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Ivermectin topical User Reviews & Ratings (Page 5)

Brand names: Soolantra, Sklice

Ivermectin topical has an average rating of 7.6 out of 10 from a total of 399 reviews on Drugs.com. 68% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 17% reported a negative experience.

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  • Rlt...
  • Taken for 1 to 2 years
  • March 7, 2019

For Rosacea "I have been using this for 2 years, and it’s worked brilliantly for me. Prior to this, I used other topical creams and antibiotics on and off for 7 years. This is the only cream that has kept my skin clear for two years. Highly recommend you give it a go!"

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  • Anonymous
  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • December 15, 2019

For Rosacea "I would 100% recommend trying Soolantra if you have rosacea. I’ve been using it once a day for about 2 months, and my skin hasn’t looked this good in years! I have struggled with rosacea pimples for about 2 years, and nothing had worked at all. Now, I haven’t had a single pustule! Even the little ones go away overnight. Definitely give it a try!"

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  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • July 18, 2017

For Rosacea "Soolantra has been an absolute nightmare. I went to my dermatologist for general redness and the occasional pustule. Now, 4 weeks later, my condition is AT LEAST 300% worse than when I started. My derm told me, 'It often gets worse before it gets better,' but, as I feared, it got worse only to get worse yet. Pustules, papules, and cysts have popped up AND STAYED, reinfecting and reinfecting, and now I look like I have a serious disease. In addition, I actually had to PAY for this nightmare substance!! Soolantra has made me agoraphobic. It may work for some, but it has completely wrecked me entirely."

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  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • May 22, 2017

For Rosacea "I have suffered from papulopustular rosacea for years. I was initially prescribed Met gel, which cleared it up, but it came back worse than ever. Using Met gel only dried my skin and made it worse. I bought Soolantra out of desperation, and it has worked a treat. I have been using it for two weeks once at night, and I currently have no whiteheads! My skin is also so smooth and clear now. It does get worse before it gets better, but this may be because it's killing all the Demodex mites, and their life cycle including eggs is three weeks."

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  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • August 29, 2020

For Head Lice "Do not use this medication on your children or anyone! My child lost all of her hair, and my other daughter lost half of her hair! Scabbing, sores! This product is very dangerous and should be pulled off the market! This damaged a little girl's life that will never recover, a year later, she still has almost no hair!"

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  • September 12, 2017

For Rosacea "I have been using Soolantra for 2 months, and honestly, it is the best thing I have tried so far. I had papulopustular rosacea (mostly on my cheeks), and now it is almost completely gone. The bumps were gone after roughly 1 month, and now the redness is also more than 90% gone. I am just so happy I gave this a try. Also, one thing that you have to keep in mind: GIVE IT TIME. I did see progress from the beginning, but also some occasional flare-ups. Just stick with it. It's worth it!"

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  • October 6, 2015

For Rosacea "I'm 69 years old, have had episodes of rosacea occasionally for 19 years. Metronidazole cream had only moderate effect. My doctor gave me a sample of Soolantra, and my skin cleared up in just a few days. I continue to have no symptoms after using up the sample tube, which I used very sparingly to make it last. The price is so high, and my Part D plan doesn't cover it, so that's the downside."

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  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • October 13, 2019

For Rosacea "Possibly Soolantra is the only thing to properly clear my rosacea up. First 8 days were awful as my skin was red and crusting over. Day 9 all dried up, day 10 woke up to clearer skin. Day 11 and 12 redness subsiding. I'll never touch antibiotics again as it ruins your body. Use omega 3 with cod liver oil tablet, apple cider vinegar with mother (natural thing in it) plus antihistamine. Good luck to you all."

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  • Taken for 1 to 2 years
  • July 23, 2016

For Rosacea "This stuff is amazing. It cleared up my skin after two weeks, and now I use it only twice weekly for maintenance. I was previously treated with oral antibiotics, which did nothing but upset my stomach, or other useless, expensive creams. After reading the research on it, it made sense why it worked so well for me."

