Tretinoin

I have bad acne since I was about 23, after trying all of the over the counter stuff and proactive I saw a doctor who prescribed me differin and minocycline.....I used it for two years and the pills helped me alot! but after two years it made me really sick and induced lupus....I stopped taking it and just using differin but my skin got really bad again so two weeks ago my doctor prescribed me retinA. I have been using it for a week, everynight and on the fourth night all the big pimples on my forehead popped and my skin has no bumps...only the redness and scars which I am hoping will go away soon! So as you can see it worked really fast!!! my skin feels super soft and it has only been a week!!!! On the negative note....I used it everynight so on the fifth day I woke up with the whole lower part my face burnt!!!! super red like if it caught on fire.....I didnt use it on that part of my face for a couple of days and put the "Expert anti-blemish night moisturiser" from Boots on it....even thought it was for night I used it during the day...this thing is amazing...in two days the redness and burnt look are gone and now I use it as my main moisturizer during the day because it makes all the flakes go away...my skin looks super healthy! you can buy this at Target its only like $5...... Bottom line is...use it once every 2 to 3 days at night and a good moisturizer during the day...I totally recommend the night moisturiser from Boots ...this thing does take about 95% of the flaky look away! I havent had the initial breakout, my face is super soft the only thing are a few red spots from the pimples I had but it is slowly fading away!

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November 25, 2010

Pros:

-Clears skin eventually
-Makes skin soft and smooth

Cons:

-Will dry at first- don't be alarmed
-I grew immune to it, it doesn't work at all anymore ):

I first used it by mixing in with my moisturizer. After a few months of flaky, dry skin (which my dermatologist warned about), my skin started to clear up dramatically. At about 8-10 months of using it continuously, i noticed that it had completely stopped working. My dermatologist recommended to use it full strength by switching off trentoin, moisturizer, trentoin, each night. I've been doing so for almost 2 months and I still haven't seen an improvement from before. It starts bad, gets worse, then works, but eventually wears off.

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Anonymous

July 31, 2010

Pros:

-Helped clear pimples quickly

Cons:

-Dryed out skin
-Made skin a little red
-Made skin more prone to sunburn

I used it as a spot treatment and all over, it overall had a good effect but dryed out my skin. It also got a little worse before getting better.

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QT3.14

June 12, 2010

Pros:

While using it:
- dried up pimples quite fast
- gave me a funny glow

Cons:

6 Months later:
- gave me an oil slick
- made pores more enlarged
- gave me a shiny layer or skin that made me look very oily even when i just washed my face
- made me break out in cyst
- mutiplied whiteheads by 100
- made me break out in many places i never break out
- made me angry and obssesd to find cure
- never returned my skin back to "normal"
- made my skin so sensitive that when i wake up to brush my teeth, my upper lip would turn red

I've used Tretinoin Cream 0.025% for 6 weeks broke out around the 2nd week Kept on using for 6 weeks When i stopped it made me break out worse than ever. I didnt have bad skin to begin with, i just wanted to clear my whiteheads and i end up with a lifetime regret of using this crap. 6 months later, my skin is still shiny and 10xs more oily, i have severe whiteheads on both my cheeks and cyst on my hair line, temples and cheeks. I hate it, if i could go back in time, trust my i would have never used it, it ruined my life. I hate it.

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infinity15

March 9, 2010

Pros:

-Skin More Tone
-Some Acne went Away
-It brings the crap out then got rid of some of it...
-Easy to Apply(but I miss being able to snuggle up in my bed because I have to be careful with my face lol)

Cons:

-Didn't help with blackheads on the nose.
-Tzone was still oily
-I got these red marks that were firm and bumpy, yet smooth and my derm said they were cyst underneath my skin, so apparently no positive results there.
-I am on my 12th week and I am still breaking out and even broke a cyst near my neck.
-Skin looks worst then before because of the redness on my skin that is still firm like I said before.
-Dryness [easily dealt with a good moisturizer]
-IB was really bad for me e

So in total I have been on this product for 12 weeks ~3 months.I used Retin-a Micro .1% right from the beginning. I would apply it religious every night right when I got it and surprisingly very mild irritation the first week and other than that just dryness and flakes after I use Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser. It was easily managed and especially with Cetaphil Moisturizer. I stuck with it for the recommended amount of time and it is sad for me to say probably I am one of those people who does not respond to this. I also took doxycycline, an oral antibiotic while on this to control the IB, but it didn't fair so well. So finally, I decided to see a real dermatologist and he is going to put me on Accutane. I definitely recommend it to everyone plagued with acne.Just try it out, if it works it works, if not go see your derm like me and he/she will either like my be dropped on accutane[Which I am glad, don't need to deal with topicals and acne(soon enough)] or find alternatives. Best of Luck! [side note: I got a 20 mg for free one month which got covered by my insurance, then next month policies changed and cheapest I got was for a $100... yeah sucks so that's why I put the price at 100]

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RetinA Gurl

November 26, 2009

Pros:

I love retin-a its been a life saver!!!!! Ive been using .1% for about 3 months now and all my acne is disappearing and the scaring is now slowly fading!!! I couldnt be more happy with my complection now!!

