gishooo 0 Share Posted March 10, 2014 hey everyone, im going to make this short and fast, so i started getting mild acne at 19 y/o and didnt know how to really treat it because the face cleaners didnt do anything so i started using retin a .5 for a week then switched to 1% and been using it for like 5 months everyday, and I used it wrong , now that i found out, ive been using like a pearl size every day, not a pea size, because i have this problem that i think i didnt use enough and it didnt cover the problem areas sooo yeah stupid me, and at the moment my left cheek has like 3 to 4 little indented scars but there red and look irritated, basically my left cheek looks discolored , not a even tone, so i stopped using retin a for over a month now and all i do is gently apply jojoba and rosehip oil like 3 drops each on my face in the morning and at night i put a yogurt mask for 30min then jojoba and rosehip...thats it, but after a month my skin looks EXACTLY the same , IM SO CONFUSED, please someone help me understand what happened and what i should do, i feel like i damaged my skin horribly with retin a because i misused it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
megtree 309 Share Posted March 11, 2014 It sounds like very typical hyperpigmentation (this probably would have happened whether you used retin-a or not). Unfortunately, there isn't much you can do to make it heal faster. It may take a few more months (typically 6 months or more to heal completely). I would continue to use very simple moisturizers, and make sure to WEAR SUNSCREEN. A non-comodgenic moisturizer with spf 15+ is good, and stay out of the sun as much as possible. Quote Link to post Share on other sites