I started in my teenage years as a Proactiv user and I've stayed with some form of face wash ever since then. This is by far my most favorite face wash. It's the only one that has some level of exfoliation to it that did _not_ cause me to get red irritated skin, or even break out. I am totally loving this cleanser! It's made me start looking at other products from this brand.It is expensive compared to what I've used in the past but it will last nearly forever. It doesn't take much. I expect to get many months out of this product, or even a year. We'll see.I've been dillydallying around with other products to try to find a face moisturizer with SPF that doesn't smell like SPF and doesn't burn, and other small things that you try to counteract or revers when you've hit the 4x's, I am definitely going to consider this brands on all fronts now. I've used separate hyalauranic acid after wash serums, Vit c serums, Clinique Fresh Pressed renewing powder and a variety of other things like CeraVe (which I also like for nigh lotion) and Benzoyl Peroxide face wash.I suffer from a little bit of folliculitis-- where the skin folicles can get easily aggravated by rough treatment on my temples, back of my neck and the dermotologist recommended benzoyl peroxide based face wash. It does help with the small folliculitis bumps that aren't pimples but easily aggravate like one-- mixed in with this product. I go every other day between those two and things are working quite nicely now.The smell of this product is amazing-- it almost doesn't have a smell-- it smells like a thunderstorm or a ionizer. Love it.LOVE IT!