Saturday, 6 November 2021

[Acne] Tretinoin not fully clearing acne, swap to Epiduo?

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Hi,I (24 M) have been struggling with acne for the past 10 years. Three years ago I started using Tretinoin 0.1% so my routine looked like:Morning: splash with water, azelaic acid, cerave moisturiser, sunscreen.Evening: cerave cleanser, cerave moisturiser, tretinoin.I put tretinoin after moisturising to reduce the irritation, my skin is very sensitive. The routine helped a bit but not much - still had moderate acne even after three years of using tretinoin. Two months ago I swaped azelaic acid to benzoyl peroxide 5% and it tremendously helped my skin, though it is still not fully clear - I still get several spots per week.Since my tube of BP will be depleted soon, I was thinking about trying out Epiduo (adapalene + BP). Maybe the addition of adapalene will finally clean my skin fully. I wanted to ask if it is a good idea to use it in the morning and then keep using tretinoin on evening, or should I keep using BP+Tretinoin for few more months?TL;DR;Struggle with moderate acne. Current routine - BP in the mornings, Tretinoin in the evenings. Should I:a) Keep using the same routineb) Swap BP to Epiduo in the mornings hoping that Adapalene will helpc) Get rid off tretinoin since for 3 years it hasn't helped and add Epiduo in the evening while using Azelaic Acid or something on mornings
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