rylan 0 Share Posted October 16, 2006 it's been 7 long weeks and being on my 8th week, i thought my skin would be clearing up by now. it was fine 3 days ago but suddenly i broke out on the left side, just as the right side was about to become clear. damn. my face isn't too dry, peeling but bareable, but the purging is a bitch. i've had more acne in the last 7 weeks than i have ever had since i began puberty combined and worse too. i have huge pimples on my cheek that i have never ever had.. and i'm so tempted to pop them! arrggh.is it too early to say retin-a micro isn't working? i'm hoping the next few weeks it will get better.. just getting frustrated. thanks for reading. any encouragements? miracle stories? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JR86 0 Share Posted October 16, 2006 it's been 7 long weeks and being on my 8th week, i thought my skin would be clearing up by now. it was fine 3 days ago but suddenly i broke out on the left side, just as the right side was about to become clear. damn. my face isn't too dry, peeling but bareable, but the purging is a bitch. i've had more acne in the last 7 weeks than i have ever had since i began puberty combined :( and worse too. i have huge pimples on my cheek that i have never ever had.. and i'm so tempted to pop them! arrggh. is it too early to say retin-a micro isn't working? i'm hoping the next few weeks it will get better.. just getting frustrated. thanks for reading. any encouragements? miracle stories? wait at least 3 months, after three months i saw definite improvement with retin A Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rylan 0 Author Share Posted October 18, 2006 it's been 7 long weeks and being on my 8th week, i thought my skin would be clearing up by now. it was fine 3 days ago but suddenly i broke out on the left side, just as the right side was about to become clear. damn. my face isn't too dry, peeling but bareable, but the purging is a bitch. i've had more acne in the last 7 weeks than i have ever had since i began puberty combined :( and worse too. i have huge pimples on my cheek that i have never ever had.. and i'm so tempted to pop them! arrggh. is it too early to say retin-a micro isn't working? i'm hoping the next few weeks it will get better.. just getting frustrated. thanks for reading. any encouragements? miracle stories? wait at least 3 months, after three months i saw definite improvement with retin A darn. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tim1986 0 Share Posted October 24, 2006 its wierd but I used retin-a for 2 months, and when I stopped using it, my acne got alot better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katethegreat 0 Share Posted October 24, 2006 its wierd but I used retin-a for 2 months, and when I stopped using it, my acne got alot better. Same here, only I had been using it for 6 weeks. :doh: Anyways, try to hang in there! I would have stuck with it, but I couldn't handle it emotionally. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
beentheredonethat 6 Share Posted October 25, 2006 You need to be patient. Retinoids take a while to show results. Give it at least 3 months.Moving this to the topical retinoid area. Quote Link to post Share on other sites