COSRX Acne Pimple Master Patch: a Guru Score of 77%

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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✓Yay

"I ordered three pairs of the CosRx Acne Plus Pimple Master Patch because I have a teenage daughter who inherited my skin, and I still have acne at my age of 47, and we both tend to pick at our pimples when we're stressed or bored or concentrated or basically anytime. So, these really do come in handy."

Dr. Jenny Liu

324k subs

✓Yay

"And that is why I recommend these. They're just better quality. The texture of their patches, the thickness of their patches in a good way, the way they stick on your skin is just so much better. COSRX makes patches of different sizes, and that is also what I love because not all acne and breakouts are the same size. But these ones stay on better. They're great if you're like a picker sometimes like me that can't help keep touching your acne. It's great to protect your acne."

All 2 takes from Dr. Jenny Liu

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"And that is why I recommend these. They're just better quality. The texture of their patches, the thickness of their patches in a good way, the way they stick on your skin is just so much better. COSRX makes patches of different sizes, and that is also what I love because not all acne and breakouts are the same size. But these ones stay on better. They're great if you're like a picker sometimes like me that can't help keep touching your acne. It's great to protect your acne."

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"I love that it has variety because we don't all get pimples the same size, so I love that it has various different sizes that you can pick from. It sticks fairly well, even some of the smaller ones, because that's one problem I've had with other brands, some of the super tiny ones, it's hard to pull off, and then once you pull them off they lose their stickiness and then they don't stick well onto your skin."

AliceintheRabbitHole

59k subs

✓Yay

"I used up the COSRX Master Patch Intensive. These are nice, these actually are, they have some salicylic acid and tea tree leaf oil as well."

All 3 takes from AliceintheRabbitHole

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"I used up the COSRX Master Patch Intensive. These are nice, these actually are, they have some salicylic acid and tea tree leaf oil as well."

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"The Master Patch set from COSRX comes with 90 patches, and this is a great price in the sale, 90 patches for under $10 with the 50% off. That's a good sale."

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"I'll put COSRX's pimple patches next, I like them, I think they're fine. They do tend to be a little more expensive than some other K beauty options and I like those other options too, so I won't go out of my way to buy these, but if I catch a good deal on them I'll buy them, they work."

Dr. Vanita Rattan

1.23M subs

✓Mixed

"It's not as thick actually as the Mighty Patch, it doesn't give you that splitting of the plastic, so it's forcing you to have to bend the plastic and almost try and peel it off, and this means it's going to be slightly trickier, you might get a little bit more creasing of the actual patch itself and you might have to touch a bit more of it. I put it on, I would say it's definitely thinner, slightly more discreet, I'd say still obvious."

Alexandra Anele

1.45M subs

✓Yay

"You always need them"

Cassandra Bankson

2.46M subs

✓Mixed

"COSRX has some of the best spot treatments. They actually have pimple patches that I use on my shoulder, and that's one I'd recommend if you are a picker. Don't pick it, patch it and baby it. The COSRX ones are good, though Korea doesn't actually make my favorite pimple patches. I have other pimple patches from American brands like Zit Sticka that I like a lot better, but if you wanted to keep it K Beauty, I would say COSRX has some of the better ones, even though they're not my favorite."

Lab Muffin Beauty Science

863k subs

✓Yay

"Cosrx have some really cheap ones."

Dr. Sam Ellis

898k subs

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"I would much prefer that you use a hydrocolloid pimple patch on any blemish that's sort of coming to a head, something like the CosRx pimple [...] patch because not only will this hydrocolloid patch draw fluid out of the pimple and help dry it out quicker, it's also formulated for use on the skin and it acts as a barrier to prevent you from picking at the pimple."

Jamie Genevieve

974k subs

✓Yay

"If I ever got a really angry spot on my face, I'll put a clear spot patch on like the COSRX ones, and I'll do this on top. And it works amazing."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Salicylic acid

Salicylic acid dissolves in oil, so it can get into a pore rather than just working on the surface. That is why it has long-standing evidence for blackheads and milder acne.

Source: DermNet

Frequently asked.

What is COSRX Acne Pimple Master Patch?

An acne pimple patch sold in several sizes, designed to cover breakouts and protect them from picking while they dry out.

Is COSRX Acne Pimple Master Patch worth it?

Mostly yes. 9 of the 11 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 77%.

What is COSRX Acne Pimple Master Patch's Guru Score?

COSRX Acne Pimple Master Patch holds a Guru Score of 77%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 11 expert reviewers we have collected.