Tretinoin For 300 Days: What To Expect

“Laura Try” tries things. This time, it’s tretinoin, a retinoid that’s more effective than retinol. Here’s what she found:

Glowing up

Some of Laura’s tips based on her experience:

• Use it in the evening (since it increases short-term photosensitivity)
• Protect skin from the sun (for the above reason—despite the fact that in the long-term, it reverses sun damage you may have accumulated prior to use)
• Start on the weakest strength, and increase to a stronger strength gradually (0.05% is a very common dose)
• Use a pea size amount for the whole face (do the “apply truly tiny dots to strategic locations before massaging into skin” method)
• Use on completely dry skin (or you will waste it)
• Avoid creases of the skin, around the nose and earlobes (creases can cause the product to accumulate in the line, and some areas of your face may be more sensitive to tretinoin’s effects than others)
• When starting, apply every third night. After a few weeks go to every second night. Increase the frequency gradually until daily (this is what most people do—speedrun at your own risk)
• Consider a gentle cleansing cream, rather than a face wash (to avoid drying out your face)
• Avoid exfoliants and other complex products and ingredients (another reason why it’s good to do it at night; you are less likely to then want to put other things on your face immediately afterwards)

For more on all of this plus a lot of visuals, enjoy:

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You might also like:

Undo The Sun’s Damage To Your Skin ← this was our research review article about tretinoin

Take care!