Zinc Cream Margarite 1 oz Cream

I have self diagnosed with PERIORAL DERMTITIS. Red (minor rash) around the mouth, looks like a Pug face but red. Anyway, Reddit recommended this zinc cream and i have been applying it for the last few days and it really works, Didn't realize i had ordered the "tinted" and will again, it blends in well. Its very drying (don't like that) but apply it to clean dry skin, let it sit for 15 minutes and then moisturize over it. Works well. Have ordered another tube and thinking along with adding a zinc supplement, my flare-ups will disappear. Hoping :)

I have been on two full terms of accutane in the past 6 (almost 7) years. After my second term I found a great dermatologist (Skin PC, in Elkhorn, NE - Chad Hilyer, P.A.) who worked with me on an accutane maintenance cycle where I took one pill per week. It really worked, however, I wanted to try and maintain my skin on my own while I still had some of the pills left (in case it didn't work) and this cream was one of the products I ordered. I will start by saying that this product is fantastic! I use it twice every day and it helps me with oil control (I have very oily skin) and also with my acne flaring back up. I have been off accutane for about two months now and so far so good, but I will really know in a year and a half if it is an alternative to taking an accutane maintenance cycle. So for those of you who are contemplating this, it is worth it! Seller is good, and the cream is even better. I will never order another acne cream again. Note 1: It can really dry your skin out, so be sure and put on a light moisturizer, let it dry good and then put the product on. ( I use Obaji Vitamin C moisturizer, or there is any other Obaji moisturizer will work great for your skin). If you don't your skin will peal and you will look wrinkly because it is a matt textured cream. Note 2: A little goes a long way! You can make the tube last a long time if you use a little to start and add more as you need. I use it all over my face and even on my chest. Note 3: After doing A LOT of research on accutane alternatives I use this product in combination with Vitamin A (Crude fish oil - 75,000 IU's in the am and then 75,000 IU's at night - 300,000 is the daily max for humans [do not take more than that, it is bad for your liver}), Vitamin B complex (with all B vitamins), The Acne supplement (with Zinc and other vitamins in it), and slow release Pentatonic Acid --- All of this I found on Amazon for a great price. I will be adding Vitamin E to it when I make my next order. Hopefully this helps others, as previous reviews on Amazon always help me out tremendously! --- Good Luck!

I buy A LOT of things via Amazon. It's not typical/ordinary for me to leave product reviews. However, I felt very compelled to leave a product review for this zinc cream. I have suffered for several years now, on and off, with perioral dermatitis. Once it was properly diagnosed, as it was inaccurately diagnosed with my first dermatologist, I went down the typical path of several months of taking antibiotics. I also was prescribed a handful of creams (many of which were very expensive) including metronidazole cream and Elidel cream ($600ish per 60 gram tube). I used these creams and took my antibiotics religiously for months. Sometimes it seemed as though my PD was starting to disappear, then I'd wake up the next day and it would be back with a vengeance. I scoured the internet researching what worked for other people suffering with the same affliction that I was. A couple people mentioned zinc cream working well for them. I did a search for "zinc cream" and came across this product. At $10 bucks a tube I figured I had nothing to loose as I've spend thousands of dollars on my PD. I stopped the antibiotics as it was wrecking the "good bacteria" in my gut and intestine. I started washing my face morning and evening with Apple Cider Vinegar....yes it stings like hell!! After applying the ACV to my face, I let it sit on my face for 3-4 minutes, then rinsed my face with cold water. Your face will be REALLY red at this point. I then applied the zinc cream to ALL of the red areas on my face. The cream does sting a bit when it's first applied, however, the stinging very quickly subsides and your skin feels much better. It also "looks" better because this cream is tinted. Other reviewers have found this to be a negative. I, however, appreciate the fact that the cream is tinted as it gets old, and embarrassing, to go out in public with a red face. I typically would put another layer of the cream on just before bed. Almost immediately I saw improvement when I would wake up and look in the mirror in the morning. The cream seems to be quite drying to the skin. This drying characteristic however, seemed to be the key to make my PD disappear day by day. My face is COMPLETELY clear now. I still rinse my face daily with ACV, however, it now doesn't sting at all because the PD is not flaring. Once all the stinging and redness disappeared I stopped applying the zinc cream. However, I have 2 tubes of this miracle cream on standby should my PD decide to rear it's ugly head. If you're suffering from PD, and potential other embarressing skin problems, I'd definitely recommend trying this cream. It's been a miracle cream for me!

