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[Hannah Banana]

Alright i'm 14 years old and i've been using Retin-A 0.025% and i've been using benzoyl peroxide 2.5% i use them both everday. i've been using them together for about a month and it seems to be helping. retin-a does not dry out my skin at all, i use it every night with no moisturizer and nothing. its been helping. today i got a glycolic peel kit and its 8% glycolic acid. would using this with a retin-a damage my skin? i've heard horror stories of people having burns on there skin but all the stories involved 0.1% retin-a and 30% glycolics but yea i was just wondering if it would be a bad idea to use the glycolic peel with the retin-a like once a week. thanks!

[melissabeck10]

Don't do it! lol that would not be a good thing for your skin at all i'm using differin and the leaflet inside the box says not exfoliate in any way shape or form because the retin-a is already exfoliating for you at an accelerated rate. this means no glycolic acid, salicylic acid, physical exfoliation, nada!

[Reeja]

I use AHA every so often and it works fine. But you are already using BP, so I would be cautious.

If you chose to use it, you have to use SUNSCREEN!

[Nomorelaser]

My derm said not to use glycol with retin a.