Tretinoin (Retin-A, Retisol-A) Reviews

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3.5/5
Common brand names: Retin-A, Retin-A Micro, Retisol-A, Stieva-A, Avita, Renova

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Anonymous
Oct 23rd, 2004
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it worked really well for me,and even better when i used it with erythromycin gel,too.the only bad part is the redness and dryness.

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Dawn, Baton Rouge LA
Oct 23rd, 2004
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Differin is basically the same type of medication, but it is much more tolerable to the skin (little or no irritation and reddness)

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Anonymous
Oct 22nd, 2004
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The first two weeks I broke out significantly. The medicine pretty much pushed out any blackhead or pimple forming in my skin. Finally, week 3 my skin is healing. My past blemishes are fading and the pimples I had are healed or healing super fast. I was super discourage but now I am feeling confident that this is going well. I just hope it keeps getting better because I can imagine in about another month how clear my skin will be.

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Sara, MD
Oct 21st, 2004
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I recently used tretinoin for the first time last night, and hello heat and redness! It's been 24 hours and I look like a tomato - and I have homecoming on Saturday!!! Can anyone tell me how long this effect will last? THanks!

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Ashley, USA
Oct 20th, 2004
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Retin-A is horrible. It made my whole face flake off. The doctor said this might happen, so I kept using it to see if the irritation would go away. It never did. After 4 months of use my acne was no better and my face was red and flaky.

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Paul, CA
Oct 20th, 2004
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It will work well for:
CYSTIC ACNE
NODULISTIC ACNE

if you apply it with: ANTIBIOTIC CREAM, preferrably, Erythromycin Cream.

Try Retin-A Micro

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Maliyah, CT
Oct 20th, 2004
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I used this product for over 6 months. In the first 2 months it made my face break out with HUGE RED CYSTS. It was aweful and painful. Finally my skin started clearing up and I started seeing great improvement. Unfortunately, now it sucks again. It makes my skin very oily, huge pores and I get breakouts all over my face now.

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Aaron, PA
Oct 14th, 2004
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works ok.

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Mary, NY
Oct 10th, 2004
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It really sucks.

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jim, massachusettes
Oct 8th, 2004
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this product was awful made my skin extremely red and dry

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