TRETINOIN THREAD 5

[crazycoolchic19]

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 How much san mo nabile?

[rae]

@crazycoolchic, I bought both retacnyl and vmv at watsons mall of asia.

[Doink!]

It's been a month since ai started using retinol cream from my derma, purging & flaking pa rin my skin. Nakaka inis Lang yung super redness ng face ko.... Aaa argh... Is there anyway to lessen the the redness? How do I lessen the redness? Help please...

[rae]

^ Yung redness mo ba parang sunburn? or irritation. Look for a good moisturizer to use with tretinoin at night, and look for a broad spectrum sunblock

Some GT-ers shared their skincare routine alongside tretinoin, backread ka lang ng onti for their recommendations.

[Doink!]

Yes similar to a sunburn. On & off ako sa Retinol, once nagsta start na syang mag peel ng madami I stop for awhile. I think I should try to be more patient sa panget phase nya for me to maximize the full effects of the retinol cream. I'm not sure if Tama yung skincare routine ko @ night I wash my face with any of my facial cleanser, then I put tsuya serum from shu uemura to minimize excessive flaking ng skin tapos I'll put-on my derma prescribed bleaching & then retinol. In the morning, I wash my face again Lang put sunblock then any liquid foundation or BB cream. I have super oily skin so laging hulas yung make-up ko & laging shiny face ko. Kung pwede Lang ma fast forward ko yung effects ng retinol. 

[featlylady]

is retin A really available only in 0.05% ? 
sa mercury drugstores kasi 0.05% lang ang binebenta nila, idk sa Watsons..

[bluish]

Back to using tret. Stieva 0.1%. I wash it off with water 20 minutes after application at night to minimize the redness and raw-skin-like effect. Working for me (read that tip here somewhere)

[WickedWitchOfTheWest]

^^Skip the tsuya serum na muna sis, I'm not sure of the exact ingredients, but I think it has some skin renewing properties as well, which can be exfoliating your skin, and rendering your tret more effective/more irritating. Switch to a bland moisturizer, before or after applying your tret (personally, I prefer to apply mine 20-30 minutes after I've applied tret to make the tret properly sink into my skin and do its wonders, but you can do before to lessen the irritation.) You can look into cetaphil cream or physiogel AI cream, I find na these moisturizers work well with tret. The cleansers of both lines also suit those with sensitive skin using tret.

I also find that my skin is oilier when I use tret, I just make sure to us a mattifying sunblock to keep the oils as minimal as possible.

[Antigone]

Bought a new tube of Steva 0.025%. Naiwala ko kasi yung barely and seldom used tret ko. hehe! I promise to take better care of my skin na talaga!

[Doink!]

Thanks for the advise WWW  Right now may 2 pesky round brown patches around my two upper cheeks & Hindi pa rin pantay  the color of my face. I'm feeling the stretching of my skin which I believe is good so tiis tiis talaga. Il try not to mix my tsuya serum also. Do you think it's ok to use Dr. Jarts BB cream to tretinoin treated skin? Would it make it more oily?

[WickedWitchOfTheWest]

^I'm not that familiar with BB creams as I generally find them too heavy. Pero I heard some people have had success with them. If you're using at as sunblock as well, make sure you apply the proper amount kasi skin tends to be more sensitive to the sun and prone to pigmentation when on tret + bleaching cream combo.

[rae]

^^ never liked any bb cream. tapos parang lalo akong nagiging oily. para lang syang film na nakapatong sa face much like a physical sunblock you use on the beach.

[bluish]

Thumbs up for tret. After 2 weeks of breaking out, couple of bumps here and there, my purging stage hopefully, is now over.

Liking the texture and feel of my face now

[ross24]

^^Skip the tsuya serum na muna sis, I'm not sure of the exact ingredients, but I think it has some skin renewing properties as well, which can be exfoliating your skin, and rendering your tret more effective/more irritating. Switch to a bland moisturizer, before or after applying your tret (personally, I prefer to apply mine 20-30 minutes after I've applied tret to make the tret properly sink into my skin and do its wonders, but you can do before to lessen the irritation.) You can look into cetaphil cream or physiogel AI cream, I find na these moisturizers work well with tret. The cleansers of both lines also suit those with sensitive skin using tret.

I also find that my skin is oilier when I use tret, I just make sure to us a mattifying sunblock to keep the oils as minimal as possible.

Hmmm kaya pala minsan sobrang oily ng face ko, siguro kapag nagttret ako the night before. Now i know hehe. Anong gamit mong mattifying sunblock sis? May marerecommend ka ba?

[Doink!]

^  you may want to try Obagi's Sunblock SPF 50 na sya & matte finish 

[sima]

is retin A really available only in 0.05% ?

Tretinoin cream comes in either of three strengths, 0.1%, 0.05%, or 0.025%.  The gel comes in two strengths, 0.02% or 0.01%.  The liquid one comes in 0.05% or 0.01%.

[veritasfortitudo]

SIMA cute..

[Doink!]

How do I incorporate the use of moisturizer with my bleaching & retinol combination. Do I put the moisturizer on top of my bleaching & retinol or dapat alternate days e.g. MWF & Sunday Bleaching & Retinol tapos T-TH-SAT Please advise. Thanks!

[rae]

^ how do you bleach your skin and what bleaching product do you use?

[Doink!]

I use the hydroquinone bleaching cream that I get from my derma. I take oral gluta & gluta IV as well.