AVARELLE Acne Cover Patches

I have tried the Miss Spa clear blemish patch several months ago after finding them at Target and liking them, but not being impressed. After getting a a flare up of acne (mix of cystic and whiteheads) and after reading all the amazing reviews, I decided to buy this product. I got the 40 count package, which is really just two sheets. Things I like: there are small, medium and large patches- and a good amount of each. They are easy to apply and easy to take off, and they don't move. I didn't notice any irritation with using them. Now did they work?? EH...... As I said I have a collection of pimples brewing (about 8 or 9!) with one of them being an under the skin one that I wanted to stop in its tracks. The first time i wore them to bed I only slept about 5 hours so I only kept them on for about 5 hours before I had to take them off and go out. (I think packaging recommends having them on for at least 6 hours). So when I took the patches off the first time I noticed absolutely no difference. There was a little gunk on the patches but on my face there was no difference. I was a little disappointed but carried on. Next night I wore them for about 13 hours. I was really expecting (or hoping, rather) to see some results after the second usage. Not so much. Again I covered up the 8 different acne spots I had and I only saw a true result for 2 of them. 2! One was a white head and when I took the patch off there was some gunk on the patch but also some gunk that was coming out from the actual pimple (sorry this is kinda gross). The second one was a huge bump that wasn't quite a whitehead yet and I did note after the second time the inflammation went down a little bit (took about 4 usages to get that one down, but its still not completely gone). But as for the rest of the pimples? Nothing. Nothing happened for the underground pimple. Nothing happened for the red cystic bumps on my face. Nevertheless for the next two nights I still faithfully applied the patches (leaving them on for at least 8 hours). I completely used the 40 patches up within 4 days. And in this time I would say one pimple is gone (the first one) and 2 or 3 more are almost gone and are healing. But as for the other ones? No difference. Most of the patches, but not all, had some gunk on them which gave me hope that they were working but there were two cystic bumps that the patches came of clear each and every time. I found that this product was the most effective if I had a whitehead already. Anything else and this product did NOT work. Did not affect underground pimples. Did not affect cystic acne, even though it has worked so well for others. Had some result with inflammation but not enough for me to be really satisfied. Did not have any difference in acne scars/marks. I might try these again just because I feel like I went through them so quickly and now I know to only put them on whiteheads so I might have better results next time, but I might also just try other patches that are out there and try my luck. This might be a miracle worker for some but it was not for me. UPDATE: after the brand reached out to me I was able to try this product again for free. First off: the customer service is excellent. Was not expecting to hear from them after my review so that was a nice surprise. Now on to the product retry: I think I definitely had more success this time around. For one I put them on active white head pimples and it drew out the gunk easily. After a use or two the spot is still there but on its way to healing. I tried again using it on a cystic acne bump and a couple of times on a pimple that hadn't surfaced yet and I had the same results as before, meaning nothing happened. So in that regard I will stand by my recommendation that these are best used if you have white heads and nothing else. If I had to rerate the product I would probably give it a 3.5 or maybe a 4 out of 5. Ill probably try other similar acne patches to see what works best for my skin but I can see myself repurchasing these in the future