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The Differin Diaries

What I've learnt from Differin is that it's varies greatly with users.I use a mild tea tree oil cleanser for it's antibacterial affects, medium temperature water to avoid dryness. both of these allow ...

In forum Personal logs

11 years ago
1000Mg Saw Palmetto Too Much?

I'm literally waiting for my saw palmetto to get delivered, I ordered 320mg tablets that are standardized 85-95% fatty acids and plant sterols (active components) I'm from the UK as well and didn't ...

In forum Hormonal acne

11 years ago
4 Months In, Still Lots Of Redness/peeling. Help!

i also peel in the same region and I'm 8 months in to differin. what works for me is using it every other day, cooler showers and apply a moisturiser after applying differin. I might get a little mo...

In forum Prescription acne medications

11 years ago
Orange Peel Skin

that orange peel phase... I started using differin in april this year every night, all started off great, smoother skin, fewer breakout nice even skin BUT i was crazy oil. then around about 3 month ma...

In forum Prescription acne medications

11 years ago
Anyone Else Have This?

Hey i'm using differin, a similiar things has happened to me twice. I assume it's the differin spreading further down my neck, I find my neck's a lot more sensitive and i end up with red rough itchy p...

In forum Personal logs

11 years ago
Should I Switch?

partially true, isopropyl myristate is rated a 5, and forms the standards for comparison of comedogenic ingredients. it's fair to say a rabbit's ear isn't the best model however given our acne affects...

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11 years ago
Strange Temporary Indenting With Retin-A

been there too, It's one of them weird things you can't really find a definate answer to online.

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11 years ago
Should I Switch?

mate check the ingredients of the cream, I've heard it contains isopropyl myristate or some similair ingredient which is comedogenic (clogs pores). Gel's better for acne and cream's better for anti ag...

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11 years ago
How Do Guys Really Feel About Girls With Acne?

I remember back in high school this girl i was with, she had quite a bit of acne. honestly I didn't even care, this is considering I've never had trouble getting a girl (not being big headed ). The th...

In forum Emotional and psychological effects of acne

12 years ago
The Retin A Micro Diaries

my routines: morning wash with Australian bodycare facial gel then put on menscience sunscreen night wash with same cleanser, apply differin, wait 10 minutes apply proactiv green tea moisturizer. I...

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12 years ago
The Retin A Micro Diaries

hey try to stick in there . I have to admit Differin alone didn't clear me up, I think once your skins adjusted you should add in something else. The studies done on retinoids and acne show an improve...

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12 years ago
The Retin A Micro Diaries

Lol normal in sense of purging with a retinoid. For me it started working from day one but i had my ib around week 8, still not fully recovered from it but that's because I've been foolishly trying di...

In forum Personal logs

12 years ago
The Retin A Micro Diaries

Hey your progress so far looks completely normal for a retinoid. I've been on Differin for about 4 n half months if you have any questions feel free to ask. Good luck

In forum Personal logs

12 years ago
The Differin Diaries

Guys take a look at the table titled, patients treated with viosetrol, that's vitamin D basically. You can look up reviews of it in the review section of this site.

In forum Personal logs

12 years ago
How To Help Inflamation? Pics

At thread starter, I have so much respect for you and hope you get your skin under control as soon as possible. One day your going to look back and appreciate how tough you were for dealing with this....

In forum General acne discussion

12 years ago
Non-Comodogenic Moisturizer That Is Also Ph Balanced

sebamed clear face gel

In forum Over-the-counter acne medications and products

12 years ago
The Differin Diaries

@GJ777 try menscience ti02 it's the only one i've been able to use long term without breaking me out, fsitly light considering it's a sunscreen however it's only spf 30 tho. went to see my GP today ...

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12 years ago
The Differin Diaries

  once a day at night pea sized amount - trust me it goes a long way, any more and your just begging for irritation wait 10-20 minutes after washing before applying differin makes it less irrita...

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12 years ago
The Differin Diaries

are they the ones that just wash of by themselves and not leave any PIH behind? What else are you using with differin? it could be something else that's clogging your pores, my sunscreen was my culpri...

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12 years ago
The Differin Diaries

Damn Allison i hate it when I don't know the answer to something. I'll try anyway haha. Adipose tissue is just fat, in relation to your skin it forms the subcutaneous layer below you dermis. Cortison...

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12 years ago
The Differin Diaries

Ah damn that concealer, I'm pretty sure my obagi sunscreen was clogging my pores so I've stopped using it and seems to be getting better. I don't know why my purge is worse this time, I've got 3 pimpl...

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12 years ago
The Differin Diaries

Thanks allison, I didn't use any exfoliator just a plain face wash, yeah i know stupid hows your PIH? I've got one new one and 2 old lingering ones, it's difficult to avoid the sun

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12 years ago
The Differin Diaries

I took 2 weeks off differin because my skin got too irritated, 2-3 days of stopping differin i started breaking out with little pimples 4-5 every day. That's never happened to me. The red irrtated ski...

In forum Personal logs

12 years ago
Please Respond If You Experienced Extremely Shiny (Not From Oil) Skin From Using A Retinoid!

about a month in to differin mine went incredibly shiny looking even after washing my face, it got better around week 6-7 but then came back worse week 9-10. i stopped differin then and a week later i...

In forum Prescription acne medications

12 years ago
The Differin Diaries

yeah i remember reading that as well. They increase skin cell turnover, so the flakes are all the dead cells. Still I wonder how then they reduce the number of layers in the stratum corneum.

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12 years ago