Noble Formula 2 Pyrithione Zinc Soap Bar with Emu Oil Face Body and Scalp Cleanser for Dry Flaky

First off, let me point out that I NEVER leave reviews as most things perform as expected. It's only when products perform poorly or better than expected that I think it's worth the time (sorry vendors). I have an autoimmune disorder that results in ongoing skin issues of various kinds. Recently, I have been battling PeriOral Dermatitis. I've had it in the past, although it was misdiagnosed, and was always given a corticosteroid. The last episode I chose to go a more holistic route and used salt water to clean my face. It worked but took a while and I didn't really enjoy the feeling. This time, I really dove in to learn more and see what others were doing for their POD. The best 2 things for me, 40% zinc oxide cream (max strength diaper rash cream works) and this soap! I knew that your body needs zinc for healthy skin (and other stuff too), but had never thought to look for a zinc soap. Better late than never! As soon as the pkg arrived, I opened this and washed my face with it. No stinging or burning and not over-drying, so yea! This was right after work so around 5-ish. Continued with my day and, as bedtime rolled around, time to see how the face looked. Imagine my disbelief to see the redness had diminished and the blisters were also reduced!! I was shocked! Decided to go ahead and tempt fate and wash my face again. Morning has come and I am a true believer in this soap. My skin does NOT look like the sahara and the rash is 70% improved. I may be premature in my victory dance, but I think the rash could be completely gone by the end of the weekend. If you have POD, try this, try this, try this. I really don't think you'll be disappointed. Now that I've said all of that, I will give you one little word of caution: if you are prone to random gross-out factors, this soap may give you the heebies. Generally, I have a strong stomach but certain random things do gross me out (it's a completely illogical personal quirk). Besides having zinc, this soap also has emu oil in it. Wonderful for all kinds of skin issues, but it also seems to produce strings of slime when you're working with the soap. In true personal fashion, the slime put me on the verge of a gag reflex. Don't get me wrong - right now you would have to pay me some serious money to get me to part with this soap, but it does gross me out a little. My tactic for continued use is to not look at the soap and, hence, not see the slime because it is certainly worth it to get rid of this rash. And it does seem to lose the slime as you begin to work up the lather in your hands. But it could turn some people off. That's all I'm saying. Bottom line... if you have skin issues, try this soap. To me, it's worth it's weight in gold despite the slime. Read more

This soap was introduced to me by an acquaintance. I was telling her how I have acne all my life, and sometime it is worse than others. She told me about this soap. It’s now my holy grail. I’ve been using this for 3 and half months now. I’m proud to say I’m going to keep buying it. It is rather expensive for a bar of soap, but it does the trick. I actually cut the soap into 4 decent size pieces. You can try using a knife to cut it piece by piece. It does break sometime, but it doesn’t matter. I use the broken down piece. The reason why I say cut it into several pieces if because the soap does get slippery and it will keep falling off your hands. You need to use water and wait for the foam to start showing on your hands, wait for the “sticky” stuff to appear on your hands, and then put it onto your face. Leave it on for at least a minute for better results. I usually leave it on for about 3-5 minutes at least bare minimum Onwards to the results, you have to have patience with this soap. It does bring down your current acne a whole lot after a day. For instance, I had acne that were getting bigger and even had puss on it. Once I use the soap, it literally shrinks it and the puss comes out right away. It starts to heal and becomes smaller. If you use this consistently like I do everyday, it will eventually clear your skin off some more. Takes time. It’s not an overnight miracle but it does have some mini miracles. I use this twice a day. Once in the morning, once after I do my yoga work out in the middle of the afternoon. I do have to say that it does dry my face out, so I use a nice moisturizer afterwards. Best if you use sunscreen. I use the Sun Bum that has no break outs sunscreen. I also advise that you buy a soap box holder. Putting it in a plastic zip bag is ok but I prefer to put it in a soap box. I got one for 95 cents at Wal Mart. The reason why I say soap box is because the bag can stick to the soap when you put it in, and it will leave left over soap onto the plastic. If you have a soap box, you can scope up the left over soap and can still use it. It’ll be harder if it was stick onto a plastic zipper bag. Just my opinion. If you use the soap right, one bar of soap can last you 2-3 months depending on how you use it. My first bar lasted me for 2 and half months. I’m on my 2!d bar of soap right now and it’s holding off well. Like I said, I suggest cutting the soap into 3-4 pieces. They don’t have to be even but that makes your soap last longer. Each smaller piece, it lasted me about 2-3 weeks. That’s my two cents about this soap! ^_^ Read more