HELP: TNS essential serum and retin-a????
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Sun Dec 28, 2014 8:55 pm

HI!
this is my first question im posting on this nice forum.
Please Please help me and answer this question once and for all.

i heard so many different answers and none of them were from doctors.
can you please tell me (only if you really know) what should i apply First....... TNS essential serum or Tretinoin Gel????

i use a 0.5 tretinoin gel and i want to know what goes on first....the tns or the retin-a gel??

THANK YOU GUYS Smile

Sarai.

free skin care · Mon Dec 29, 2014 9:48 am

Most Dr's recommend that tretinoin be applied directly to clean, dry skin. These may help:

http://www.drbaileyskincare.com/blog/use-retin-a-tretinoin-for-acne-anti-aging-skin-care/

http://www.skinacea.com/retinoids/use-retinoids-right-part-one.html#.VKGEbvAAIA

The only time you want to put a product under tretinoin is if you want to "buffer" it. Buffering makes it less strong and less likely to cause a skin reaction.

Maybe use the TNS in the morning and the tretinoin at night? Or alternate nights? Every other night use of tretinoin is still effective.

free skin care · Mon Dec 29, 2014 9:52 am

You may also want to look at realself.com or post there. Sometimes you can get a direct answer from a Dr. They have some posts about Retin a/tretinoin use there, like this one:

http://www.realself.com/question/common-directions-application-retina

Mon Dec 29, 2014 10:52 am

hey shastagirl...Thank you Smile

i actually posted the same question on that site today! Smile

i thought that it might need to be the first this that is applied and then the TNS.
i just wondered if the TNS would still be effective.

i guess there is no reson why iit wont be (esp since its a tretinoin GEL so its ever lighter than a cream and it sinks in faster).

well....i think i will call skinmedica and ask them Smile

Thank you for your time Smile

free skin care · Fri Jan 02, 2015 3:42 pm

I was told by the esty that works at a plastic surgeon's office, that sells both products to use the TNS first, then retin a

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