I have tried various sulfur products for acne in the past. My problem is that, although I have adult cystic acne (so do all my sisters to varying degrees), my skin is also extremely sensitive and generally dry unless I'm PMSing. So it's difficult to find a sulfur product that is effective yet not too harsh and drying on my skin. This and the odor of sulfur products is the only reason why I use benzoyl peroxide 2.5% on a daily or every-other-day basis. If I used the sulfur more than 3 times a week, my skin would be fried. With some sulfur products, it was fried from one application! In the past I have tried Clearasil Adult Treatment Cream Tinted, which has 8% sulfur and 2% resorcinol. I'm not sure why it needed resorcinol; 8% of sulfur is plenty by itself. At any rate, if I use the Clearasil Adult Tinted daily/more often than 2-3 x week, it dries my skin a lot and I can't moisturize enough to keep up with how it dries it. De La Cruz Pomada de Azufre Sulfur ointment has 10% sulfur and it is the product that fried my skin in one night -- by the next morning, my face was all red like I got windburn, and within a few days it had a sunburned texture and was flaking off. Way, way too strong for me. I'm not sure if it can be successfully watered down by mixing with another lotion or ointment. I guess that would lower the percentage of sulfur by volume. The Grisi Sulfur Soap with lanolin helps -- this is a bar soap. If I use it more often than every other day, it dries my skin out. But it also has a very calming effect on my skin. Now to the Margarite Zinc Cream. With only 4% sulfur and 10% zinc, it seems to be skewed in favor of skin protection rather than acne prevention. But maybe that's why it seems to help. I can't use it more than 3 x week. But it definitely does seem to help. It will not help a big cyst/zit that has already gotten to the peak or near-peak of being engorged and inflamed (but in my experience, pretty much NOTHING can help a zit at that stage except Gunilla of Sweden's Lerosett mask). But continued use of Margarite Zinc Cream over time seems to prevent new cysts/zits from forming. Then again, it could be the Lerosett I'm using, too. So this isn't a very scientific self-experiment, because I have no blinding (let alone double-blinding), no placebo, and I'm not controlling for effects of other products by using Margarite Zinc Cream all by itself. All of that having been said, I still think this product works to prevent and reduce new breakouts, even if it can't cure/shrink a currently inflamed cyst/zit at it's peak "ripeness" or peak engorgement/inflammation, much. I purchased mine for $11.99 with Amazon Prime, so the shipping was free. $11.99 per ounce? that would make it $191.84 per pound! But in searching on the 'net, I found two other places selling it for $6.99 /tube. However, those web sites that sold it for only $6.99 also charged either $4.99 or $4.95 for shipping. So Amazon's price without shipping -- which is what I paid as an Amazon Prime member -- was about the same when you do the math. Two caveats: 1) the package and the tube of Margarite Zinc Cream say you can wear it under makeup. I wouldn't. It is a thick cream and goes on a bit chalky. It dries even chalkier. You can't (at least I can't) put on a stays-on-for-24-hour foundation with this underneath. You also can't even use it under plain liquid foundation; it changes the texture of the makeup and makes the make up application streak, which then streaks the Zinc Cream. So -- no, don't wear this under makeup... unless it's old super-thick pancake makeup, because that's about the only thing that might hide the chalky streaks. 2. This product, and every other sulfur product I've used, will tarnish silver jewelry if it is in extended contact with the jewelry. This is true even of rhodium coated silver jewelry that is supposed to resist tarnishing. So be aware of that and take off any silver/sterling silver rings before using any sulfur products with your hands. On the other hand, if you like to make jewelry, the De La Cruz Pomada de Azufre is a very cheap antiquing solution for silver jewelry! Especially when you consider what you'll pay for Liver of Sulfur or for Silver Black in the tiny amounts sold by online jewelry-making supply sellers. I didn't buy the De La Cruz Pomada de Azufre Sulfur Ointment or Grisi Sulfur and Lanolin bar soap online when I bought it. I got both at a local drugstore (Walgreens), in the Mexican products/Mexican personal hygiene products section. It was like $3.50. I've seen it in local grocery stores that have a Mexican products section. That was also where I first bought Grisi Sulfur and Lanolin soap, a lot cheaper than you'll see it here or on other web sites. I think if you only buy these online, you're going to pay a lot more. But buying it from a store presumes that you live in a large (and diverse) enough urban or suburban area for drugstores and grocery stores to have a "Mexican products" section. If you don't, you probably will have to buy these online and pay more for them. Anyway, I'd buy the Margarite Zinc Cream again, but a little seems to go a long way for me, probably because of my sensitive/dry skin.

