14 hours ago, phoenixx1013 said:

I've been using the BP treatment for about 6 weeks now in the morning only - due to the fact that I use tretinoin cream at night. Because of the BP, my skin is incredibly red. I've been using a thick moisturizer with plenty of jojoba oil. 

To anyone who has been on the regimen a long time, does the redness completely subside? or will it just be a side effect I'll have to deal with?

Yes, for most people the redness does eventually subside completely, so good news! 

BTW your Regimen sounds great! If you can get away with BP only once a day, a daily dose of tretinoin at night is a great secondary treatment for purging blackheads, whiteheads, and keeping pores open and clog-free, and a great complement to BP which kills p.acnes and prevents future breakouts. We tried reducing BP treatments to once a day for my son to incorporate the tretinoin at night, but unfortunately he really needed to reapply BP every 12 hours to keep up with p.acnes.

TIP: if you do find you need 2 daily BP treatments to stay clear, you can try throwing a thin layer of tretinoin over the top of your nighttime BP and moisturizer. Wait at least an hour after applying the moisturizer! It's a pain in the butt, but we found having a moisturizer layer as a buffer also really helped with the redness, and the tretinoin was still pretty effective...even at .05% it's potent stuff. This was how we managed to incorporate tretinoin into my son's Regimen and it worked well for him.

Hope this is helpful!