MEDca Acne Patches for Face - Hydrocolloid Bandages (36 Count) Pimple Patches for Face in 2 Universal Sizes, Acne Spot Treatment Care for Face & Skin Spot Patch Conceals Zits, Acne and Blackheads

Works exactly as it (and everyone) says! I'm just as curious as many as to why these are not a more commonly known acne remedy??? I think my pores are rather unusually deep, therefore they take a few nights (and therefore quite a few patches) to pull all of the gunk out; but they work! They definitely work better on the zits that have formed a head. Yes, they work best when the head has been carefully pierced with a sterile point. However (for me at least), these also help to bring the deeper, headless zits out to the surface (over time) as well. A word of advice for those who say that these little suckers don't stick - you're doing something wrong. You MUST thoroughly wash and pat dry your face first. Once I pat my face dry, I allow my skin to air dry for some time as well. Then I apply the patches over the needed areas. DO NOT moisturize or put ANYTHING else on your face until AFTER the patches are firmly on. These stick so well that sometimes it actually hurts just a wee bit while peeling them off. The product itself receives 5 stars because it does exactly what promises to do. However, I would wish to take away a star because there is just not enough patches to last a person with more troubled skin a week! I went through both the Nexcare brand as well as this brand within 1 week before attaining the drugstore ones!!! I did some research and found that hydrocolloid patches can be found at most drugstores (you'll just have to cut the pieces up yourself - which is fine by me). Any who, as mentioned before, this product receives 5 stars from me for being genuine and keeping to what it promised to do. An absolute must try for those fighting acne.

I have suffered from adult acne on/off for the last several years. I previously was purchasing a product similar to this from a more well-known brand that starts with the #3. Those items worked well too, but I came upon these as a recommended item when I purchased the other. They were inexpensive, so I bought a box of the better known brand (which is almost $3.00 more expensive) along with these. I have to say, I really think this is the better product. Not because it's cheaper though. They both fundamentally do the same thing. They both extract pus and oil from your pimples. I think these are superior because they have WAY better 'sticking power.' I put them on at night and they don't fall off, where sometimes the others would come off in the night. I would recommend if you put them on, to do so on a freshly washed face, before you've put on any face products. I put on the stickers, and then proceed with putting on my moisturizer, etc. around the stickers, before bed. I also noticed these ones blend in a little better. Either product doesn't blend perfectly and it's obvious you have a plastic dot on your face. :) But these are more clear and less noticeable, which I like, even if I'm just going to sleep in them. I'd highly recommend them. It's extracted oil from a blemish and helped reduced redness and inflammation overnight, more times than I can count. It's really improved the clarity of my skin, because often the pimple goes away without me picking at it or thinking I can pop it (which never ends well and leaves me with scars and pigmentation). They come in two different sizes on the sheet, so you have options there too. I'd highly recommend them!

I purchased these because the price is much better for the same count package (and sizes) as more expensive brands like Nexcare and some other more notable brands and honestly wasn't expecting them to be "better"...I just figured at least these weren't priced ridiculously. However, I am pleasantly surprised at their performance compared to Nexcare and other brands I've been using. The frustration with the cost is that most of these have similar instructions and claims, but don't work as advertised. The other brands I've used tell you to cleanse the area with astringent to remove oil to make them stick better to skin....however...the "other" brands I've tried often don't stick after I've wasted three or four dots. And that's where the "cost frustration" comes in. These were much better! They stick MUCH better than the pricier competition without finding them on my pillow in the morning or them slowly removing themselves from my face over the course of a few hours and falling off somewhere (gross!) and even better....the other brand is much thicker and more noticeable and these were surprisingly smooth and the edges don't show unless you were to really inspect someone's face up close. I've always laughed when I read "You can even put make up OVER them!"....I mean...what? Nope. Not at all. But with this brand I think if you were really in a pinch, you may actually be able to get away with it if it were in an inconspicuous spot. These smooth right down with no rough edges sticking up visibly. The performance (sucking the oil and fluids that leak after squeezing or a blemish opening up on it's own) is just as good as the other brands and you can wear them on a pretty badly leaking blemish for at least 8 hours before needing to change it. These really do help your blemishes heal faster because once they're open/leaky...what normally happens is your skin scabs over the area and then what happens? That's right....you end up with the pimple filling right back up again. Ugh! These prevent that scabbing from occurring so that the blemish can continue to stay open (but protected) while these dots "pull" and absorb both remaining and new oil and liquid from the blemish to prevent it flaring up again. So the blemish begins to heal much faster and without as great a chance of scarring from extended inflammation/infection. I highly recommend that you try these if you've tried the others and weren't impressed....or if you normally spend a lot more on the brands Dermatologists frequently throw around. I speak from experience because my Derm recommended the Nexcare (which is what I'd been using) and has never mentioned these....but these are half the price, work better, look better, and are exactly the same count/sizes as the others. Why 4 stars, then? Because why-oh-why do NONE of these companies offer the ability to buy a 36 count package of JUST the larger ones or Just the smaller ones?? I use mostly the larger ones because they stick better and cover more area and once those are gone I'm basically stuck trying to use the small ones on areas that really require the large. I'd be totally fine with paying a bit more for a package of just the large size so that I'm not wasting half the package. Please someone market the "large-only" option! Otherwise, don't waste your money on the others. These are great and incredibly affordable in comparison! I will be buying here exclusively from now on (and informing my Dermatologist of better choices than the ones she's recommending, too! I'm happy to answer any questions you may have! Thanks for reading....happy shopping!

