>>518839OK
nonny I had the exact same experience. Here's the thing, when BHA works it works
slowly. When you have acne and are starting a treatment you probably have some active acne . . . and microscropic baby acne lurking under the surface. You can't see it with the naked eye but you can see it with a microscope. In my experience with BHA it doesn't do much for already active acne, it just needs to live out its lifespan but BHA does work
at preventing future acne. BHA is one of those actives that can cause purging because it's speeding up cell turnover meaning that baby acne gestating in your pores is forced to surface faster so it may seem like the BHA isn't working. It is though, that acne is being surfaced before it can get bigger and most importantly
new baby acne isn't being formed.
I thought the BHA wasn't working for me either, I also was using it every 3 days but here's the thing: when you do that, you extend how long it takes to surface all that acne. BHA is NOT that strong, the majority of skincare advice online is just posted by women with super delicate petal skin. So I decided to start applying the Paula's Choice BHA daily and then eventually, between months 1 and 2 I realized I wasn't getting acne anymore. Like you I was also expecting to not have nose blackheads, I was also expecting smaller pores and a reduction in pimple scars. The BHA doesn't work for that, not even tretinoin works for that. That BHA product however, did in fact work at preventing acne. Once I stopped getting acne (using that product) I was able to start incorporating other products to help reduce hyperpigmentation. Pores however, are eternal.