Well, Clearasil Ultra 4-Hours promises just that: a pimple treatment cream that will help you to have visibly clearer skin in just four hours.

At about US$10 per 1oz tube, it’s one of the more expensive commercial pimple treatment creams on the shelf (from the local pharmacy/department store, anyway). However, who doesn’t want to try a cream that promises to make those skin irritations vanish as quickly as possible?

So, with that in mind, we’ve decided to take Clearasil Ultra 4-Hours for a spin. And, here’s a quick review from our tester who has been using the product for over a week:

• The cream is simple to apply. And, you don’t seem to need a lot in order for it to have any effect.
• The skin may tingle a bit, especially when you first start using the cream at first. But, it seems to get better. Make sure you test the cream accordingly first (check the box for instructions) before applying it to your face.
• Pimples don’t really disappear within four hours. Not that we believed they would. The smaller pimples, however, did seem to lessen in appearance after 2 to 3 days of regular use (cream must be applied once in the morning, and again once at night). The more persistent type of acne needed about a week to show some improvement. It probably will take almost two weeks for these types of pimples to disappear completely.

Bottomline: It may not make all your pimples vanish in four hours, but it’s still worth giving it a go.