EDIT: I nearly stopped using this zinc cream because the odor became too bothersome. At first it didn’t bother me, but I found myself becoming more sensitive to it over time, as it smells similar to a hair permanent service. It’s also very drying, so it’s definitely more of a spot treatment than I initially realized. As strange as it sounds, I ended up switching to a natural and much better smelling diaper cream that also contains zinc, and I’ve been pleased with it. Original review: Since I was confused about the tint color, I’m posting a pic so that others can see. This is tinted the color of a light/medium Caucasian foundation/concealer. For reference, I usually use Maybelline Master Conceal 30 Light/Medium concealer (pictured next to this cream), and while the cream isn’t a match, I can get away with using it because it blends in. It reminds me of the tinted Clearisil I used 20+ years ago. If your skin is much lighter or darker than mine (light olive complexion), it might still work for you if you cover with a concealer product. Otherwise, it could be a nighttime use product. It has an interesting odor. My nose is really sensitive, so the slight sulfur medicinal odor may not be as obvious to most people. The texture reminds me of a clay mask, or almost like drywall spackle. It’s pretty thick, and a little goes a long way, but it seems to blend into my skin just fine. It does seem to be pretty drying, but I have dry skin and everything seems drying to me, so I’ll definitely be using this as a spot treatment. I’ve compensated for the drying effect by using a few drops of squalane oil (non-comedogenic and derived from olives) over the cream. I purchased this because I’ve been dealing with a persistent skin issue (either a bacterial issue or a type of fungal acne/folliculitis like malassezia). This was recommended because it treats both bacterial and fungal issues, and doesn’t have any ingredients that “feed” malassezia fungal infections, like most skincare products do (check out the “simple skin care science” website to learn more about fungal acne). The skin issue is relatively mild, but it keeps coming back despite everything else I’ve tried, so if this doesn’t do the trick, I’ll have to head straight to the dermatologist because I’ll be out of other options. I’ll update my review again in a few weeks, once I know if this will resolve the issue. Fingers crossed!

Covers acne but doesn’t help it go away

Better than makeup concealers and good for sensitive skin.

I'm not sure what my skin problem is...It's not adult acne...it's seborrhea dermatitis of some variety...perhaps malsssezia which I've read so much about. I'm determined to heal this stubborn problem on my own and I feel I've made progress by changing my diet/fats and taking HCL with meals. Now for finding a topical solution. This zinc cream although it works to dry up lesions once they're opened and cleaned out....it works lightening fast and overnight...but anything that is cyst like....or has evidence of "gunk" being inside, this doesn't break through the lesion or break it down without getting it open first...So to heal the open lesion, this is amazing. I want to be clear that I'm sure this isn't acne. This condition happened to me after a round of antibiotics...I feel it's yeast related...but these bumps are filled with white junk and each one has to be pricked and opened before this zinc cream heals these bumps one at a time...So for that, I'm seeing remarkable results. Aside from that, I want to just share that I rinse my face after filling the sink full of water and adding a few drops of Citricidal. I read that the ph of the skin should be lower than most of the alkaline cleansers and soaps. I felt the alkaline residue from most soaps might have been causing this yeast to flourish......so by rinsing my face properly and leaving it with a more acidic residue, my skin then matches the acid mantle of normal skin.....(doesn't seem to matter what I wash my face with but generally it's a very a mild cleanser) as long as I leave the acid mantle of my skin in the proper lower ph range, then using the zinc cream, I'm starting to see outstanding results. No new breakouts and this zinc cream clears up the breakout. As much as the color of this cream is a rather odd yellowish color, it seems to match my skin color perfectly. I can almost use it as makeup.