With consistent use your skin should be clearer, more hydrated, evenly textured, brighter, and overall healthier and better nourished. You should not experience the drying or irritation that accompanies many traditional acne products like Retin-A.

Because AO2 Clear is only oxygen and distilled water, there is no potential for irritation or other adverse reactions.

We recommend using it twice daily after washing and drying your face with a mild cleanser. Place your sponge into the tray and then squeeze the A02 Clear pouch saturating the sponge.  Each pouch is measured to provide 30 applications, twice daily for 15 days.

If using AO2 Clear consistently twice daily, you should start to see improvement within the first two weeks. Because oxygen acts as a natural antibacterial against the specific bacteria that causes acne inflammation the preventative benefits act cumulatively—the longer you use the product, the more benefit you can expect to see—clarity, hydration, and even texture.

The sponges are sized to hold the correct amount of AO2 Clear for each application making it easy to administer an equal amount twice daily for two weeks. 

The sponges have also been designed to give you gentle exfoliation that can help clear your pores of dead skin cells and make way for our oxygen nanobubbles to get to work. If you notice any persistent redness or irritation it is likely that your skin needs less exfoliation and we recommend switching to a cotton round or fine gauze instead.

We recommend you use a fresh new sponge with each application. A previously used sponge can harbor bacteria (either removed from your skin during the AO2 application or aerosolized in the bathroom). If you reuse the same sponge later you are risking adding bacteria back to your skin surface.

Your sponge is also compostable so you don’t need to worry about filling up the landfill.  Toss them in your compost or the trash as they will biodegrade.

For the tray, you can reuse it. We recommend you wash the trays with soap and water and store them in a drawer or cabinet. Because they are not as porous as the sponges, a quick clean between uses will minimize any bacterial growth.

Closing the cap quickly and tightly is a critical step in ensuring maximum product effectiveness for the duration of each two week pouch. If left open the nanobubbles will begin to rise to the surface and pop, decreasing oxygen concentration in the solution. Without a high oxygen concentration AO2 Clear will not work as well, so please close quickly and tightly. 

Nope! Because AO2 Clear is a unique and hyper clean product it fits right into your existing routine, whether that’s cleanse and go a multi-step regimen. Start with your favorite cleanser, then apply AO2 Clear and allow the solution to air dry. Don’t be afraid of a few drips, it will dry quickly and your face won’t be wet long. After that you can apply whatever creams or serums you like. 

Because AO2 Clear’s hyper clean formula consists of just distilled water and oxygen nanobubbles that clear and hydrate your skin you can use it in conjunction with other treatments. But, many of our study participants and customers found it unnecessary to continue their other treatments because of how effective and gentle AO2 Clear is on their skin. For advice on any prescription medication changes, please contact your medical or healthcare provider.

We find that people with sensitive skin or severe or very inflamed acne should apply using light pressure so as not to irritate your skin with the sponge texture. Those who don’t have sensitive skin and/or have a lot of blackheads and whiteheads can press more firmly for more exfoliation. For your personal medical concerns please seek the advice of your medical or healthcare provider.

AO2 Clear is the only topical acne treatment that contains just oxygen and distilled water. It’s also the only product to harness nanobubble technology for such an extraordinarily high gradient of oxygen pressure. No other product is as clean and powerful.