"i was prescribed this by the doctor. she never mentioned that it could make my skin raw, dry, flaky etc so when i read reviews, i was a bit afraid to use it. i didn&#039;t slather it on but put it on the spots directly (though it says it&#039;s not for that). i figured if they dried out, it wouldn&#039;t be too bad. i tried this and i thought it was really gentle. i had no red dry skin, the spots looked smaller...this made me think that maybe mine was out of date or hadn&#039;t been kept in the fridge before use like it says to do. maybe i just have really resilient skin (as i have had acid peels). so for me, this was good. my skin isn&#039;t perfect but the big spots i used to get are a thing of the past and any new ones shrink quickly."