There are certain unpleasant aspects of adolescence that I’ve often wished my kids could skip right through.  I have plenty of my own school pictures showing thinly-veiled horror at my newest acne breakout; what I wouldn’t give to spare my own kids from that embarrassment.  But, as it happens, kids grow up and must deal with the same challenges with hormones and body changes as the rest of us.

My two oldest daughters are 16 and 13, and though they’ve shown incredible poise and self-confidence despite problems with acne, I know they would both like clearer skin.  I’ve bought them different products in the past, but become frustrated when I find that they’re not using them regularly.  When a friend recently suggested that maybe it’s because they’re discouraged by delayed results (and hence lose interest), I realized I needed to find something that could act fast.

The opportunity to review OXY Clinical Acne Solutions came at a perfect time.

Through my involvement with Mom Central, we received two of the OXY Clinical Acne Solutions Packs, which include the Advanced Face Wash, Hydrating Therapy, and Clearing Treatment. (Click on each product to learn more about the ingredients and patented OXY Clinical technology for each.)

The Solutions Pack is a great way to get introduced to the entire OXY Clinical line and begin a thorough skin care routine.  Both my girls began using the products right away, and though both reported an initial tightness and irritation to the Advanced Face Wash, by the second use, there was no reaction.  Both found the Hydrating Therapy to be refreshing, and I think both really liked the idea of concentrated spot use with the Clearing Treatment.

I have to be careful with any medical claims in my reviews, but I will just tell you that through my own observation, I could see that by the third day of regular use, both girls were showing significant clearing of their acne.  Certain areas of regular redness and flare-ups are now more uniform in color, and constantly raised patches of acne are now much smoother.  Now after several days of use for each, I won’t say their acne is non-existent, but it’s MUCH more under control than it was, and they are both happy with the quick and recognizable results.

Disclosure: “I wrote this review while participating in a blog campaign by Mom Centralon behalf of Oxy Clinical and received a sample to facilitate my candid review. Mom Central sent me a gift card to thank me for taking the time to participate.”

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A month is a long time for a 2yo boy to be constantly restricted to a car seat, surrounded by his jabbering siblings, sleeping on hotel and bedroom floors, and being generally dragged this way and that. 

But such a month also seems to have contained the magic formula for transforming said 2yo boy from a toddler into a child.

What happened to my boy?  He’s still in diapers (my fault) and still loves his milk in a bottle (his comfort), but suddenly he’s not “The Baby” anymore.  He owns more language than ever before, and is expressing himself like crazy.  Holding conversations, even.  Asking questions and waiting for answers.  Making jokes.  Suggesting fun activities or resolutions to problems.  And get this…he’s even fussing less.  A LOT less.  The temper that seemed to run this family has lightened, and we’re all breathing a little easier.

He filled me with dread the second day of our month-long trip.  All day he cried:  “MY ROOOOOOM!  MY ROOM IS GONE!  MY BEDDDDDDD!  MY BED IS GONE!  LUCY (our puppy) IS GONE!  I WANNA GO HOOOOOOOOOOOME!”  It was loud, aggravating, and absolutely heart-breaking.  I never expected his homesickness.  I worried it would last the entire trip.  But somehow by day three (and by “somehow,” I mean in answer to a pouring-out of prayers), he had resolved himself to go with the flow, which has never been his strong suit.  Don’t get me wrong, every few days his patience would wane and a spark would flare, but that was usually in response to too little sleep and over-stimulation.  For the majority of our trip, he was pretty relaxed and well-behaved.

Now that we’re home, his new-found maturity is seeming to stick.  Or maybe it’s the new way I’m looking at him; once you know what someone is capable of, you begin to expect it from them.  For months before our trip, I spent so much time on eggshells, waiting for the next outburst, next refused nap, next frustrated meltdown (his AND/OR mine).  These past few days at home have been almost glorious – today I even took him to Walmart and we both left the store happy and smiling.

It’s like I’ve been breathing with only one lung for so long, and now I’m able to take a chestful of air.  Here’s hoping it lasts.

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