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Summary
Highlights
- HSA/FSA eligible
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- Cruelty Free
Murad's Biome-Balancing Clear & Prevent Acne Treatment Serum starts to clear acne in just 3 days, helps prevent breakouts & empowers your biome to thrive for healthier-looking skin.
Benefits
- Clinically proven to help clear active breakouts starting in just 3 days
- Biome-Sensing Tech encourages a healthier, more balanced microbiome that's naturally more resistant to future breakouts
- Clears all types of acne, including whiteheads, blackheads, and hormonal breakouts
- Non-comedogenic, non-drying, non-irritating, layers well under makeup, no pilling or flaking, gentle enough for daily use
Key Ingredients
- Mandelic Acid: an alpha-hydroxy acid (AHA) used to smooth and even the complexion
- Biome-Sensing Tech: encourages a healthier, more balanced microbiome that's naturally more resistant to future breakouts
- Medicated Salicylic Acid: clears and prevents acne, and penetrates deep to decongest clogged pores
- Glutamic Acid: "feeds" the skin's microbiome so it produces GABA, a protective amino acid for healthier-looking, smoother skin
Research Results
- Clearer skin starts in just 3 days*
- Clinically proven to reduce active breakouts, and improve skin health and clarity*
- 92% agree: no unwanted side effects* including peeling, flaking, redness, and irritation
- *Consumer testing on 26 subjects in a 4-week study
- *Expert grading of photos on 26 subjects in a 4-week study
To Use: AM and PM
Cleanse, tone, then apply 1-2 pumps to face and neck, allowing serum to fully absorb before applying moisturizer or SPF during the day. Deep acne bump or breakout? Alternate by applying Biome-Balancing Clear & Prevent Acne Treatment Serum during the day, and spot-treating with Deep Relief Acne Treatment at night.
For external use only. When using this product, skin irritation and dryness is more likely to occur if you use another topical acne medication at the same time. If irritation occurs, only use one topical acne medication at a time.
Active: Salicylic Acid 1.0%. Inactive: Water (Aqua), Propanediol, Mandelic Acid, Glycerin, Erythritol, Pentylene Glycol, Sodium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate, Dimethicone, Sodium Hydroxide, Saccharide Isomerate, Glutamic Acid, Allantoin, Punica Granatum Pericarp Extract, Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Extract, Nymphaea Caerulea Flower Extract, Urea, Yeast Amino Acids, Trehalose, Inositol, Taurine, Betaine, Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract, Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract, Corallina Officinalis Extract, Coccinia Indica Fruit Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Flower Extract, Solanum Melongena (Eggplant) Fruit Extract, Ocimum Basilicum (Basil) Flower/Leaf Extract, Curcuma Longa (Turmeric) Root Extract, Ocimum Sanctum Leaf Extract, Maltodextrin, Glyceryl Polyacrylate, Polysilicone-11, Butylene Glycol, Decyl Glucoside, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Caprylyl Glycol, Chlorphenesin.
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Most Helpful Positive Review
Honestly Unbelievable!
[I received this product in exchange for my honest review] Thank you to #Influenster and Murad for sending me this miracle product, Murad's Biome-Balancing Clear & Prevent Acne Treatment Serum (1.0% Salicylic acid acne treatment), to try out for free in exchange for my honest review! Well, you alrea...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Just ok
[I received this product in exchange for my honest review] I had the opportunity to try out Murad's Biome-Balancing Clear & Prevent Acne Treatment Serum. I honestly wasn't too impressed with this product. I experience acne from time to time, mostly hormonal acne. I typically don't have much luck w...
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Clearing acne in 3 days
[I received this product in exchange for my honest review] Clearing acne in 3 days , I used in on my active acne and it cleared it in 3 days and continues to work on acne marks after . It's very good and definitely worth using . Texture is gel based that can clump under makeup ( only thing I don't like about it ) but I used it mostly in night time that works perfect . No scent so that is plus for me. Totally recommended for acne treatment.

Great start to getting rid of acne
It blends out clear and smoothing, leaving a slight dewy look. It is perfect for all skin types because it doesn't leave a greasy look, and doesn't leave your skin feeling dry. The packaging is also very efficient, making application of the product easy. It is a good starter for trying to get rid of acne, but it takes a longer time to work effectively so this is something to consider before purchasing the product.


Honestly Unbelievable!
[I received this product in exchange for my honest review] Thank you to #Influenster and Murad for sending me this miracle product, Murad's Biome-Balancing Clear & Prevent Acne Treatment Serum (1.0% Salicylic acid acne treatment), to try out for free in exchange for my honest review! Well, you already know my general opinion, lol. Let's tell you what their site says about it and it's claim's and then I'll dig in further with my thoughts. Their website says: Clears all types of breakouts—from whiteheads to hormonal—and prevent acne relapses with this breakthrough serum. Salicylic acid clears, mandelic acid smooths and evens tone, and Biome-Sensing Tech + glutamic acid empower your microbiome to generate what it needs to thrive for balanced, healthier-looking skin. Biome-Sensing Tech + glutamic acid encourages a healthier, more balanced microbiome that's naturally more resistant to future breakouts Glutamic acid "feeds" the skin's microbiome so it produces GABA, a protective amino acid for healthier-looking, smoother skin Salicylic acid clears and prevents acne, and penetrates deep to decongest clogged pores, while mandelic acid smooths and evens the complexion Non-comedogenic, non-drying, non-irritating, layers well under makeup, no pilling or flaking, gentle enough for daily use. - It's clinically proven to deliver clearer-healthier looking skin -its clinically proven to reduce active acne breakouts -clearer skin in 3 days And 92% agree there's NO unwanted side effects No peeling, flaking, redness, or irritation So back to MY thoughts. I'm REALLY liking this serum. I was a little concerned about the salicylic acid, to be honest, because it's ALWAYS painfully dried my skin out and on top of that, made my skin look like a red, flaking, irritable mess which to me looked even WORSE!!! I'm telling you, I've been using this for about a month and my skin hasn't looked this good for as long as I can remember! And I'm going through my hormonal change in life, so it went from the worse ever to the best, that's crazy!!! There's been NONE of those unwanted side effects, either, just like they said! There's no scent to it and the texture is a light green gel that's melts right into your skin. Then you can literally FEEL it working, but nothing more intense than a slight tickle, just enough to let you know! It's also worth mentioning that the directions say two to three times a day, but I've only been using it once at bedtime. The change in my skin is like night and day, but YOU be the judge! I will continue to use this and HIGHLY recommend this product, especially if you're having a difficult time clearing up your skin and/or keeping your skin cleared up! You can thank me later!
Game changer for my Acne
[I received this product in exchange for my honest review] This acne has been a game changer for my acne. Using this serum has definitely helped control my acne and leaves my skin clear and glowing. The packaging is super easy to use and definitely has great ingredients because a lot of acne serums tend to dry out my skin but not this serum that's why I have changed to this serum.
Does the job.
I thought this was a decent acne serum for my hormonal acne. I really like the texture and it's easy of use. It includes beneficial ingredients such Murad's Biome Sensing Technology to help prevent recurring breakouts along with Mandelic Acid and Salicylic Acid to help with an even complexion and clogged pores. After a few days, I did noticed an improvement in my acne and it did not irritate my sensitive skin at all but I just did not enjoy the tacky feeling as it felt as it took a while to absorb into my skin. (I received this product in exchange for my honest review.)