Oil-Free Acne Wash.

"The active ingredient here is salicylic acid, which is a great ingredient for acne, so that part is totally fine. My problem is the grapefruit. That bright fruity scent means added fragrance, and fragrance is one of the most common causes of irritation, especially on acne prone skin that's already inflamed or already using retinoids. I see this far too often in clinic, someone washing their face twice a day with a strong fragranced acne wash and then their skin gets red and more irritated, not any more clear. If you want the salicylic acid benefit, just choose a fragrance free salicylic acid cleanser instead. Same active, none of the unnecessary irritation."

"I just assumed that this would be a good product for oily acne-prone skin, but again it had fragrance in it, had menthol in it, had glycolic acid in it. So menthol is a sensitizer to the skin, fragrance is your number one cause of contact dermatitis and it's a co-sensitizer. This is a thing that there are 4,000 different fragrances and you don't know how your skin is going to react and you get delayed reaction. What's going to happen after years? I mean, menthol is just it just should not be in skin care either. Especially, imagine your acne oily-prone skin which is already inflamed, it's got free fatty acids that are going berserk in your skin, irritating your skin, leading to pigmentation and red marks and then you go and put menthol on it which is a sensitizer. It's just not a good idea."

"Neutrogena makes a good example of this cleanser for your anti-aging routine acne wash. Check it out, 2% salicylic acid. You might recognize this from like many years ago if you are a millennial like me who probably used this in your teenage years, but this is not the same cleanser that you use when you are a teenager. This is actually now reformulated to be fragrance-free and dye-free, so it's not actually orange, it's just the label. When you dispense this, it's actually clear, so no dye, no fragrance. Another great acne cleanser that you can use for anti-aging because this one also has that maximum strength salicylic acid in it. I use and love a salicylic acid product in my routine in the morning time because this can help prep your skin for what is my next step in the morning that can easily be a vitamin C serum. By using a salicylic acid cleanser first, you're going to help prepare the skin to absorb the vitamin C a little bit better. Again, you're improving texture and helping your actives you use after that work better. So I love this cleanser in my morning routine."

"It has 2% salicylic acid and fragrance but it's honestly super basic so I still don't know why they raised the price. I do think it kind of worked, it was salicylic acid it was fine, but when my acne was at its worst it was severe it was chronic it was cystic and it took over my face chest and back and the Neutrogena cleanser just didn't cut it. I remember it being like $5... it's no longer $5."

"The hero product here was Neutrogena for like ever, with that orange pump top bottle. It still is pretty effective, but it's fragranced and I think that we've made a lot of advances in skincare since then, so it's probably not the best product out there. I actually don't like the smell of the Neutrogena one even though it's the one that I use growing up. It just maybe reminds me of childhood and kind of like that Proactiv smell bothers me."

"This is a favorite of mine personally, it is the Neutrogena Oil-Free Acne Wash. This has been around for a really really long time, so it has a long standing track record of being useful for people who have acne. I've personally used it, I've recommended it to acne patients, it's reliable, it's good. It does have fragrance though, and fragrance can be irritating to the skin, some people are allergic to fragrance, and if you are allergic to fragrance you'd want to avoid it. This is definitely a nice gel formula and it works into a really nice lather."