RoseLilium

Right Cheek's progress ~ Week 6, Week 12, Week 18 Left's progress ~ Week 6, Week 12, Week 18   Forgot to add... For chin's progress it's Week 6 at the top, followed by Week 12 in the middle ...

Day 117 (Ending Week 17) Haven't been updating for quite some time now. Because everything's as normal - no active breakouts. No zits. Nothing. My skin has sort of stabilised and is finally unzitty....

Day 107 (Beginning of Week 16)   Yippee. I had no hormonal breakouts this month - not even a single cystic pimple or pus-filled monster. Currently all I have is one tiny little zit on my left che...

Day 100!!!   Well it's the end of Week 14 for my crazy retacnyl journey. I can't believe that I have been using this thing for this long. But let me tell you, my skin has improved dramatically! ...

Day 93 (beginning of Week 14)   Although my skin has been behaving well lately, I'm bracing myself for my hormonal breakout in the coming week or so. I hope that it will not be as bad this month....

Comparing weeks 6 and 12 - the pictures on the left column are week 6 while the ones on the right are from the end of week 12. They are taken up-close.   There has definitely been an improvement....

Day 84! End of Week 12!   So... It's the end of Week 12 for my journey with Retacnyl! Through the downs of the IB and purging and cysts, I finally feel like things are looking up. I am feeling h...

Day 79 (Beginning of Week 12)   My period just ended and my skin is starting to look pretty fabulous. It feels radiant and new, as all the old layers have peeled away to reveal fresh skin underne...

Day 74 (Mid-Week 11)   So I was having a mini-breakout from days 59-73, for exactly 2 weeks. It was a hormonal breakout because of my monthly cycle and definitely not caused by the tretinoin. Loo...

Day 69 (End of Week 10).   Very very discouraged about my skin. Currently having one active red CYST which I HATE. It is so big that when you look at my face, the first thing you see is that red ...

Day 65.   Urgh. My skin is really bad now. Although the 3 active spots are slowly dying down, one new cyst has sprung up on my left cheek and I can feel an upcoming bump on my chin. I think that ...

Day 63.   So it's the end of week 9 and it's the beginning of week 10 tomorrow on tretinoin. I'm now waiting for 30 minutes for my face to dry.   This week, I've been putting on differin in ...

Day 59.   Felt that it was ok to differin in the AM today while going out to run errands, because there was a huge thuderstorm with black clouds blocking out the sunlight. I can't wait to be done...

Day 57.   Skin is getting better and better as I wake up each morning. Just some pih marks, mostly on my right cheek which are fading visibly. I no longer use makeup and life is going back to nor...

I am actually apprehensive about getting off Differin... My skin cells might have been "normalised" by it during the past year. Stopping it might cause me to breakout more. I'll continue to use Differ...

Thanks Jay! I know it's too many retinoids, so I am currently cutting out the differin and isotrexin in the AM, and replacing them with sunscreen instead. I will only use them in the daytime if I'll b...

Comparing the pictures of my cheeks and chin side by side for weeks 6 & 7

Day 50.   My skin is doing loads better, I am no longer breaking out in terrible pus-filled zits (only tiny little blackheady things which are barely noticeable). My skin feels very smooth, I no ...

Thanks for the encouragement Jay! I plan to use this tretinoin cream everyday long-term (at least a year) because I have faith in it. My derm has always insisted I use it for the past 3 years but I ha...

Suddenly feeling really depressed. . . What's the use of having skin which feels smooth to the touch, but looks awful? I am far from clear. The red and brown marks make me look as though I have many p...

Day 45.   I am amazed at how much my skin has improved over the past couple of days. Right now, I only have ONE active pimple - the underground bump on my right cheek. All the others have popped ...

Day 42.   A little annoyed that I have 3 new irritating red zits which decided to pop up, the moment the ones on my chin and left cheek died down. And why must my forehead start breaking out when...

Hi Ariesgirl,   I don't use sunblock at all and try to keep out of the sun during the hottest hours of the day. I usually go out in the early morning or evening when it's not too hot, without any...

Day 41.   Good news - My chin is doing better today. The 3 spots on my chin have died down and flattened out over the last few days, leaving behind their usual dark marks. The 2 previously active...

Another encouraging article about what dermatologists think about tretinoin: