Armghan ALevel 3 16 Reviews
Former Curology subscriber from 2016-2019
The Good: Seamless interface, easy subscription management, simple skincare routine, and helps clear up acne.
The Meh: The night cream bottle size (meant to last two months) almost *never* got me the full two months - and I had to reorder it manually to get a new one on time. Nor did they offer the ability to adjust my subscription timings (take a page out of Harry's book please!)
The Bad: The bottles were not super well-designed - getting the last bit of the night cream out was always a hassle (a universal problem in skincare, yes) and the day moisturizer bottle (at least in the first year of its launch) was *always* getting stuck. Cannot speak to whether that has been fixed in the past two years.
But at the end of the day, Curology is not *truly* custom skincare. It's effectively a higher dose of tretinoin for most subscribers, mixed with some other ingredients, and packaged and branded very nicely. Tretinoin does help quite a bit with clearing up acne (it did help me!) but then your skin ends up getting used to it - in which case, Curology simply ups your dosage. Which can be potentially drying out for your skin. And, more importantly, is not a sustainable skincare regimen. I steer all my friends away from Curology simply because the trick to helping your skin is not to treat or suppress the specific symptoms your skin is exhibiting, but to help you work *with* your skin to improve your skin health.
Disclaimer: above thoughts on efficacy of tretinoin and Curology products based on a series of conversations with my brother-in-law (a dermatologist).
