It definitely is translucent, not easily noticeable but still noticeable. And the actual patches are really comfy. I did have a lot of issues trying to get them off and I couldn't get the tear away peel that's supposed to make it more hygienic between each patch to do it but also I needed one big one small so like I the tear away I just don't like it as much as I wanted to. It definitely reduced the huge zit I had, but that's it didn't have a head and I do wonder if that's why I didn't work as well as I thought it would. And I did leave it on for about 12 hours. But I do normally use a microneedle one for that type of zit as well, so it might have worked really well for a non-microneedle one or it might work even better for ones that do have a head. And it did still reduce the size for sure.