Sulfacetamide sodium/sulfur topical and Redness: What Users Say

• Eri...
• March 7, 2017

For Rosacea "Be very, very careful with this medication if you have sensitive skin. I have oily, acne-prone, red skin that is very sensitive. In the past, a sodium sulfacetamide/sulfur wash had worked very well for my skin, so I had high hopes for this medication. I put some on last night and woke up to a bright red, inflamed face. I immediately got in the shower and washed the stuff off, but it has now been approximately 6 hours, and my face is even redder. My recommendation is to test this first before you use it over your entire face. I'm praying this redness goes down because I can't even leave the house as of right now."

• Jay...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• November 13, 2020

For Rosacea "My rosacea drastically improved with this wash. The small cluster of bumps I had for over a year disappeared. I still have frequent redness, but the symptoms are far lessened. I only had a very mild case of rosacea symptoms-small bumps, redness, without any extreme texture or swelling of the face."

• Nwa...
• November 8, 2019

For Acne "Used 10% sulfacetamide wash, no sulfur, made my skin so oily and red I’m dealing with repercussions 3 weeks later still. Completely ruined my skin texture, and now I have large inflammatory pimples and tons of comedones despite being on topical antibiotics that cleared my acne for two months before adding this. Have to start doing oral antibiotics now to clear this up. Don’t recommend. P.S. I have very mild rosacea or pre-rosacea skin."

• Jen...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 22, 2020

For Rosacea "I was really hopeful when my dermatologist prescribed this to me, but it only made the condition of my skin worse. I do have a sulfa allergy, which I mentioned more than once to the dermatologist, and she insisted that it would be fine since I'm not ingesting it. Well, whatever you put on your skin eventually ends up in your system. The skin is the largest organ! I tried this on three different occasions and had the same experience each time. The texture of my skin got much worse, I looked and felt super dry, wrinkly, and it turned me red in certain places, especially my cheeks. I battle both acne and rosacea, and this did not help either of those issues. I gave this a 2 because it's possible I was affected due to my allergy. Normally my face loves sulfur (I've used Prosacea with success), but the addition of the sulfacetamide was not a good fit for me."