturizer.
If bothersome dryness or peeling occurs, reduce usage to every other day.
Salicylic Acid 2%Ingredients: Alcohol Denat., Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Sucrose, Yeast Extract\Faex\Extrait De Levure, Laminaria Saccharina Extract, Lactobacillus Ferment, Butylene Glycol, Water\Aqua\Eau, Benzoic Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate.
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What is the size of this product in ounces/mL ?
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- Official Answer By Clinique USThank you for your question. It's a 0.68 oz size.Was this answer helpful to you
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Most Helpful Positive Review
Prescription Strength Salicylic Acid
[I received this product in exchange for my honest review] I've been using the Clinique Acne Solutions Clinical Advanced Clearing Gel for a few weeks now, and it's genuinely become my secret weapon for those stubborn breakouts that like to pop up at the worst times. The 2% salicylic acid formula sta...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Decent
Clinique Acne Solutions Clinical™ Advanced Clearing Gel is a solid spot treatment that delivers on its promise to reduce breakouts quickly. I found it particularly effective on small, surface-level pimples—those annoying whiteheads or red spots that pop up overnight. After applying a thin layer, mos...
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I've been a Clinique girlie since I was a teenager. I usually use their makeup products but do sometimes venture to skincare. I've been using this as a spot treatment. It seems to be working well but I haven't been using it long enough to get the full effect—I will say that it seems to clear up blemishes within 1-2 days if you catch them & use the treatment right away. [I received this product in exchange for my honest review]
Best acne med available today.
Easy to use and very effective
Reduced size, but more expensive
Not Ulta's fault, but Clinique went the route of changing the packaging and size and yet charging more...much like ice cream makers did several years ago when they reduced the size of half-gallon to whatever size. I swear I just barely opened the package and it's gone.
Bring back the old formula
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I used to call it the acne eraser. I would put the old formula on at night and the blemish would be gone in the morning. Now it does nothing, I can put it on for days and it does nothing for the blemish. Very disappointed. I have been a Clinique customer for 30 years.
Burned my skin
Applied a dot size amount on my forehead, nose and area next to my mouth. Instantly burned and damaged my skin.
