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(@seanevo93)

Posted : 04/04/2015 2:43 pm

hi im cris and im 21 last month i started to use tretinoin 0.01% and everything was normal i have no breakouts no dryness or nothing im only using retin a for my hyperpigmentation and few scars that i have for a long time since i was 18, so i decided to take more percentage 0.05% on retin it has been two weeks with 0.05% and then all of the sudden my my cheeks and hyperpigmentation are very red and im using cetaphil spf15 and is getting more red and still no breakouts is it normal or not i need answers please!!!!

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(@seanevo93)

Posted : 04/06/2015 1:02 pm

please help someone please

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(@siribai)

Posted : 04/06/2015 1:16 pm

I would definitely cut back to your former percentage, or start using the current level only once every other day or every two days. Your skin sounds irritated.

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(@seanevo93)

Posted : 04/09/2015 2:04 pm

thank you so much

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(@teeoh)

Posted : 04/09/2015 4:27 pm

Ugh same, but I was just thrown on 0.05 without anything before it

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