Ziana and Acne: What Users Say

• Hap...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 23, 2018

For Acne "I promised if this ever worked for me I would write a review. I’ve read these reviews over and over again to stop myself from giving up. Now on week 10, and my skin is almost perfectly clear. Do NOT GIVE UP. Weeks 3-6 were the worst for me, and I thought it would never work. Slowly, but surely, it does work. Fight through the breakouts and don’t worry. Give it its full 3 months before tossing it. You will not regret. Simplify your skin care routine. I only used face wash and moisturizer in the morning with Ziana (Biacna in Canada) at night. This has fixed everything and is clearing up my scars. Good luck."

• jam...
• June 10, 2008

For Acne "I have been using Ziana for about nine months. I will admit I was extremely frustrated in the beginning because my face seemed to be worse than it was before. But nine months later, my face is acne-free. I will occasionally get a tiny, tiny pimple, but it will usually go away in a day or two. My confidence is back where it needs to be, and although the wait was frustrating, it was worth it."

• Mya...
• August 6, 2015

For Acne "I wanted to post a review of this product to help others who are struggling with acne and/or first starting this medication. I know when I first started Ziana about 2 months ago, I was looking through all the message boards I could to find reviews on what the experience was like for people! I am 20 years old and have mild acne and clogged pores. Nothing else I tried would get rid of my pimples. I started Ziana, and yes, it does get worse before it gets better. I had moderate acne and tons of little tiny zits showing up all over my cheeks. The medication was bringing all my clogged pores and acne to the surface. This lasted about 3-4 weeks until I started noticing a significant change. Now, after only like 2 months, my skin is almost perfect."

• Vin...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 28, 2016

For Acne "I'm 18 and started Ziana about 6 months ago. My acne got so much worse for about 2 weeks, and my skin peeled for a couple of months (use face lotion!), but as of now, my acne is just about gone, a few occasional spots, and some peeling still, but that's okay! This stuff really works, but patience is key! As usual with a person, stress makes you break out at this age, so the medication doesn't really stop that."

• Jos...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 9, 2017

For Acne "I went to a dermatologist back in November. He prescribed me Ziana. I started out by using it daily, and it caused me a little redness, but it went away. It also made me break out a little when I first started using it. I think that was one of the side effects. But anyways, it's now January, and my face is looking so much better. I only have a bit of scars, but besides that, Ziana helped me out a lot, and I would recommend this to other people struggling with acne. I also took before and after pictures, and I love how my skin is looking."

• Anonymous
• May 6, 2009

For Acne "Just started using Ziana about a month ago on face, neck, and chest. My face has been doing great, but my neck and chest have been breaking out like crazy. I think this may be because I get regular facials and extractions, but not on my neck or chest, so there is a lot to purge. I am liking what I am seeing on the face so far. Still break out, but it seems like it is getting better. I am going to stick with it and see where it goes, will update if anything changes."

• Ara...
• March 9, 2015

For Acne "When I first started using Ziana, I only had acne in between my eyebrows, chin, and the nose area. My acne worsened while using it, and then it got better. But after about 4 months of using it, it became ineffective. So I now have acne between my eyebrows, chin, cheeks, forehead, and the nose area. It's great at first, but after a while, it made my face even worse than before I used the product."

• Lak...
• June 1, 2017

For Acne "For the longest, I have had a problem with breakouts on my face, mostly on my forehead and chin area. However, I must say this gel is the truth! I have been using it for 6 months now and may have had one breakout in the beginning since I've been using it. I'm so glad I gave it a try, my skin looks great, and I haven't had to deal with those sometimes painful acne breakouts."

• NGH...
• July 16, 2016

For Acne "I have had minor acne since sophomore year of college (now graduated). I'm afraid my dermatologist has not been good about following up with me long-term, so I've probably been misusing the medication for a while. It clears up my clogged pores really nicely (yay!), but there are still lots of blackheads, and sometimes the clogged pores stay there a long time. I'm a skin picker (bad), so that has aggravated my acne from touching my face and caused some minimal scarring, which I can easily cover up with makeup. One of my least favorite things about this medicine is that, although it clears most of my clogged pores, I have noticed an increase in painful cystic acne around hotspots (potentially due to the onset of hormonal acne)."

• s k...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• January 5, 2017

For Acne "I had the same problem with the start of this product as others mentioned before-it does break you out for the first few months (I think 2-3 months). However, after that short period of problems, it got better, and my face started to clear up. I have been taking birth control with this product to control my hormonal balance. The birth control does the job overall, but whenever I get a few pop-up pimples, I put the Ziana on it for like 2 days, and it pretty much kills the pimple. I can't use Ziana every day because it DOES dry out your skin. So I WOULDN'T recommend this be in your daily skin routine. After your face gets used to the product, I'd say use it for controlling spots."

• Lau...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 19, 2020

For Acne "So this medication, in combination with a Benzac wash 10%, has really done a number on me. I had perfectly normal skin, then got some kind of bacterial skin infection which caused an overnight breakout (over 100 whiteheads on my face and neck). Was put on Med, and it disappeared... then slowly started to come back as acne. So I was put on Bianca and Benzac wash, which made it insanely worse. It clears up, then my skin purges, then it clears up, then it purges. It’s been doing this for 2 months now. Not sure what to think. I am a flight attendant, and my skin does an overnight breakout also when I do long flights in the dry environment. Seems like every time it seems manageable, it breaks out overnight. Has anyone else had these experiences?"

• ste...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 29, 2019

For Acne "My rating of 7 out of 10 is mostly just based on my hope that this is a 10. Was using TactuPump (adapalene and benzoyl peroxide) but had far too bad hyperpigmentation. I'm white as a ghost, so it looked like I was using tanning lotion or something. Biacna (Canadian name for the same drug as Ziana) has really made a mess of my face so far. I'm going to suffer through it for a couple more weeks. (It's only been one week so far). At least it's not tanning my face. So disappointed I couldn't tolerate the TactuPump. It worked really, really well. Side effects just weren't 'doable' - Biacna has so far just made my face break out like crazy and triggered a bout of rosacea around my cheeks close to my nose. Totally dry. No moisturizer has helped. I'm just trying to suck it up and deal with it for a while longer. Thanks to all who share here, your experiences really help knowing I'm not some weird case."

• Anonymous
• May 5, 2016

For Acne "DO NOT USE THIS PRODUCT!!! It made me break out like never before. I had barely any acne before I began this product, but wanted to get rid of my occasional pimple for good. My dermatologist prescribed me this, and I used it for a little over a week. My face has never been so dry, irritated, and worst of all, covered in acne. I had a huge breakout on my chin, and yes, this may just be the initial purge, but it ruins your skin, and it's hard to recover from this. I was so depressed during this week and actually felt like a worthless human being because my face looked so bad. Don't trust these harsh skin products!!!"