To be honest, I bought this because of the hype and I'm so glad i did! I was kind of skeptical if this would work but I was breaking out a couple days ago and decided to give this a try. I put a patch on one pimple and not the other one after i popped it, just to see if it actually works and it did! The redness and swelling went down and it's not even visible now. Definitely going to repurchase this! :)