Hey there!

Are you you using a certain brand of retinol? Vitamin A doesn't cause break outs but if you are using a certain brand there maybe an ingredient in it that your skin isn't liking. I would say it is most likely not the retinol but I would check the ingredients to make sure nothing in it is Comedogenic. Good luck!

8 hours ago, Skrillexxi said:

Hey there!

Are you you using a certain brand of retinol? Vitamin A doesn't cause break outs but if you are using a certain brand there maybe an ingredient in it that your skin isn't liking. I would say it is most likely not the retinol but I would check the ingredients to make sure nothing in it is Comedogenic. Good luck!

I've been using SkinMedica's Retinol .5. However, I started immediately doing every single night. I'm thinking that maybe the cystic acne that popped up could have been from irritation? My skin was dry and shiny, but since it wasn't flaking, I continued using the Retinol. Probably a bad idea...

So I did some research on the ingredients and unfortunately there is a pore clogging ingredient in there just one but its laureth-23. Kind of a bummer for such an expensive product. What I would do is stop for a week and see if it gets better or worse then you will be able to tell if the retinol is doing it or not. If you start up again start using every other day once a day and gradually work yourself up.