❤️❤️❤️ shit, dude. I'm sorry it's been so miserable. I hope a solution comes through quickly.

Chill MLK Eve

Ugh you mean me

interesting! so does Mr. T recommend this Differin product I'm finding when I search Adapalene?

yeah, Differin and Adapelene are the same thing, which are a slightly different Vitamin A derivative than Tretinoin/Retin-A. and if people are going to go out and try this stuff on my advice, i have some cautionary tips based on my and mr t’s experience:

GO EASY AT FIRST. this stuff can really blast your face off if you use too much. when we first tried Retin-A, mr t got us a prescription for the strongest formulation and it was WAY too strong. ended up with flakiness, especially between the eyebrows, and a general feeling of rawness on our whole faces. (you get a bit of the feeling of rawness when you use the proper amount too, not all the time but if you use an alcohol toner or astringent or something you feel more of a sting than normal)

to try to dilute the super strong stuff a bit, i’d put on just a teeeensy bit and then put on moisturizer right after to make sure it got spread out evenly. (if you do it this way, DON’T spread the moisturizer onto your eyelids!) the stuff i have now is called Retin-A Micro, which releases the active ingredient more slowly into your skin to try to make it even less harsh

Tretinoin inhibits wound healing. (similarly, if you’re on Accutane, the systemic version of this stuff, you can’t have any kind of surgery, piercings, tattoos, etc. because they don’t heal! very bad!) nothing so serious to worry about with the topical stuff, but if i have a popped zit or anything on my face that needs to heal up, i take a few days off or avoid that spot with the tretinoin ointment until it’s better

if that sounds like a lot of hassle, you’re right, and i don’t honestly use Retin-A all the time. i’m much more religious about my benzoyl peroxide facewash/clindamycin wipes routine for acne control (retinoids are good for controlling certain types of acne, but not the type i’m prone to)

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