I'm guessing you have mild acne from the looks of your pictures. I also have mild acne and have been on Tretinoin for a little over three months now. This is the first acne product I've stuck with and I am pretty happy with the results so far. I would say I'm about 85%-90% cleared up right now, so I am still not exactly where I want to be. Stick with it!! It's normal to experience dry skin and flaking. I had really bad flaking around my mouth so I stopped using it there. I'm still purging a little bit right now because I had a lot of deep clogged pores beneath the skin, but my worst purging was probably weeks 5 and 6. It can get discouraging, but hang in there!

Happy to hear there's a light at the end of the tunnel. I'm finishing week 6 and it's been the worst so far. I'm wondering if the IB lasts the same whether you're using it every night or just a couple times a week. I'm still only using it every 2nd/3rd night so do you think am I stretching the IB period longer because I am using it less often?

I haven't had a problem. I'm almost 7 weeks into it. I haven't anything but peeling and itching. I guess either I'm lucky or it will come later. I use only 15 spf moisturizer now and haven't noticed any more irritation at all. I use it every night. But sometimes I skip a night.