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Sun Aug 30, 2009 5:19 am  |
| Are most people getting from a doctor or did you just go out there and get one yourself? I'm in the UK - London so got very little confidence in relyin on the overpressured NHS down here anyway.. |
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Sun Sep 06, 2009 4:12 pm |
I didn't like retin-A - I used it for a solid year, at first it caused a lot of itching and flaking. LOTS OF FLAKING I MEAN lol  and then the flaking went away...and I loved it at first because it seemed to give my skin a glow to it, and the acne went away.
But after a solid year of it, my skin was sensitive, thin and weak..made me skintone look more uneven too, sort of blotchy. And because of thinned skin, I started to get fine lines around my mouth area. Or rather, they looked more obvious because my skin was drier overall. And my eyes started to get some lines too. I thought I looked a bit older too, and I was horrified because my mom didn't even get fine lines until she was in her mid 40's (She is now 51, but looks early 40's or late 30's). Anyway, her advice was to stop peeling the skin, and instead look after it by eating really well and getting to bed early. That was her mantra, and it seemed to work.
I've stopped retin-A for 6 months now - and started another skincare...thank God my skin was restored, the fine lines near my eyes/cheekbones went away because the skin isn't as dry anymore. Laugh lines around my mouth disappeared too, as the skin restored its epidermal plumpness.
BUT don't get me wrong, I'm not against it overall. I know that retin-A does work for some people, I have heard that you may have less problems if you have thicker skin. My skin reacts to everything, lol..so maybe that's why retin-A wasn't suitable for me.
Just bear in mind that it does sensitize your skin to the sun, and even sunblock can't 100% protect your skin. Usually you'd get maybe 1-3% exposure that the sunblock was not able to cover..but retin-A might sensitize your skin so you get maybe an extra .5 or 1% (just randomly inserting figures here) exposure even with 30spf sunblocks..and this extra dose of UV exposure will still do some additional damage than if you didn't have sun-sensitized skin from retin-A. Does this make sense? |
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25, oily very acne-prone skin (hormonal acne), Australia, using and *loving* 302 skin care |
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Wed Sep 09, 2009 3:17 am |
| No prescription required for retin a from alldaychemist freedom37. |
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