Testimonials
Zinc Oxide Sulfur Sublimate Ointment, ZOSSO, ZZ cream, Z Cream and the Zhongzhou Medical Ointment all refer to the same treatment for acne or rosacea. Below are collections from various online rosacea support groups who have testified that the ZZ cream works. These are independent reports from all over the internet and not affiliated (except the ones on the Demodex Solutions web site) with this site which you can verify for yourself by clicking on the source of the testimonial. Some have asked why there are not many reports that the ZZ cream works. Well, here they are:
| I have found Zosso the best rosacea topical I have ever used." Brady Barrows - Webmaster and owner of this site | |
| alexandra says, "do yourself a favor and try the ZZ Cream by Demodexsolutions. Give it 3 months and don’t stop no matter what....I don’t think you’ll be sorry." #356 on 08.06.10 at 4:39 AM | |
| "hello, I was diagnosed with rosacea in 2005. I decided to try the zz cream as my symptoms matched what the site and others decribed they were experiencing. It was very hard to use at first but i stuck with it....Then I had a very bad incident happen with a family member and was very stressed over all the above. My skin started to be like 2005, red, itchy, pimples, very sensitive to products that just a month earlier didn't hurt. I remembered the zz cream and reordered. Have used now for 7weeks and my skin is near normal again. Not sure how it all works but it seems to me that stress, which I had a lot of in 05 sets it off and wether its mites or what i just know the cream calms it all down. Products don't hurt, skin feels almost normal, redness is a slight pink. I will continue to use this cream. I write this to hopefully give someone here a new hope. Its worth a try as its not internal medicine and it really makes your skin nice. Hard at first, very hard but if you stick with it results were good for me...." yahkeana |
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| "I'm now about to end my third month of treatment, and I can say that it was definitely worth it!!! I just ordered my second shipment. I'm not sure I'm completely cured yet, but I AM sure that this treatment WORKS!!!" bayarea Fri Jan 25, 2008 (scroll down to 3rd post) | |
| "I made it the two weeks and I will never go back. I have used it for about a year now.......they say to do 3 months morrning and night but I only did night and I did it for the full 3 months. I do touch ups now, some nights I might forget but as long as I dont forget my eating habits I am fine." MCP 03-07-2006 (scroll down to locate post) | |
| "...It took eight months for my face to clear completely. The first two weeks were horrible. I was embarassed to go out in public. It was really bad for a month. It dried my face something horrible, so I also needed the xmfl. I used it in the morning and zz at night. It was expensive, but I got rid of all the face mites and my face has been absolutely clear for almost a year..." Glaxony | |
| "Unfortunately, until something better comes along, it's the best topical for demodex I've found." Tioh on 6/27/07 (scroll down the page) | |
| "Hi All, I wanted to share my real experience with you. For myself I had type 2 rosacea (with pustules) here and there. Very reactive skin. Anyway I tried the z cream, and it significantly brought me into remission, however my problem came back. I believe, I could have stayed on treatment longer, but did not(might have been the problem) Anyway, I have noticed since I bought a certain cream that keeps my skin less oily and protects my capilleries(it is an excellent cream to prevent oily skin) which I had a terrible problem with which mites thrive on, my theory is as long as I use the cream and use less make up, keep my skin from getting oily,//// keeps them away. I seldom flare now, only the odd time under stress, drinking alcohol, however my rosacea has greatly improved. I firmly believe in the demodex and really believe in keeping my skin at bay from these critters taking over again as they caused me alot of grief and THANK GOD for that z cream, which potentially was the proof of my underlying problem, which I was really sceptical as anyone would be. good luck and dont give up!!! I never did. tamara Post #18 |
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| "I bought the zz cream based on the website postings...I've used it for two weeks and it's cleared my skin dramatically. My nose and cheeks are markedly softer and smoother. I'm applying it once daily in the evening. Moisturizing cream in the morning. The initial applications caused dryness and some red areas but after a week it subsided. I sought this solution for my problem after consulting my dermatologist about my prognosis..."we're keeping it in check" is all she could say....metogel, antibiotics for 7 months, etc etc...all with a "no way to cure it" , "you'll have to learn to live with it" promise.....ZZ has worked for me and I'm not a shill or otherwise profiting from saying it....Please give yourself a chance to rid yourself of this "disease"...." Glenn N (found in the for rosacea database) | |
| "I am only 25 and had rosacea for about 3 years, nothing prescribed helped at all,makeup looked awful,it was uncomfortable and depressing.Then I saw my accupuncturist for some back pain relief and whilst there enquired about my skin,he gave me this cream, first of all it really stings but dont be put off,my eyes still run everytime i put it on. On the second week your skin appears worse as its working then the normal colour returns,the spots disappear,your face may be flaky for a week or two(impossible to keep makeup on) but the three month final result are so worth while, my skin is like it was before any spots,healthy soft and balanced. I recomend it to everyone.." Anonymous | |
