Retin-A Question???!
Question: I have been using retin-a .025% for abot 3 weeks now! My acne is getting worse which i know is supposed to happen! arghhh!! Just wondering if i can add mousterizer before applying the retin-a! And if anyone has had any experience with retin-a please share! Did it work?
Answers: I have been using retin-a .025% for abot 3 weeks now! My acne is getting worse which i know is supposed to happen! arghhh!! Just wondering if i can add mousterizer before applying the retin-a! And if anyone has had any experience with retin-a please share! Did it work?
Retin-A is use for the treatment of acne as well as clear red marks, scars as well as wrinkles. It does so by peeling your skin which in simple terms exfoliation.
If it is your initial use of Retin-A, you will find your skin getting red and sore like a sunburn. This is because Retin-A peels your face. It is this mechanism that helps get rid of acne by sloughing away old skin cells or cells on the surface faster as well as cells in the pore to prevent clogging of the pore so that bacteria cannot build up in them. That's why it helps acne by purging the pores. Intitial use of Retin-A may also induce breakout due to the purging, pushing all the bacteria to the surface but after a few weeks, you will start clearing up when your pores are clean.
Because it gets rid of old cells as well to reveal newer cells underneath, it helps scars and wrinkles and red marks also.
Retin-A is sensitive to sunlight so it is preferred to be used at night and application of sunblock is important in the day as it can make your skin sensitive also.
Yes you can add moisturizer if you find it too drying but make sure it does not consist of any benzoyl peroxide because it will inactivate the Retin-A
i used it only for two weeks, but it didnt work very well, it just irritated my whole face/sort of made it flakey where i put it
but yeah i heard its supposed to get worse before it gets better, but there are probably better things out there
i used retin-a micro 0.1% a few yrs ago and it def helped. yea it did get worse at first. it kinda burned and itched when i first put it on and my skin did become flaky but after a while my pores really shrank and the blackheads came to the surface so when i washed my face they were washed away as well. but the 1 i used was 4x as strong as the one ur using so it might take u a bit longer to notice results. i think it took me at least a month or 2 to see results but everyone is diff so it might be diff 4 u as well.