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  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • July 18, 2019

For Rosacea "I'm 21, and I started getting rashes (pustules, acne-like) on my face about eight months ago. I didn't notice a worthwhile difference with Soolantra until week five. I used to put Soolantra over my entire face (despite only really being affected in the T-zone), but it didn't alleviate any redness in my cheeks, so I stopped putting it everywhere. I got a 10% azelaic acid cream solution to substitute Rhofade (Rhofade made it worse), and it has very noticeably combated the redness! I only put Soolantra on my T-zone now and sometimes skip areas if there are no issues. The key: use the tiniest amount-do not use Soolantra like lotion! I wash and lotion (lotion only non-Soolantra covered areas at night) in the morning after applying azelaic acid. I'm on week seven now, and despite eating a lot of spicy food yesterday, my skin looks clear. Do your research and don't let some of these expensive medications fool you. Soolantra definitely has the capacity to work. Good luck."

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  • July 2, 2016

For Rosacea "I've been on Soolantra for just under a week, and I am now starting to see results. The pustules and redness on one side of my face have greatly diminished, and the other side isn't far behind. My rosacea was really getting me down, so I am thrilled that there is now something out there that can effectively treat this condition! :-)"

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  • December 24, 2017

For Head Lice "My daughter, who has extremely long, thick hair, kept getting head lice. I treated her 2 previous times the typical way: OTC meds, washing, scrubbing, boiling brushes. But she kept getting them. The 3rd time was it! I looked online and found Sklice. It was hard to find as most pharmacies around me don't carry it. I drove in a snowstorm 40 minutes away to get it! I applied it and haven't had a problem since... that was 4 years ago!"

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  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • May 25, 2019

For Rosacea "In the 3 years of dealing with rosacea, I found Soolantra after doing research weekly for the last year, and this medication is the only thing that has worked! I’ve been on it for 8 weeks, and my facial redness has stopped 100%!"

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  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • November 21, 2017

For Rosacea "I have been using Soolantra for 6 days now. I have read the reviews and I am trying to hang in there, but my outbreak is horrible. Don’t want to leave the house. I am experiencing burning, itching, and tingling. My cheeks have bumps all over them with pustules and extreme dryness. It is sore to touch. I am trying to suck it up, hoping that the reviews I have read are true and it will get better. Has anyone gone through this? I had mild rosacea, so this is horrible."

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  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • November 30, 2018

For Rosacea "I controlled my type 2 rosacea for several years with Finacea twice a day. Then I had a huge flare-up that lasted a few months. My skin was dry, flaky, yet oily with enlarged pores all at once, huge pimples, with moderate redness. I tried Soolantra, and I’m very happy with the results. I use Soolantra at night and Finacea in the day. It took 3 months of consistent use—one week I’d be clear and smooth, the next week I’d have a huge flare-up—but now my skin is clear and smooth. My flaky, dry, oily situation has cleared up. My doctor said it might not help with redness, but it actually did. I found using a benzoyl peroxide 2.5% cream on top of Soolantra when I had a flare-up was good for the pimples. I’m staying on Soolantra indefinitely because you don’t build up a resistance to it (like with antibiotics), and I have had no negative side effects."

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  • Nic...
  • Taken for 6 months to 1 year
  • October 20, 2016

For Rosacea "At first, I thought Soolantra did not work, but that was only because I had another problem-due to my inhaler, which had given me a yeast infection on my face. I got worse and worse, then solved that problem and began Soolantra again. It actually seems to make my skin look better on contact. There is such a difference that I use it in the morning or just before I go out, and people have noticed. I don't have an extreme case of rosacea, but the redness, large pores, itching, and burning are responding to treatment. I only put it on the affected areas to conserve it, and I had some samples, so that is why I estimate only $2.00 a month. With insurance, a tube is $60."

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  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • April 10, 2018

For Rosacea "Ok, I have been using this product since Jan 15th, 2018, every night. I cannot tell you how much it has turned my world around! My skin looks 100% improved. I will continue to use it until my dr tells me to stop. It beats taking antibiotics for 3 years! My body is healing itself from all the antibiotics taken in the past. CRAZY! But please persist with this, it will help you too. Good luck :-)"

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  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • December 19, 2017

For Head Lice "One of my kids had magical powers to attract lice every year since like clockwork. (Yay for us, don't be jealous.) So, the first time I did the OTC kit, laundry, vacuuming the mattresses, etc. A year later, I did the same but didn't get all of the nits. Those buggers are hard to find! Then a mom friend told me how Sklice paralyzes the nits and they CAN'T HATCH, so if I missed some, they couldn't hatch anyway. So YES, after the one ten-minute treatment, my kid still had nits in her hair, but they never hatched, and I picked them out as I found them without the anxiety of 'what if I miss one?' The third time she got lice, I went straight to the pediatrician for Sklice, and that took care of it."