| "You know what brady, my face is like a new person and even at work people are noticing a drastic change, and woman asked me how I cleanse my skin because it looks radiant! imagine yes the word radiant! ahaha if they only knew the real story, using mite killer and its working wonders already, amazing truly." tamara "I will tell you it is the only thing that ever worked for me ever! my eyes stopped itching, my ears stopped acting up,and so on....it is an amazing product for sure thumbs up.....p.s the z cream brought me official rosacea free symptoms for 2 months but did take me 4 months to get there (approx) just so you know every case is different, someone told me use it for at least one year to see optimum results as she did......I should have listened to her!" tkr - tamara "since ive started back on z cream, was itchy and felt the moving sensations again, and broke out for about 3-4 days straight ...and then wow my skin for the past 2 days rosacea free again, skin looking much less greasy (more normal and clear). In fact this reminds me of why I had to get back to killing the mites again and this time I wont be stopping anytime soon." tamara "...wanted you all to know the z cream worked again, my rosacea gone..." tamara |
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| "I was diagnosed a month ago and prescribed Rosac Cream 2 x a day. It is quite harsh on the skin though, so I have been alternating with ZZ Cream (from China, but you can find it online). My skin has already improved quite a bit in only one month...." Gabriella Post #26 | |
| "I have found that using the z cream once every three nights is optimal and keeps the redness at bay." jbug187 | |
| 'My husband was cured in 2 months of faithfully using Zcream! He has now been free of Rosacea for 4 months! We have 3 extra jars on hand, expecting he would need... but so far.. he has not. He suffered for 4 years... and as I posted previously... was a worst case scenario. If any of you have not tried the zcream....run....dont walk! A huge Thanks to this website!' sadie61_98 | |
"I have had rosacea (pustular) and reddening for several years. I baulked at the thought of the chemicals the doctor wanted to put me on and researched for myself. It has been mentioned above already, but I got releif after only 10 days using Zhong Zhou (ZZ) cream from China. It is Zinc and Sulfur based with herbal inclusions..... The high sublkimated sulfur content seesm effective in killing the critters, but the reduction of the redness to an almost pale pink, and 95% reduction in papules in itself is a huge releif. I’ve thrown away the makeup – as a male I never liked it but was too emabrrassed to go out without it. Thankyou Zhong Zhou. On the Mend Post #53 "Demodex Mites seem to be definitely linked to AR. I have been applying ZZ ointment – also known as ZOSSO or Zhong Zhou Ointment – for 3 months now. My symptoms of papular rosacea have subsided completely now. I know that crawly feeling described by Angela and I swear I felt these mirating from the nasal/cheek area as I applied the ointment. As that area cleared up I widened the application and have now lost both the crawly sensations and the ugly roscea acne like eruptions. My reddened skin is now juts a pink – not much different from normal. I continue to apply the iontment sparingly as I believe it is a control not a cure. I have thrown away everything else I had tried over the years." On the Mend Post #68 |
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| "I have been using the ZZ cream with great results - I have never had papules or pustules - just red skin, flushing and flaring. I was tested by derm, and DO have mites. The ZZ cream greatly reduced my flushing and redness - cold weather, spicy food, and sometimes red wine will not cause me to flush." Joan | |
| "ZZ cream is only thing that is working for me." Paul | |
| "I've had good results from the cream." Pete | |
| "...the spider veins on the sides of my nose look better after using the zz cream for 10 weeks (yes i have rosacea too)..." kryszrich | |
| "About 4 weeks ago i stopped all meds and started to use zz cream and my face started to heal.The dr. is going to put me on a mixture of metro cream and zine oxide and sulfur.The zz cream worked wonders and the dr. said it did a good job." Pete | |
| "...Its been about 10 days and he must be at least 80% better! (He hasn't even finished the first jar) Today he went to work with no makeup! He probably could have stopped a few days ago... Within just a few days all pustules were gone. no bleeding... no deep blood red flushing....his skin actually shed off of his face, leaving nice brand new skin. His nose was enlarged and his face swollen from all the lumps and bumps...People at work have asked him if he somehow lost weight in his face... his facial swelling has gone down that much. I never remembered his nose being so small! We are dancing about now! We are so thrilled." Laurie Perez | |
| "I have had a constant red nose and papules/pustules on my nose for several years now. I started the Z cream two weeks ago and the results are very impressive so far - my skin is significantly less red and I am not getting any more p/p's. The colour and texture are significantly improved. My skin is better than it's been for years and continues to improve. I am looking forward to seeing continued improvement. I am very impressed with this treatment - indeed delighted!" - Jane Campbell | |
| "Wonderful results, over a year with virtually clear skin. Free of p/ps which were fierce until I started up with the Z cream. " Cassie | |
| "For the first time since starting with the cream, I noticed a big difference in my skin today. Much whiter and very soft." Sue Ann |
