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Tretinoin is a vitamin A derivative called a topical retinoid. It helps clear acne by promoting skin cell turnover.
Tretinoin is usually applied once a day around bedtime.
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July 20, 2009
Cons:
It makes your face really oily. Your acne has to get a lot worse before it can get better!
If you can stand looking a whole lot worse before getting better, than it might work. Also, if you are ok with your skin feeling like oil is dripping off of it, but I cannot!
July 19, 2009
Pros:
Makes your pores really small, skin very smooth and fades acne marks.
Cons:
Some drying, and its oily when you first put it on
This product worked very well for me. I've only been using it for about a few months and all of my acne marks are gone. I have like one or two very small pimples on my face left. The only bad thing is that it dries your skin out a little, but with make up on you cant really tell. I would suggest using moisturizer.
July 17, 2009
Pros:
Clears up acne
Cons:
Dries skin really badly and also causes really bothersome irritation
until the skin gets used to it
This along with Duac and a Sulfur wash cleared up my severe acne COMPLETELY in just a few months, but you see great results in just a month so stick with it. I used it for about 6 months and then my prescription ran out and I was pretty clear for about 3 months but then I started breaking out and within another month I got moderate acne. It's not as bad as before but im getting a new prescription for it again to clear my face up and now. Use this product its amazing and it will cure your acne.
July 14, 2009
Pros:
Clears comedones, clears and tightens pores, improves wrinkles, fades acne scar discoloration
Cons:
Feels a bit thick/oily on the skin
I've only been using it for a week and it has smoothed the skin on my cheeks that were covered in comedones. I use Cleocin-T gel in the morning and Tretinoin at night, and it's doing well so far. Hoping the purge won't be too bad. I recommend this for people with comedones.
June 19, 2009
Pros:
cheap if you have health insurance
Cons:
it dried out my skin, made my acne worse, which they tell it will before you use it, and it made me break out in a massive skin infection all over my face!
DONT BOTHER WITH IT! it did nothing for me but make my face look 10000X worse...i decided to go with a more natural method of skin care....use apple cider vinager, honey and pure vitamin e oil for moisture....my skin has never looked better!
June 15, 2009
Pros:
has cleared up my acne and the frequency of my cyst like acne has decreased significantly and it's an easy product to use
not that expensive.
Cons:
flaking skin in the morning even with moisturizer and it takes forever to work
Surprisingly I didn't experience the redness or the itchiness but I've used this product for abiut 3.5 months now and started to see improvement my dark marks have been fading and even though I get pimples sometimes they heal faster and my skin is really smooth and my face is more 1 tone now BE PATIENT!!! I kno it's hard,but it does pay off eventually
June 15, 2009
Pros:
Really helps skin in the long run. Exfoliates dead skin, purges gunk.
Be patient.
Cons:
Dryness. Standard breakouts in the beginning--patience!
Only apply to the affected area.
I've been using this for a couple years, I just had mild acne like some whiteheads etc. But after the initial breakouts in the beginning of the treatment, it worked very well. Since using it I have cut down to using it a couple times a week at nighttime. For a spot treatment over the Retin-A (.025% gel), or on its own I use Sodium Sulfacetamide 10% and Sulfur 5% lotion which tries up pimples and is very effective.
Also, I have cut dairy completely out of my diet. Though sometimes I'll have some chocolate.
I really believe in the dairy connection, as does my dermatologist. He's the best in Pittsburgh.
June 8, 2009
Pros:
It made my skin ALOT less oily and it improved some of the numbers of the pimples on my face.
Cons:
-My skin was dried up SO BAD! It came to the point that where just poking at my face hurt like hell.
-Also, it made my skin all flaky.
I would not recommend this product. I used it for like 3-4 months and it was absolute hell. After it got to the point where I couldn't even TOUCH my face without being in pain, I stopped using it. It took a few weeks before my face went back to normal (meaning without the pain of just touching my face).
June 4, 2009
Pros:
After first 3 months, skin was almost completely clear and had a nice glow.
Cons:
First 1 to 3 months were horroble. Had moderate breakouts and my first cist.
Keeps working in decreasing the life span of acne, but no more glow, major breakout on chin, and continuing to break out more.
This stuff completely sucked at first because I broke out so bad and actually got a cist which has NEVER happened before. Then it all cleared up and my skin was almost flawless with a little dryness. But after using it for 10 months, I've broken out horribly again. it's not as bad as before I used Tretinoin, but bad enough to make me go back to being severely self-consciousness. P.S. I started out with 0.01%, but switched to 0.05% later in the school year. the cost increases with increase of percent. I only recommend for mild cases of acne. I am moderate.
May 10, 2009
I have had acne for ever and this was the second product i tried, it made my face very dry and red. I am often in the sun and it made me very prone to sun burn. I did not like it at all. I now use Duac and Differen they are okay product better than Retin-A but still not perfect. This medication was very expensive at my drugstore and was not worth the price
Pros:
I suppose it would work if I could stand using it long enough...