I really really wanted these to be great bc it seemed like such a good deal compared to mighty patches. Well they are basically useless. I used a box over the course of a few weeks and started the next one hoping that maybe the first box was a bad shipment but it was just terrible. They hardly stick to your face, and I would deliberately wash the face and make sure to not put moisture on to insure maximum adhesive. Even one the once that would finally stick barely did anything, maybe pulled out a spot the size of a pin dot but nothing like mighty patches. You literally have to use 10 or more of the dots over the course of a week to get really any results and at that point it’s probably just the fact that I’ve been washing it and giving it time to heal that it actually does anything. Not to mention they are EXTREMELY noticeable. Like other brands can sometimes hardly be seen but these guys are so think that it shows a clear circle on your face, honestly which how think they are probably explains why they don’t stick well because there isn’t enough flexibility to them. On top of all that if you slightly even pull them off wrong or touch it too you finger or skin it’s over, there is no trying to restick it because it has completely lost all its abilities to adhere to the skin. Oh and you basically need to go ahead and pop the pimple before hand for it to actually draw anything out because as mentioned before it has like no pulling ability. And lastly, I also seemed to notice that one the select few that I could actually get to stay on my face, and to maybe do anything, it would make the spot pretty red, like the spot might have got some of the stuff out but it definitely irritated it and made it very noticeable. I’m gonna try to return even though I’ve used a box but honestly I feel like the other two boxes are gonna be just as useless and I’d rather get something back or maybe a different set of boxes if these are faulty. If they do give me a different box and it actually works I will edit this review.

Being in beauty, skincare, and natural skincare, I wasn't sure what to expect of these tiny tapes. I normally don't have an acne dominated skin thankfully but they do come up every now and then. And they are quite annoying.. I use pretty good preventative care but when the acne does come up, I can't help but get the urge to pop them (yuk!). But these worked like great without the mess of having to put toothpaste or anything else on the acne to dry it. They do come in two sizes- one for smaller acne and a larger one for the more noticeable ones. I do wish they did come up with a bigger size though because for the sinle super huge ones, these don't do a good job of covering them up. I must tell you though, while they worked for me, they did nothing for my mom. So it does appear that it's effectiveness varies from person to person (she has more of an oily skin and mine is combination). I'm not sure if the type of skin really had anything to do with it, but thought that the bit of info should be helpful. Also. these do nothing for the blemishes /scars left after the active acne disappears. Hope it helps <3

These things are a miracle for acne sufferers! As long as there is even a tiny break in the skin (aka you have tried to pop a pimple), they will suck up all of the moisture and liquid in the pimple overnight. This takes the swelling down completely, without drying out the skin at all. It helps heal pimples in a day or two, that usually take almost a week! You can even see the patch turn white in the middle where it has absorbed the moisture, which is always satisfying if you like that kind of visual confirmation that its working. You just have to be sure that your skin is very clean and dry before applying, because it will not stick properly if your skin is oily or has lotion on it. I usually wear them overnight, but also during the day if I'm just hanging out at home. You could potentially go out in public with one on, but it does cast a little shadow around the edges of the patch, so it's visible if someone is really looking. I'd wear it to go out and walk the dog, but not to work or on a date. Great that there are two sizes in the box as well. For the price being fairly low, I would encourage anyone to at least try it out!

I purchased these patches as a cheaper alternative to the mighty patches. The patches wouldn’t stick to my face unless my face had no moisture at all. I would have to put them on my (cleansed) face with a completely dry surface. This would cause dryness and irritation to the pimple. I will say though that it did work best at night (getting most of the gunk out).

I had such high hopes for these! As far as I can tell though they don't really do anything. I've seen where people have said when they remove one they can see the gunk that it's pulled out and have even posted pics of the disks with a white spot in the middle. I'm sorry but I don't believe that's "gunk" at all, just where fluid from the blemish has reacted with the adhesive of the patch and turned white. I saw absolutely no difference on any of the spots I've used a patch on. It certainly didn't absorb enough fluid to diminish the elevation of the spot. They're not completely useless, they could be beneficial in keeping bacteria out of an inflamed blemish, but honestly I'd go with the tea tree oil patches if that's all you're using them for as they're much less expensive with a lot more per pack.