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| "The ZZ ointment is the best I have found for p&p clearance, after the inital break out period. Not fun, at all! I like the idea that it is a natural product. I wash with Acarid Removing Soap morning and night but only apply ZZ at night. In the morning, I apply Rose Hip Oil. ZZ is quite drying, which is good for my oily-prone skin but I think applying it twice a day might be too drying?" Jen - 12/11/06 | |
| "great stuff. my face is clear and only the occasional flushing (sugar) my skin went from what appeared as a horrific case of acne and ruddiness to normal in less than two weeks. i now use the cream once or twice a week and am able to use moisturizers again. however, my skin starts to break out if i go more than several days without using the ointment and since i've been using it for six months or more i doubt i will ever not need it." - Cassie Henderson | |
| "I started using Z cream a year ago and have had absolutely no breakouts since. The redness is much lighter. Nothing else I tried before worked for this long. " Gerry Hemmer | |
| "I started using Z cream about 6 months ago with good results. Flushing has decreased about 90 percent and the redness in my face has toned down. It's not the miracle drug but it has given me the best results to date." Dave | |
| "ZZ cream has worked on P and Ps so far!" Simon [check out his story with photos] | |
| "...it did not really completely disappear until I used Z-cream." Nadia "I've been using Z-cream for almost four weeks now and said I would report again. Frankly it is marvellous...Every day my skin seems clearer and less red..." Nadia "No other experimental treatment or supplement has produced such dramatic results and improvement." Nadia |
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| "The z cream does work wonders." Terry McIntyre | |
| "I love the z cream and acarid soap (been using since january.)" Millie | |
| "...I've been using the cream for two weeks and the results are very impressive. My skin is much less red, the texture is much softer and smoother. I am not getting any new pimples/pustules. I only use the cream at night and then wash it off in the morning. The smell doesn't bother me and I don't find it overly drying. I am really delighted that your group led me to this cream and hope that others will also give it a go...I hope that my experience will encourage others to try the cream. I have very sensitive skin that reacts badly to most creams. I am also a lawyer and usually highly skeptical of purported treatments..." Jane Campbell | |
| "Z Cream is the only thing that has really worked for me. It is more effective than Metrogel and is much cheaper. Of course, it probably only costs 50 cents in China, but who cares? It works, which is more than I can say for 99% of all the other things I've tried. I used Z Cream twice daily for about a month. Now I only need it a few times a week. The Chinese medical establishment seems to know some things that Western medicine is oblivious to." unblinkingeye2001 | |
| "...I've been using the Z cream and following Brady's suggested regimen for over a month now and my skin has never looked better, not a papule or pustule in site. I use the z cream very lightly in the evening and even lighter for the morning. Love this stuff..." Susan | |
"...From my personal experience I know the topical treatment of Demodex Solutions' Z cream works..." Rachael M |
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"I just wanted to share with others my success with the z cream. I've been using it for 2 1/2 months and my skin really looks great..." yahpainter |
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"...thanks for telling me about Z cream.....its the best!!..." Perkins |
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"...My face got worse the first week and then there was steady improvement over the next few months - less redness, less oil, and the tiny broken capillaries got smaller and definitely less noticeable...." Suzanne |
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"...I look for signs of my skin reacting. If I start to see a reaction, I put Z cream on for one night and I am back to normal..." Anne "...The only thing that has worked dramatically and long term for me is Demodex Solutions Z cream. If you are about to spend money on IPL, you should try this stuff for at least 6 weeks and save yourself a lot of money..." Anne Pfeiffer "...and I can say it worked..." Anne "...Tried many other topicals, prescription and otherwise, and finally the z cream. Now that is what has made the difference. I can honestly say that I now appear to have normal non-rosacean skin, after 11 years of severe rosacea..." Anne "...I spent a bundle on a lot of other stuff first (IPL, prescriptions, any expensive lotion promising to help), before I tried the z cream..." Anne |
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"...The Z cream takes 3 months of nightly applications ...I have had clear, beautiful skin for months now afterwards. I just occasionally apply it now. I am extremely happy with it, and I had bad rosacea for 11 years..." Courtney |
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"...Personally these are the best products [Z cream & Jojoba Oil] I have used to control rosacea and believe me I have thrown away lots of $$ on products that did not work..." Julie |
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"...I started the Z-cream treatment combined with eye lash cream application.I stopped Z-cream after three month and continued with eye cream up to today. I have no eye problems since 6 months..." Max Rosskopf |
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"...Wanted to comment on this, as I have been using the z cream for months, and have experienced a good improvement..." Courtney |
