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redhighlander
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:49 pm  |
Hi,
Can anyone tell me about Retin-A? It seems every time I read about it, people are talking about getting it online through an online pharmacy in India or somewhere. Can't you just get it throught the doctor? Is it that they don't prescribe it as often as you might like? Just wondering. |
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Mon Sep 05, 2011 5:49 pm |
| You can get it through the doctor and it's usually fairly easy to get as long as you have the appropriate skin concerns. But doing that can be quite annoying if you have to see your doctor every time you run out so people just order it online. Not only that, but it's also significantly cheaper if you buy it online |
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Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:01 pm |
Obtaining it through the doctor is generally the best route as they can also assess what strength you'll be likely to need. Not only that but it is also quite easy to get it from your doctor.
I get the feeling people order it online because of better pricing, generally medication that dosent come in a tablet form tends to be more expensive, in Australia it is about $30.00 per tube. |
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AGE: 25. Some laxity, fine lines, rosacea, and crepey skin. USING: Tripollar STOP, Lightstim, Slendertone Face, Microcurrent Wand, Almighty Ultrasound Device, Olay Cleansing Brush, Neck Line Slimmer. Retin-A, MUAC peels, and taking beauty supplements. Botox eyebrow lift and HG lip products are Too Faced. |
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Sun Sep 18, 2011 5:55 am |
| Retin-A is very expensive to buy in the US and some of the insurance companies there refuse to cover it - therefore, most people in the US prefer to purchase on line. As Echoecho states, in Australia it's easy to obtain and relatively inexpensive - in other countries it's cheaper still, so it depends on where you live. |
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Born 1950. There's a new cream on the market that gets rid of wrinkles - you smear it on the mirror!! |
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Thu Oct 13, 2011 3:06 am |
I got mine from an overseas pharmacy as well... wasn't all that much cheaper than the US... but I also wasn't out 250 for a dr's visit.
that being said, this wasn't my first time on it, just an elapsed prescription after a few years break. if this is your first time, i'd see a derm. |
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Thu Oct 13, 2011 4:00 pm |
Retin-A rocks! Even my skin specialist uses it every single night - she's in her 50's but she looks 40 
Me, I can only use it a couple of nights per week otherwise I get too much dryness and flaking, peeling, etc. But my skin specialist says that my skin is 10 years younger than my chronological age. I've been using Retin-A on and off for over 10 years but I have also used sunscreen since I was 15 and I am 40 now - and this was before all the hype about sunscreen. I became a vegetarian when I was 13 and I found that my skin burnt more easily - it was probably from a lack of zinc in my diet. After 13 years as a vegetarian and very poor health despite eating healthily and the right food combos for protein, I had to start adding animal sources of protein back to my diet - it seems that some damage to my liver when I was a child when a doctor overdosed me on Aspirin has made it so that my liver doesnt do the right thing in regard to converting/utilizing amino acids and/or something to do with enzymes - so I'm much healthier with organic meat, chicken, fish, etc in my diet - and I take a zinc supplement a few days a week - but obviously I still use sunscreen daily |
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Fri Oct 14, 2011 2:58 pm |
| My husband is a smoker and has wrinkles that are forming. He's been using my Retin-A hehe |
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Late 20's, clarisonic, Vit C serum, hormonal acne, congested pores, combination skin, living in Vancouver Canada |
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tas
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Joined: 16 Sep 2011
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Sun Oct 16, 2011 4:31 pm |
| Love Retin-A. Been using for approximately 3 yrs. along with Obagi and Isomers products. Benefits are better texture and pore shrinkage. |
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Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:50 pm |
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| Love Retin-A. Been using for approximately 3 yrs. along with Obagi and Isomers products. Benefits are better texture and pore shrinkage. |
I notice the same results when using Retin-A along with reduced fine lines.
I occasionaly stop the Retin-A for a couple of weeks and switch over to a Retinol product to give the skin a break. |
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AGE: 25. Some laxity, fine lines, rosacea, and crepey skin. USING: Tripollar STOP, Lightstim, Slendertone Face, Microcurrent Wand, Almighty Ultrasound Device, Olay Cleansing Brush, Neck Line Slimmer. Retin-A, MUAC peels, and taking beauty supplements. Botox eyebrow lift and HG lip products are Too Faced. |
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Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:52 pm |
| tas wrote: |
| Love Retin-A. Been using for approximately 3 yrs. along with Obagi and Isomers products. Benefits are better texture and pore shrinkage. |
I notice the same results when using Retin-A along with reduced fine lines.
