My face was a roadmap of irritation — rosacea flares, maskne along the jaw, the works. I was desperate for a reset button.
Enter the SOS Spray from Tower 28 Beauty. It’s not a serum. It’s basically fancy, skin-safe bleach water. And it works.
A $28 mist of hypochlorous acid (HOCI). Your body makes it to fight infection. Tower 28 bottles it to zap skin bacteria without stripping.
Clean as a Whistle
Only 3 ingredients — that’s it.
Zero Drama
No fragrance, essential oils, or alcohol.
Multi-Tasker
Meant for face, body, even piercings.
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Forget niacinamide for a second. The hero here is 0.02% hypochlorous acid. It doesn’t moisturize — it disinfects. Calms inflammation by taking out the trash (bacteria).
- Hypochlorous Acid: Kills bacteria on contact
- Sodium Chloride: Just salt water, carries the HOCI
- Electrolyzed Water: The base — that’s literally all
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Sprays like a fine, cool mist. Dries in 15 seconds — feels like nothing. Not sticky, not tacky. Just… gone.
By week two, the angry under-the-skin maskne bumps were flat. The surprise? It didn’t prevent new rosacea flares (hormones, man), but it shortened their lifespan by days.
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Measurable win: active breakouts healed faster. No change: baseline redness from broken capillaries. This is a firefighter, not a foundation repair crew.
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It’s a brilliant tool, not a cure-all. Keep it in your arsenal for flare-ups, not daily maintenance.