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"...tried the acarid soap, z-cream and x-cream. My face definitely got worse the first week (bumps in places I didn't know I could have them) and then it was improvement from there on..." chapin_beach |
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"I have seen really slow progress..." Noreen "...I have had good success so far with the Z cream. My red nose is slowly improving and i find it a treat each night to put it on, i like the cooling effect it has and although my skin is very sensitive i have had no reaction to the Z cream. I would highly recommend it..." Noreen |
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"I have been using the z cream for 40 days. It has made my red, rough papule, pustule face so much better. I still have some spots pop up every fews days and my neck remains very itchy dispite using the cream there as well as my face. I will continue to use it for the full 120 days as suggested." Lynne |
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"I eventually found things that gave me relief...I use "z-cream" every night before bed." Doug, an atttorney |
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"I started using the zz cream about 16 days ago. I have had 2 flares but my P&P's (the part of my rosacea I hate the most) were about 50% less than usual and they went away in about 50% less time. So far I'm happy with the cream." steph |
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"I think the ZhongZhou ointment would really help your conditon. It can really be a miracle worker on p&p's....I know from experience." Heather - Tioh2001 |
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"I've been applying the ZZ for just over 7 weeks now and believe there has been some improvement with the p&ps." Jen - redhotz • "...I don't really care if I have excess Demodex Mites or not...what I do know is that it helps to keep my p&p's at bay..." Jen - redhotz • |
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"I have been using it for about 27 days. I have had my ups and downs but I am back to using it every day (previously it made my face too dry and I used it only at night). I rarely ever got p&p but I have not had any since 1 week after I started using it. After an initial breakout of acne, it seems as though even the small semi-permenant acne I had is disappearing. I seem to have leveled out and I have not gone up and down with my rosacea as much lately. Every once and a while I recommend taking a break from it in the mornings and use it only in the evening for a couple days. The results have been positive enough that I will continue for at least another month and probably for the full 4 months." dwit392 |
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"I put the improvement down to the zz cream." Simon - hencloud1 |
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| "Finally, the Zenmed and ZZ cream came and i used a combination of these products on my skin over the next few months. Today, i have no flare ups even with triggers, my skin is clear, and i only occasionally use the ZZ cream mostly out of shear habit." - flyingvh | |
| "I too found ZZ cream thank God, it changed my life. The rosacea that prevented me from even leaving the house and giving me deep depression, is completely gone. It took about a week for improvement and now I have used zz 3 months, still totally clear." Aniemika Post #284 | |
| "I also have the Chinese ZZ crea but it dries the skin out terribly, so I am experimenting with alternate days of ZZ and tea tree ointment. Works well so far!" UK Anon Post #77 | |
| "...I've been using the Zhongzhou cream (is that what you use?) for probably a year and a half. It cleared up a bumpy red, itchy rash around my nose almost immediately..." Anja 1/23/2008 (scroll down) | |
| "When i had bad rosacea, i would go on all the message boards. this is the first time I am even visiting this page in a long time. why??? Because my face looks great!!! so yes, when things are bad, people tend to report about it. but if things go great, why bother going to message boards if you are already found what you are looking for. my face is great, slight pinkness that may never go away but definitely doesn't look like rosacea anymore. I owe all of it to zz cream. it worked great at first, then i got breakouts and drying. i stopped for a while and went to prosacea and that worked and now i am back on zz cream everyday and my face absolutely tolerates it. It works." kryszrich Fri Apr 13, 2007 (Scroll down to find post by date) | |
"I will testify! The stuff works!" changeswillcome Fri May 23, 2008 (Scroll down to find post by date) |
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| "Today was the first time I posted in years probably. I was 100% cleared of acne back in 2003 or 2004 and posted a lot then. Well, life goes on. I stopped thinking about it. And only recently after not taking any of the products for about 1.5 years, I started getting acne once again and started taking the products again. That caused me to post about it here today. I used to post a lot, too. That's how it is with most people. They just get over it and move on. At least I hope most people can do that." Steve - Austin, Texas Wed Jan 19, 2005 (Scroll down to find post by date) | |
| "Today is my 17 day using zz cream twice a day.... and guest what...My forehead and chin area is clearing pretty good, and I believe this product is somehow helpful..." ed12 Sat Oct 11, 2008 (Scroll down to find post by date) | |
| grace says, "have you tried the ZZ cream? it helped me more than any rx. not a cure but certainly a good product. one must find their own “method” of using it though. and stick with it." #347 grace on 07.11.10 at 3:20 AM |