I hear great things about it. As a cosmeceutical, it is one of the better ones out there.

The resurfacing probably comes from the exfoliating lotion as it has glycolic acid. Best to check the concentration. Best to find one with at least 10% ahas/bhas. Obagi doesn't specify the percentage although glycolic acid is the 2nd ingredient so it has to be high. Great skin has an exfoliating serum at 15%, I have one by Rationale which is at 18%. I also have a weekly micropeel which is at a 28%.

See if you can sample your friend's Obagi to make sure you don't react to it first. You are welcome to try mine too (I am also in the valley) but the down side is rationale is a pain to get since you have to order from Australia (my set was a gift and I have not had to go thru re-ordering yet but have emailed them about it)

did you ever try the Obaji products? I'm going crazy trying to find someone that can tell me something about how this product worked for them. I'm on my 8th day of using it and going nuts wanting to quit ASAP.

Thanks

Sandy

I used it.

It peels everything out. You look like cr*p for at least a couple days every week. And they tell you that it is going to happen. After you grow new skin, your skin looks good may be for a day.
But.....I never achieved the results I yearned for. I have very oily skin and unsightly bumps on my forehead and huge pores on my cheeks and nose.
After paying $500 for the startup kit for Obagi at the Dr's office, I did stick with the regimen for quite a while.
Then I found the products much much much cheaper on ebay.

I felt like I was ripped off at the Dr's office which actually I was. If these products were for Dr's offices only, how do you find it on ebay. And if they were supposed to be formulated to that expense at Dr's office, how come ebay sellers can sell them to you at a fraction of that cost????

Eventually with sooooooooooo many many products out there, I concluded that Obagi is not worth the amount of money I'd pour into their pockets. So, I quit. It seemed like it worked very first times I started using it, but then I really did not see a huge difference.

It may work some other people btw. Did not for me.