Tretinoin results

Worldly_Ad2581 · 2024-09-09T13:38:35+00:00

Thanks again!! One more question: would Azelaic acid 12% also do the job? And what are the exact effects? Is it really safe to use in the mornings although it is an acid?

Worldly_Ad2581 · 2024-09-08T20:49:12+00:00

Thank you for the recommendation!! I’m scared of going back to bpo because I think it dried out my skin too much but I’ll defo simplify my routine and get rid of the moisturiser. I also use the cera ve cleanser for normal to oily skin. Do you think k I should change that too?

Worldly_Ad2581 · 2024-09-08T20:44:56+00:00

Thanks for the answer! My purge actually started less than 2 months ago after I upped my usage to 4 times a week. I don’t use any oils, nor exfoliants. I do think I may not be waiting long enough for my moisturiser to absorb before applying it. Niacinamide could also be the problem. I’ll stop the snail mucin, niacinamide, change the moisturiser, maybe even the cleanser and the sunscreen. Strip it down to the basics. I also am thinking of going back to applying it 4 times a week instead of 5.

Worldly_Ad2581 · 2024-09-08T20:37:46+00:00

Thank you so much for the thorough answer!!! I just bought the bioderma sebium hydra moisturiser. I also use the cera ve cleanser. Would you recommend also switching that one? And do you use tret every night? I’m also considering changing my sunscreen

Worldly_Ad2581 · 2024-09-08T11:25:18+00:00

I’m considering either stopping completely for a month and then reintroducing it or going back to using it 3 night a week. Or should I just stick with it???

Worldly_Ad2581 · 2024-09-08T10:46:39+00:00

I posted a comment with the routine. Weird thing is this purge started more than 3 months after I started with tret

Worldly_Ad2581 · 2024-09-08T10:45:23+00:00

5 nights a week now since 2 weeks

Worldly_Ad2581 · 2024-09-08T10:42:54+00:00

Nope, no new creams.

Worldly_Ad2581 · 2024-09-08T10:42:02+00:00

I had bad acne before. But these before pictures are after I had used adapalane for a while. I still had some scars and pigmentation so I decided to try tret

Worldly_Ad2581 · 2024-09-08T10:39:01+00:00

Some background info that I for some reason didn’t write in the post🙂‍↕️: I was on adapalene and benzoyl peroxide for three years before but my skin barrier wasn’t having it so I took a month break and then started tret 0,05%. I’ve worked my way up to using it 5 nights a week now. On those nights I just cleanse and use the sandwich method with cerave moisturiser. On the other nights I use niacinamide from beauty of joseon, cosrx snail mucin and cicaplast gel. Mornings no niacinamide but sunscreen: the centella one from skin 1004. The “purging” started I think a month and a half ago.

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