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Hi everyone, it's been a long long time since I blogged and I just wanted to update you all. I have stopped the retin-a treatment. It did get better after a while, it took about 16-18 weeks. My skin w...

Hi Maheen, the 12 week thing is a soft deadline. I have experienced the same flare up as you, cysts included. I'm in my 13th week now and my last breakout was less than 2 weeks ago and I still have th...

I stayed home from work yesterday because of that stupid cyst on my chin. Awful. Today I had no choice but to come to work and it's now pretty much the end of the work day. The bump has gone down I'd ...

Today marks the mid 12 week mark. I had 2 smaller pimples above my eyebrow over the weekend and earlier this week but that disappeared really quickly. But on Monday I felt a bit of a sensitive spot on...

Lucie the eye drop trick is awesome - I must try this. I am mid week 12 of tretinoin and still breaking out a little bit

End of week 11, the zit under my chin didn't amount to anything and went away in like 2 days. I'm still dealing with red spots here and there but nothing a little bit of BP or clindoxyl gel can't take...

Wednesday April 8, I'm halfway through week 11. So far this week things are okay - I only have a small blemish underneath my chin so it's not a big deal and it's on its way out already. I've had incre...

Yes, stick with it and try to wait at least 30 min after washing your face before you apply the cream. And see if cutting back to every other night helps too. And make sure you really use no more than...

Wednesday April 1st. The good: you can barely tell I even has a blemish on my upper lip a week ago. The bad: the stupid zit between my eyes came to a head and popped yesterday. Still dealing with tryi...

Monday, start of week 10. I got a little bit of sun while shovelling yesterday which is great because it sort of blends the acne scars a bit. I was wearing sunscreen and was mindful of not frying myse...

Sunday, end of week 9. The cyst on my upper lip was super manageable for my interview Thursday so I was really happy about that. I could feel a plug trying to work its way out on the side of my chin (...

Wednesday, halfway through week 9. Got home from work and that sucker above my lip was ripe and ready to pop. And when I say pop, it mean it actually made a friggin popping noise when I squeezed it an...

Tuesday: not much change. I still have this enormous painful zit right between my nose and upper lip and I have some smaller ones all over my chin. I can feel some sensitivity on the right side of my ...

Monday: start of week 9. Still using my cream every day. I had washed my face randomly yesterday afternoon and so I didn't want to wash it again after supper 'cause I thought it would be too drying. S...

Yes, I also noticed that when I first started using it (my eyes were sensitive, dry and red although I hadn't used it near my eyes). I think it's part of the process of getting used to it. Also, I thi...

Today is Friday and I'm finishing week 8. I used my retin-a cream 4 nights in a row this week - tonight will be the 5th. So far so good, no new breakouts. Still have hyper pigmentation on my chin and ...

Ok this is Wednesday and after 3 straight days (well nights really) of retin-a, my skin is a little pinker than usual but no peeling. I have a blemish on my forehead, above my left eye but it's up in ...

Today is Tuesday and that annoying little scar is still there on my chin. It's the same cycle over and over: it scabs over and the scab falls and it's a "wet" spot I can't conceal with makeup until it...

  Today I'm feeling very emotional. Is it the acne or the hormones (or both!). I feel like I have the worst friggin pimple in the history of dermatology. I know it's not the case and I don't me...

Today is Sunday and my cyst is healing but still a huge red spot right in the middle of my chin. I think dabbing sulfur mask on in for a couple of hours Friday evening might have helped with the infec...

Well today my little cystic friend is not better at all. Actually if anything it's worst. I tried pricking it with a needle when I got home from work yesterday but that didn't have the effect I expect...

I've been on it for 7 weeks now. I started breaking out at week 5 and I'm still breaking out But I'm hopeful that from week 8 to 12 I will see some improvements. It's not easy to go through "the ugli...

Today I'm feeling very emotional. Is it the acne or the hormones (or both!). I feel like I have the worst friggin pimple in the history of dermatology. I know it's not the case and I don't mean any di...

How about a dab of sulfur mask over night to calm the redness? Sometimes it works for my cystic acne.

Thanks for chiming in again with your experience. It was also my understanding that retin-a was a solution that needed to be used long-term (like forever) or else the acne comes back. You're fortunate...