Daily Facial Cleanser — Reddit Reviews
by Cetaphil
Updated September 29, 2026
Foaming daily cleanser for oily, acne-prone routines; can strip dry skin.
What the community says
A foaming daily face wash with glycerin, panthenol, and niacinamide, aimed at simple AM/PM routines. It suits oily or combination skin that wants a cleaner rinse, but dry or reactive skin can end up tight, red, or flaky.
What this means for you
Backed by 30 threads from r/SkincareAddiction, r/30PlusSkinCare and 3 more.
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Real Reddit threads — 368 mentions across 30 threads
Cetaphil Daily Facial Cleanser on Reddit, in one place — 30 threads from r/SkincareAddiction, r/30PlusSkinCare and 3 more, summarized.
“You can start using gentle facial cleansers (cerave, cetaphil)”
Mentioned
“After about a week, the skin should have grown back”
Mentioned
“a gentle moisturizer (cerave pm is fine, no acids!).”
Mentioned
“I had to stop using the Cetaphil gentle cleanser bc of it”
Cautionary
“Even in such tiny amounts, it absolutely wrecked my skin.”
Cautionary
“I literally had the same reaction to it!”
Cautionary
“Then apply a foaming cleanser, I recommend Cetaphil daily cleanser which foams.”
Positive
“This will sweep away anything that’s left and give you a good foundation for the rest of your routine.”
Positive
“I've tried dozens of cleansers but always come back to these two as good basic options.”
Positive
“Then apply a foaming cleanser, I recommend Cetaphil daily cleanser which foams.”
Positive
“This will sweep away anything that’s left and give you a good foundation for the rest of your routine.”
Positive
“I've tried dozens of cleansers but always come back to these two as good basic options.”
Positive
“I told her to stop everything else she was doing and just use cetaphil to cleanse.”
Positive
“Her skin cleared up in 2 days and hasn’t been bad since.”
Positive
“She has occasional teenage breakouts that was getting worse”
Positive
“I CANNOT use even cerave or cetaphil, it strips my skin.”
Cautionary
“I assumed being oily by nature I needed to remove all oil”
Cautionary
“the oil not natural but actually overcompensation from being stripped”
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