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May Have Permanently Ruined My Skin...

I had the exact same thing happen to me from Retin A. It's been over a year and my skin never went back to normal. My pores look exactly like yours in the after photos and I'm twice as oily as I eve...

In forum Acne Scars

11 years ago
Retin-A Making Pores Larger?

I used retin a last year in August. Only used it a cpl times and stopped bcuz my skin became SUPER oily, blotchy uneven color, and larger pores all over my face. It's coming up on a year and none of...

In forum Prescription acne medications

11 years ago
Beware Of Retin A

It's coming up on a year since I used retin a and none of the bad side effects have gone away. Still have really oily skin, large open pores all over my face, lines connecting pores, and skin discolo...

In forum Prescription acne medications

11 years ago
Beware Of Retin A

Just because you have good results it doesn't mean everybody else will. I even said that what happened to me won't happen to everyone. Just Google 'retin a damage' and you will see posts on a lot of...

In forum Prescription acne medications

11 years ago
Beware Of Retin A

I just wanted to post this in hopes of maybe helping some people before they mess up their face like me. I went to a derm for acne and was given a script for Retin A (Tretinoin). I only used it a cp...

In forum Prescription acne medications

11 years ago
Retinoids Causing Oily Skin

Yep. I used tretinoin cream a few times n my face is STILL super oily. I have not used it in almost 3 months now n it has not gone back to normal!!! Gave me red patches of skin too n no I did not o...

In forum Prescription acne medications

12 years ago
Retin-A: My Skin Is Way Too Oily!

Started taking zinc a while ago and it didn't really change anything. Maybe it helps some, but not all....

In forum Prescription acne medications

12 years ago
Retin-A: My Skin Is Way Too Oily!

I used tretinoin cream .025 for only a week and my face became soooo oily. I stopped using it like 6 weeks ago n I am still oily as hell. Even switched to a diff derm who gave me acanya which did no...

In forum Prescription acne medications

12 years ago
Low Testosterone

I recently went and had a blood test done to see if there might be an underlying cause as to why I have started to get pretty bad acne and oily skin all of a sudden at the age of 30 (male). BTW...the...

In forum Acne

12 years ago
Oily And Red From Tretinoin

This oily mess is driving me nuts!!! Went to a diff derm and he just gave me some samples of acanya and told me to come back in a cpl weeks for a chemical peel, but didn't give me an answer as to why...

In forum Prescription acne medications

12 years ago
Oily And Red From Tretinoin

Ok. I didn't notice how it was set up. My bad. Thanks for pointing that out.

In forum Prescription acne medications

12 years ago
Retina causes oily skin, up concentration?

retina A... haha it was the worst thing i ever used... it made my super super oily and my acne was red, bigger. it did not help at all. so I stopped using it. ask your derm to try something else. sor...

In forum Oily skin

12 years ago
Retinoids For Oily Skin After Accutane

I just went off Retin A after 2 months because it made my skin a grease pit! It was horrible Tretiinoin cream did the same thing to me. Got super oily when never had oily skin before. Been a month...

In forum Prescription acne medications

12 years ago
Stopped Using Retinoids

I was on tretinoin .025 cream and my face became really oily and I never had oily skin before. It's been a month since I stopped and my face is still oily as hell like an hour after washing. I also ...

In forum Prescription acne medications

12 years ago
Tretinoin Cream Risks

I was prescribed tretinoin cream .025 and used it for 1 week. I never had oily skin ever and after the first day of using this my face has become soooooooo oily. Hour after I wash my face and it is ...

In forum Prescription acne medications

12 years ago
Oily And Red From Tretinoin

I'm 30 yrs old (male) and I started getting consistent acne out of nowhere earlier this yr. I've had a few pimples here and there in the past, but they would come and go. Been breaking out really ba...

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12 years ago