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[Nathan L]

Morning
1.Wash face with Neutrogena Redness Relief Cream Cleanser 2% Salicylic Acid
2.Spot treat with either a bp or salicylic acid based treatment depending on severity of breakout.
3.Apply Fruit of the Earth Aloe Vera 100% Gel to entire face to calm any potential irritation, reduce redness and swelling, and several other benefits.
4.Apply Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch SPF 45 Sunblock

Night
1.Wash face with Neutrogena Redness Relief Cream Cleanser 2% Salicylic Acid
2.Take 50mg Minocycline
3.Wait 20-30 minutes and apply tretinoin .025% cream.

Masks
1.Every few days i use the acnefree therapeutic sulfur mask after step 1 at night, depending on how my skin has been doing and how dry it is.

Does this seem like a decent skin routine? So far, i like it but i feel like it is missing something still. I'm not completely clear so i feel like there's just that one thing i'm missing that will get me there. Also, how much do you think applying a little aloe gel mixed with moisturizer after washing my face at night would affect the tretinoin absorption?

Thanks for any and all help!

Edited by Nathan L, 25 August 2011 - 11:52 PM.

[Nathan L]

Anyone?

[alibaba]

Looks good.

My personal way of using is apply moisturizer first then Tretinoin because I experience dryness. I kind of believe unless your face never experience tight feeling after washing then one has to apply moisturizer. Sometimes pimples are healed but the texture of the skin is ruined.

You can experiment if you want to use moisturizer before or after tretinoin. Just make sure wait some time between application.

You can refer to my signature.

Hope this helpful.

Edited by alibaba, 02 September 2011 - 11:28 PM.

[LillyMay77]

I was on the tretinoin and mino reg for a year, NO BREAKOUTS WHAT SO EVER. Now is a whole different story. breakout central stopped the mino now on doxy.