I have used it 5 times now, morning and night. I have hormonal acne that is very painful & I did notice the pain & redness went down after the 3 time using it & I feel like I can still put makeup over it without any trouble. The scent is not as strong as I thought it would be and disappates after awhile, which is nice, and I love that it goes right in the skin and you don't need much, very soothing for dry skin. I would recommend this product, it doesn't completely take away the cystic acne but it calms it and lessens the size, redness and pain!