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  • August 12, 2019

For Rosacea "The road to overcoming my rosacea started with me taking ivermectin as prescribed. I also took Oracea. The first dose of ivermectin seemed to clear up a little bit, the bumps and lesions that covered my face and the heat, but a few days before taking the second dose, it went back to how it was before. I took the second dose, and it cleared up a little, but again went back to normal until I continued use of Oracea and started applying topical Soolantra with it. My doctor recommended blending Soolantra with CeraVe cream - use in the morning and mix Soolantra in with the PM. Wash with CeraVe in between applications so pores don't clog. Two months later I'm practically back to normal. I'm a fair-skinned redhead, 32 years old, and happy to have my face back, compared to its puffy, bumpy, leathery, and hot mess that it was before taking ivermectin, Soolantra, and Oracea."

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  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • May 11, 2017

For Rosacea "I don't normally do any 'social media' reviews - only if something is really bad or really good. Well, Soolantra is really 'good'! I have been on Oracea for almost two years, and it is doing what it can, and I'm happy with it. However, my doctor added Soolantra four months ago to use daily. Well... what a difference this has made. My face is soft, the whiteheads and blackheads are basically gone. Would highly recommend - give it a month, and you will see and feel the difference. It has helped with the redness of my nose and face as well."

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  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • March 4, 2020

For Rosacea "I’m in my 5th week with Soolantra and not sure about the redness, which won’t disappear. The bumps reduced and the skin is silky, it is clear an improvement, but I’m not sure if I’m getting worse instead of better. The redness is not uniform, and I am afraid to cover it not to get an allergic reaction. My dermatologist said I should go on for the next 2 months with Soolantra, but I am losing my faith."

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  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • May 19, 2017

For Head Lice "Fought these suckers for a year on and off with my kids. I tried vinegar and salt, Coca-Cola, olive oil, dollar store brand, Rid, and an expensive mousse. Kept coming back, so I got so aggravated and took them to the doc, he prescribed Sklice, and DONE. BOOM. NOTTA BUG ANYWHERE. Finally peace. Thank you, Sklice. One and done."

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  • May 15, 2017

For Rosacea "I've been suffering from rosacea since I turned 40. I'm now 55. I have constant breakouts. I have avoided sun and other triggers. Decided to try another dermatologist, she recommended Soolantra. I picked a tube after using a discount card and insurance, my fee was $35.00. I would pay $300 if it worked. Just after a few days, my skin was clearing up. It works, don't walk, but run to your doctor and get a tube of Soolantra. The constant breakouts were very upsetting. Now, I feel much more confident!"

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  • August 19, 2018

For Rosacea "I took this on the recommendation of my doctor, and my rosacea had really cleared up after 15% mandelic acid serum since April 2018, and pretty much weaned myself off the antibiotics. Stopped dairy and sugar, too, stopped getting major red bumps, and the mandelic acid really took the redness away, but still had minor bumps and slight redness. Took Soolantra July 25 only once, and had a bad feeling after reading things here. Had mild rosacea and mad at myself for not researching it first. It is now 3 weeks later, and my face has major redness and cystic acne bumps, with one between my eyes that is painful to touch. Worked so hard to clear up my skin, and one application of this stuff and I’m ruined. Once the mites die off in the third week, will these bumps keep reoccurring after I stopped the medication? Or is this die-off a one-time thing once you stop? I had these mites under control, and now I look worse than ever. Can someone please tell me if they stopped using it and what happened? I haven’t had bad rosacea like this in 5 years!"

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  • August 31, 2016

For Head Lice "I have been battling head lice with my two daughters for years and years and years. I have tried EVERYTHING. This last battle, which has lasted over a year, had me at my wit's end. Shaving was next. I finally had my doc phone in Sklice. BEST STUFF EVER, EVER, EVER!!!! You have saved my sanity and my beautiful girls' hair."

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