I occasionaly stop the Retin-A for a couple of weeks and switch over to a Retinol product to give the skin a break. |
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AGE: 25. Some laxity, fine lines, rosacea, and crepey skin. USING: Tripollar STOP, Lightstim, Slendertone Face, Microcurrent Wand, Almighty Ultrasound Device, Olay Cleansing Brush, Neck Line Slimmer. Retin-A, MUAC peels, and taking beauty supplements. Botox eyebrow lift and HG lip products are Too Faced. |
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Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:52 pm |
| tas wrote: |
| Love Retin-A. Been using for approximately 3 yrs. along with Obagi and Isomers products. Benefits are better texture and pore shrinkage. |
I notice the same results when using Retin-A along with reduced fine lines.
I occasionaly stop the Retin-A for a couple of weeks and switch over to a Retinol product to give the skin a break. |
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AGE: 25. Some laxity, fine lines, rosacea, and crepey skin. USING: Tripollar STOP, Lightstim, Slendertone Face, Microcurrent Wand, Almighty Ultrasound Device, Olay Cleansing Brush, Neck Line Slimmer. Retin-A, MUAC peels, and taking beauty supplements. Botox eyebrow lift and HG lip products are Too Faced. |
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Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:53 pm |
| tas wrote: |
| Love Retin-A. Been using for approximately 3 yrs. along with Obagi and Isomers products. Benefits are better texture and pore shrinkage. |
I notice the same results when using Retin-A along with reduced fine lines.
I occasionaly stop the Retin-A for a couple of weeks and switch over to a Retinol product to give the skin a break. |
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AGE: 25. Some laxity, fine lines, rosacea, and crepey skin. USING: Tripollar STOP, Lightstim, Slendertone Face, Microcurrent Wand, Almighty Ultrasound Device, Olay Cleansing Brush, Neck Line Slimmer. Retin-A, MUAC peels, and taking beauty supplements. Botox eyebrow lift and HG lip products are Too Faced. |
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Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:53 pm |
| tas wrote: |
| Love Retin-A. Been using for approximately 3 yrs. along with Obagi and Isomers products. Benefits are better texture and pore shrinkage. |
I notice the same results when using Retin-A along with reduced fine lines.
I occasionaly stop the Retin-A for a couple of weeks and switch over to a Retinol product to give the skin a break. |
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AGE: 25. Some laxity, fine lines, rosacea, and crepey skin. USING: Tripollar STOP, Lightstim, Slendertone Face, Microcurrent Wand, Almighty Ultrasound Device, Olay Cleansing Brush, Neck Line Slimmer. Retin-A, MUAC peels, and taking beauty supplements. Botox eyebrow lift and HG lip products are Too Faced. |
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Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:53 pm |
| tas wrote: |
| Love Retin-A. Been using for approximately 3 yrs. along with Obagi and Isomers products. Benefits are better texture and pore shrinkage. |
I notice the same results when using Retin-A along with reduced fine lines.
I occasionaly stop the Retin-A for a couple of weeks and switch over to a Retinol product to give the skin a break. |
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AGE: 25. Some laxity, fine lines, rosacea, and crepey skin. USING: Tripollar STOP, Lightstim, Slendertone Face, Microcurrent Wand, Almighty Ultrasound Device, Olay Cleansing Brush, Neck Line Slimmer. Retin-A, MUAC peels, and taking beauty supplements. Botox eyebrow lift and HG lip products are Too Faced. |
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Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:53 pm |
| tas wrote: |
| Love Retin-A. Been using for approximately 3 yrs. along with Obagi and Isomers products. Benefits are better texture and pore shrinkage. |
I notice the same results when using Retin-A along with reduced fine lines.
I occasionaly stop the Retin-A for a couple of weeks and switch over to a Retinol product to give the skin a break. |
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AGE: 25. Some laxity, fine lines, rosacea, and crepey skin. USING: Tripollar STOP, Lightstim, Slendertone Face, Microcurrent Wand, Almighty Ultrasound Device, Olay Cleansing Brush, Neck Line Slimmer. Retin-A, MUAC peels, and taking beauty supplements. Botox eyebrow lift and HG lip products are Too Faced. |
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Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:53 pm |
| tas wrote: |
| Love Retin-A. Been using for approximately 3 yrs. along with Obagi and Isomers products. Benefits are better texture and pore shrinkage. |
I notice the same results when using Retin-A along with reduced fine lines.
