erha acne spot gel

this the description from their website (i translated it since it was in indonesian): acne care spot gel is proven clinically to clear acne and dark spots from acne scar since day 3. formulated to reduce inflammation, to speed up recovery and to prevent hyperpigmentation on active acne spot. can be use for men and women. 

prevent skin irritation - acne spot gel also contains aloe vera extract that can prevent irritation and calm the skin down.

quickly heal active acne - clear gel consistency, making acne spot gel can be used in the morning or afternoon so it lessen the inflammation and heal active acne.

how to use: put acne spot gel on acne or part of the face that has acne. let it dry. use once or twice for optimal result.

ingredients: sulfur to kill bacteria and anti acne, salicylic acne as anti acne and help exfoliate dead skin cells, aloe vera extract to prevent irritation.

ingredients list: aqua, propylene glycol, hydroxyethyl acrylate/sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate copolymer, sulfur, salicylic acid, zinc gluconate, hydrogen peroxide, sodium hydroxide, dipotassium glycyrrhizate, citric acid, disodium EDTA, aloe barbadensis leaf extract.

the packaging: it comes in blue and white box. i think the whole acne line comes in blue and white design. it has description in indonesian at the back of the box, but there's a short description in english as well. there's ingredients list printed on the box as well. they put a seal on top of the box, and it's quite adhesive that it's quite hard to remove. the gel comes in a white plastic squeeze tube with long spout screw cap. i was surprised looking at the spout. i thought the inside would be ridiculously long as well, but fortunately it's not. the spout inside is quite short and small but it's okay to dispense the product. there's another short description at the back of the tube and it also has white-blue color combination as well. this only comes in 10 g.

the scent: as you can read in the ingredients list, there's no added fragrance in it. so this one has no scent, but since it contains some active ingredients that has natural scent, like sulfur, you can sniff that kind of scent if you smell it really close. 

the product: it's a cloudy white/yellowish gel. since it contains sulfur, or other ingredients that usually comes in powder form mixed in it as well, you can see specks of yellowish powder in it, but you don't need to worry as it's natural and doesn't affect the result. it doesn't leave any mark after dried completely, so it's okay to use in the morning as people can't see that you're using a spot gel. 

the result: i've used this gel for over a month and on top of several stages of acne. for usual inflamed acne, it helps either speeding up the maturation progress or disappearing. if it's halfway mature, then it would speed up the maturity progress. however, i can't stop myself from picking them, so it would sting a bit if i have popped the acne then put the gel on top of it. however, after doing so, it dried up pretty quick, about two days time. as for cystic acne, this is still a trivial thing to do. i just tried an experiment to compare this with the famous bio beauty lab acne oil. i put this gel on top of cystic acne and compare it with other cystic acne that i use the oil on. for three days straight, i use it twice a day. however, for cystic acne, i don't see any difference in size nor the inflammation. it's still big and swollen and even hurt a bit, so after three days, i surrendered and just use my foreo ufo. miraculously, it started to lessen in just three days. 

well, i have to say that this gel really works for smaller acne, pustule acne and already-popped acne, but it takes longer to treat cystic acne. if you have those type of acnes, you might want to try this as this leaves no mark on your face, so you can use this even in the morning. but if you have cystic acne, you might want to resort to other things as this gel might not help much. as for me, i do like that this come in gel type format and in a secure tube, as it's easier to carry around and to apply. but i'm still hoping i won't have to repurchase this one. price wise, i think it's still within reasonable pricing.