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Tretinoin (Retin-A, Retisol-A) Reviews
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Steven from Vancouver, Canada
March 16, 2007
| Pros | It takes a while to work, but it gradually takes away your acne and smooths you skin leaving you without scars or "dimples", It has skin firming effects too. |
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| Cons | It flakes your skin for the first three weeks at most, but a mosturizer and a scrub will get rid of the flakes. It brings out all your underlying acne first, so breakouts may happen (It did not for me, though) It DOESN'T get rid of blackheads! ARGH! |
| Bottom line | It does work, and it firms your skin, you can't go wrong. |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $20.00 |
Lisa from Charlotte, NC
March 8, 2007
| Pros | I apply Retin-A at night, after washing w/ Purpose bar soap. In the morning I wash w/ Brevoxyl and us Duac gel...then moisturizing is a MUST! This works for me and Retin-A is great. It has helped refine pore size and smooth out the texture of my skin |
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| Cons | It is definately drying...but worth it! It did make my skin flakey at first...but once your skin gets used to it, it is not so bad. |
| Bottom line | GIVE IT A TRY!! |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $60.00 |
Kelly from Oregon
March 8, 2007
| Pros | Clears acne like nothing else I've ever used, diminishes scarring, has anti-aging effects as well, easy to use |
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| Cons | you need a prescription to get it (which annoys me), you must use it consistently over a period of time to get results |
| Bottom line | Retin A has been a miracle for me. When I use it consistently (every night), I do not get a SINGLE pimple anywhere on my face. The only times when I break out are when I slip up and forget to apply it. I had a lot of redness, peeling and irritation for the first 3 weeks, but I am SO glad I stuck with it. Now I don't even need an extra moisturizer, my skin has adapted really well. I would recommend using the gel formulation rather than the cream, the cream contains some irritating ingredients that can make breakouts worse if you're sensitive to them. I have used Retin-A for over a year and I now have normal skin. |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $6.00 |
luna from georgia
March 6, 2007
| Pros | if your face is already clear it will keep it clear, inexspensive, |
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| Cons | you have too wait, initial breakout, embarrassment from that initial break out |
| Bottom line | well iv used it about a month and my skin started getting better ity seemed and then BOOM! i got that breakout, and i still have it, its been about a week, usually my breakout would be gone by now if i wasnt using this stuff so i dont know if its worht it, i guess ill have to wait, but if YOU DONT LIKE WAITING DONT USE THIS PRODUCT. |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $10.00 |
Anonymous from Austin Texas
February 28, 2007
| Pros | Worked as well as benzoyl peroxide for a bit. Pimple turnover was reduced too. |
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| Cons | No long term improvements. Flakiness did not go away. Red marks persisted long time. |
| Bottom line | Went from BP to this on doctors orders. They say you have to wait 3 months to see full results. I used only non comedogenic sunscreen and aloe vera for moisturizer. Well I waited and on the third month I broke out bad. Didn't stop and the major peeling made it worse. Now I have alot of scars and I'm only recovring a few weeks later from the BP. Now this was just me. This prescription seems like a lot of hit and miss. For some people it works really well and others it doesn't. Some take couple months for full months and some say they saw good results after 6-12. I dunno except I am much worse off then before with acne in places I never had before. Just be careful with this one your taking a chance. PS I was using .1% retin a micro |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $30.00 |
twenty something from Kailua Kona, HI
February 11, 2007
| Pros | Improves texture of skin, gets rid of acne, afforable |
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| Cons | Caused some very minor flaking on my nose, some dryness which was fixed after applying lotion |
| Bottom line | I've been using it once a day for a month and my skin is looking better than it has in years. I have only a couple blackheads on my nose left and the rest of my face is clearing up nicely. I have noticed I still am getting a few red bumnps-I think they're pimples never totally form and they're gone within a couple days. The texture of my skin is a lot softer and smoother. My derm told me to lightly exfoliate once a week to help remove dead skin cells. I have not broken out so I think it's working, I'll be updating in a couple months to see if it worked |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $15.00 |
Gigity from Upstate NY
February 9, 2007
| Pros | Hardly any breakouts, skin is more smooth, even toned. Scars are seemingly fading away. |
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| Cons | Flaky skin (but it's winter, so...), a little buring sensation while applying, redness after applying. Don't put it on too close to eyes...they get very itchy. |
| Bottom line | So far, so good. I've been on this product for 1 month today and although I did break out about a week ago on my right cheek/neck, I've been very happy with it. I can tell an improvement in the smoothness and texture of my skin and a few scars seem much lighter. I am definitley in this for the long-term, especially b/c it will help with wrinkles too! |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $30.00 |
Kelso from Illinois
February 4, 2007
| Pros | None |
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| Cons | Side effects |
| Bottom line | It made my face super red and inflammed. My face was super dry but greasy. it was gross. PLus the ance on my face hurt ten times worse than normal acne. I tried to give it a more than a month but I started to look at pictures i had taken while i was on it and it was 20 times worse then what my acne was to begin with. The embarrassment is not worth it don't bother trying it. Took me 3 months to recover!! |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $30.00 |
Slacker from London
February 2, 2007
| Pros | This has perfectly cleared up my (mild) acne - my complexion is much more even, marks from old spots are fading quickly, and I very rarely get any new ones at all. When I do they generally fade very quickly. |
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| Cons | You do get a lot of new spots initially, starting about 10 days into treatment and lasting for most of the 3-weeks - 1 month. About 7 weeks in my skin became terribly dry, so much so that it was worse than any breakout, and no moisturiser would help. |
| Bottom line | You have to stick with it - I'd attempted to use this stuff in the past, but found the drying-out effect too frustrating and stopped, so it stopped working. This time, when I began to experience the drying, I worried that it was permanent and that blotchy, flaking skin was the price to pay for no new acne. Luckily IT IS NOT PERMANENT - I stopped using retin-a every day on the suffering areas, instead using it every three and now every two days - and started moisturising the affected areas 45 minutes after applying the Retin-A at night. Now although I do have some dry skin it's hardly noticeable and goes away with moisturising. It's worth remembering that slight flakiness is a sign that this stuff is working. I should also say, with regards to the infamous 'initial breakout', that there isn't only one: you continue to get little breakouts, of diminishing seriousness, for a couple months into the treatment. But they're not bad at all, and soon stop. Retin-A works best in the LONG TERM |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $6.00 |
Botanica from Isle of Wight
January 30, 2007
| Pros | I think it works for any kind of acne...even the non cystic flat inflammatory type which used to plague my cheeks an jawline |
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| Cons | I couldn't wear my contact lenses because of the dryness. Couldn't work out too much in the gym becuase of joint pain( I had become an aerobic freak...anything to improve my skin) |
| Bottom line | PLEASE DO NOT DELAY! GET YOURSELF ON THIS NOW! I was in acne agony for 10 years. I never had the cystic, deep types so I thought my acne was never bad enough. But Roaccutane worked for me. Sadly, because I waited so long, I have so many horrible scars. Please don't make the same mistake. Try out other acne treatments for maximum one yr if you've only now started to get acne and then if they don't clear you up at least 90% insist on getting on accutane |
| Recommended | Yes |
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