I occasionaly stop the Retin-A for a couple of weeks and switch over to a Retinol product to give the skin a break. |
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AGE: 25. Some laxity, fine lines, rosacea, and crepey skin. USING: Tripollar STOP, Lightstim, Slendertone Face, Microcurrent Wand, Almighty Ultrasound Device, Olay Cleansing Brush, Neck Line Slimmer. Retin-A, MUAC peels, and taking beauty supplements. Botox eyebrow lift and HG lip products are Too Faced. |
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Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:59 pm |
Oh my god, sorry girls, my computer just carked it  |
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AGE: 25. Some laxity, fine lines, rosacea, and crepey skin. USING: Tripollar STOP, Lightstim, Slendertone Face, Microcurrent Wand, Almighty Ultrasound Device, Olay Cleansing Brush, Neck Line Slimmer. Retin-A, MUAC peels, and taking beauty supplements. Botox eyebrow lift and HG lip products are Too Faced. |
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Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:26 am |
| I recently started using the cream instead of the gel, I think I preferred the gel, the cream seems to sit on my face are you supposed to keep rubbing it in till it disappears ? |
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Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:34 am |
| The gel I've tried several times and it always burns my skin to a crisp. The microgel is different, its time released and I love that. My understanding is the gel is designed for oily skinned folk and the cream is for dry skinned folk (I'm one of the latter). |
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Sat Nov 26, 2011 3:07 am |
| retin a is great for acne and aging when used correctly. Once you figure out the correct use for you, either with a doctor or your own experimentation, ordering abroad is much much cheaper and you don't have to pay for a doctor's visit. |
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Sat Nov 26, 2011 4:48 am |
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Retin-A rocks! Even my skin specialist uses it every single night - she's in her 50's but she looks 40
Me, I can only use it a couple of nights per week otherwise I get too much dryness and flaking, peeling, etc. But my skin specialist says that my skin is 10 years younger than my chronological age. I've been using Retin-A on and off for over 10 years but I have also used sunscreen since I was 15 and I am 40 now - and this was before all the hype about sunscreen. I became a vegetarian when I was 13 and I found that my skin burnt more easily - it was probably from a lack of zinc in my diet. After 13 years as a vegetarian and very poor health despite eating healthily and the right food combos for protein, I had to start adding animal sources of protein back to my diet - it seems that some damage to my liver when I was a child when a doctor overdosed me on Aspirin has made it so that my liver doesnt do the right thing in regard to converting/utilizing amino acids and/or something to do with enzymes - so I'm much healthier with organic meat, chicken, fish, etc in my diet - and I take a zinc supplement a few days a week - but obviously I still use sunscreen daily |
Oh wow! You made a very good observation of your lifestyle from a young age. That would explain why my mother tried to avoid giving us aspirin & tylenol unless we really needed it.
I didn't start regular use of sunscreen until my twenties and I'm reaching 40 soon. I have also increased fish in my diet.
I'm glad we are doing something right now  |
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Sat Nov 26, 2011 9:58 am |
I've upped my Retin A from .025% to .05% over the last 5 days or so. Seems to be going ok, but I use it right down my neck as my neck is one of the places I have wrinkles! I was going fine but this morning one side of my neck was quite stingy and sore, guess it was just abit too much for it.
Does everyone use their Retin A on their necks? and also on the decolatage area? |
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I'm 49, fair skin, green eyes, blonde hair, dry slightly sensitive skin, I have very few wrinkles, slight pigmentation, main worry is sagging..yuck!! Currently using CP |
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Sat Nov 26, 2011 10:14 am |
Bermie2 I've accidentally applied too much to my neck from time to time and have experienced a bit of a burn on my neck. I think I apply it so carefully to my face and make sure that it's rubbed in evenly that I kind of forget to use the same caution to my neck.
I apply it down my neck but haven't ventured to the chest area yet. I should as I was a sun worshipper for so many years and have freckles and spotting on my décolletage.
I admit I have completely neglected this area and I think beginning today I am going to treat it the same as I do my face and neck, i.e. wash, treat, moisturize, sunscreen, etc. And I'm going to apply retin a on the entire area tonight. |
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