My Experience With Stieva-A 0.025%

patflat71 · 2015-03-03T20:58:35Z

Hi everyone. I wanted to share my experience so far with with Stieva-A cream 0.025%. I am 43 years old and was on Diane 35 for many many years but I stopped November 2014. Even on the pill I would once in a while get cystic acne on my chin (before my periods) but after stopping the pill, it got worse and worse. It was one cyst after an another and they'd get really infected and... yuk I'll spare you the details. But I was really embarassed in front of my clients (I'd call in sick at work) and in front of my friends (I didn't go out on weekends anymore) in front of my family and even in front of my husband of 22 years (I'd get up early and slap on the make up before he saw me like that). I just wanted to crawl under a rock. So I went to my GP on January 26, 2015 and he prescribed Stieva-A cream 0.025% . The prescription says to use it every night "over affected areas" but I started slowly because I wanted to see how my skin would adjust. For the first few weeks I only used it twice a week and now I'm starting to increase to every second night - a pea size and waiting at least 30 min after washing my face before applying. I also use Cetaphil cleanser and moisturizer, and clyndoxyl gel as a spot treatment in the morning. So far my skin is a little redder than ususal (especially my neck, I spread the cream about halfway down) and dryer than usual. I am experiencing what I believe to be the initial breakout. I currently have 4 cysts: 2 right smack between my eyes, one between my nose and upper lip and one on my neck just below my jaw line (but none on my chin!). They seem to be less inflamed and quicker to heal. They just vanish as opposed to coming to a messy head. Of course I'm NOT playing with any of it because I know my skin is thinner than usual and it's just going to make a huge mess. I always had oily skin but I find that it's even oilier than usual (I know it's strange to say my skin is dry and oily!). I also always had big pores so it's hard to tell whether it's better or worse. Anyways, I just wanted to let you know that everything they say is true, it gets worse before it gets better and it's normal to go through the "uglies". Please share your own Retin-A stories if you have them!

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Lana Di 29

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Posted : 09/27/2017 8:05 am

Sorry for my question. Stieva a? Is it new, or is it the same as retin-a?

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