Cons:

So far none

I would recommend anyone to try it out and give it a shot, what do u have to lose except acne!! :-)

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minocyqueen

November 5, 2009

Pros:

Works on stubborn acne when other products don't

Cons:

Severe initial breakout; too harsh for fair/sensitive skin

Use with caution! Retin-A Micro 0.04% cleared up my stubborn bacne when nothing else (BP, salicylic acid, antibiotic pills and topicals) would. I didn't notice an initial breakout on the back, maybe because I couldn't see it, or because it was winter and I didn't care. I'm still using it and my back is crystal clear! Woo-hoo! There is some itching but it can be helped with moisturizer. I tried it on my face and boy was that a mistake. I have very fair and sensitive skin, and it made my face very red, scaly, and bumpy. I gave up at the 7-week point. It may have worked if I'd stuck with it, but it wasn't worth it in my opinion. The initial breakout was too severe on the face. It turned my mild acne into a red-hot mess. I barely recognized myself and cried every day.

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HowYuDoin

October 25, 2009

Pros:

Clears up skin, unclogs pores and gets rid of blackheads

Cons:

Makes skin flaky and sensitive to strong rubbing or firm squeezing.

I love this stuff. I was using BP for the longest time, but this stuff is soooooo much better. I suffered more from blackheads and whiteheads and this was the right product for me. BP was okay, but it really didn't do anything to clear out my blackheads and it even caused the little inflamed acne I would get to be huge and painful. Since I've been using Neutrogena's Retin-A, my skin has had very very very few problems. I first started with the 0.05% cream. It worked well to smooth out my face, but I noticed that I would still get blackheads, especially around the T-zone. After a few months, my derm switched me to the 0.04% gel. The gel really helped to get rid of the blackheads. I've now incorporated the 0.1% gel into my regiment, but only use it once every 4 days and it does add to the effectiveness of my regiment. However, the 0.1% cream alone is way to strong for me. I suffered from light to moderate acne before. I'm a medium-toned African-American male.

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Sally

October 23, 2009

Pros:

smooth skin, scars are slowly fading, 70% clearer at 2 months=way less breakouts

Cons:

Initial breakout was horrible, but I knew the gunk had to come out anyways. It took about a month to nicely go away and I had 2 cysts on both sides of my chin come up twice and then finally clear. (SUCKED!!) IB leaves bad scars!

brings pimple to head faster and heals faster, after the IB - I wanted to stop because my face looked so bad (broke out more than I ever have in my life) my first week of college but I stuck with it anyways after reading about it. I am glad I did because now my face looks SO much better and with some makeup (to cover up scars) I have very mild acne compared to moderate almost severe(?) TRY IT.. (if you are in school- during summer/winter break) oh yeah clears blackheads too, wait 20 min after washing face to apply at night skin is a lot more sensitive though so don't try to squeeze blackheads, it will make those red marks that you can't cover up

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Kiriko

June 6, 2009

Pros:

Helps buff off the to layer of your skin to reveal the acne that was hiding deep under your skin. Improves your acne after the initial break out. Lightens scars.

Cons:

You must ONLY apply it to the infected area or you might risk dryness, redness, and peeling around your eyes, the angles of your nose, nostrils, around your mouth..etc.

I had really smooth clear skin until I started highschool. I guess it was the stress and extra activities I'm doing, but I started to break out horribly. My mother has spent so much money trying to find things that work; I almost gave up even. Then I started the Tretinoin and at first I was a little skeptical. My skin peeled and I broke out; but isn't that what its supposed to do? Your body is trying to get rid of the old skin, so just be aware your skin will have to worsen to get better. It actually does do what its supposed to. Before starting consult your dermatologist to prescribe and explain what its for and how much you should use based on what type of skin to use and the percentage you should take. Don't quit after the first few days, your skin is adjusting to this new medication. It isn't used to what you're doing to it. Let it settle in for approximately 3 months. I use this product ever other day transitioning between Tretinoin and Merderma.

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