Hey there.

So I have been on the generic retin-a since September.

My routine is

AM:

Wash with cetaphil

Cereve am moisturizer with spf

Pm:

Wash with Cetaphil

Tretninon nightly

I found out after a few months my face couldn't handle using it everyday. My skin was raw and turned red way too easliy. I have been using the highest dose

So I knocked my application down to Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. That has helped but I get breakouts in between. So I went back to my derm and she told me that she was going to prescribe me the 0.5%. And for me to do it every other night.

But heres the thing I forgot to mention to her, whichI emailing her about now.

I am still unsure where to put the retin a on my face. For some reason I keep getting pimples on my upper lip (little white heads not herpes or cold sores). and i keep getting them on my nose. Like on the nostril part. I don't know what I am doing wrong.

I don't know if i should be applying it inbetween my lips and nose and also on my nose. I am not sure

Can someone tel me how to apply retin a without over using and not getting it in the wrong areas. I know you are not suppose to put it by your eyes.

Some advice would be helpful..

Also I do not wear lipstick, or chapstick. So it has nothing to do with that. I just don't get it.

THank you