Beauty Tips For Body Care
I'm 21 and have been using adapalene at 0.1% for at least five years now. I had awful cystic acne when I was 17, but after a course of isotretinoin, my acne has subsided significantly. I still get some pimples, though, and have some closed comedones, PIH, and texture issues (but no serious acne scarring) that I'd like to improve upon. My skin is so much better than it once was, but I'd like it to improve even more.Last March, after I inquired about switching from adapalene to retin-a micro, my dermatologist prescribed me retin-a micro at 0.1%. I tried to gradually transition from adapalene to tret (using it once a week, then twice a week, etc.), but my face was none too pleased - it was dry and peeling, and even after around 9 weeks, the peeling and dryness were still there, albeit not as bad as it was originally. Still, I was very frustrated, especially because makeup-wearers out there know how difficult it is to apply foundation on top of peeling skin! I went back to my doctor over the summer and inquired about perhaps using something different - a retinoid that was more powerful than adapalene at 0.1% but not as irritating as retin-a micro at 0.1% - and he said that retin-a at a concentration lower than 0.1% would be less effective than the adapalene. I like my derm and have trusted his judgment in the past, but I walked out of the office with no new prescription and the idea that I would just have to be SUPER patient with my skin while it adjusted to retin-a micro at 0.1%. (I considered getting a script for adapalene at 0.3%, but it was too expensive for me.)During the fall, I went back to adapalene. I didn't have to deal with peeling (yay!) or dryness to the same degree, but the aforementioned skin issues remained. I'm now around three weeks into my second attempt using retin-a micro at 0.1%. I've been using it around three times a week, and the peeling has resumed. It's difficult because I trust my dermatologist - I've had good experiences with him in the past, and he's the medical professional here - but I wonder if using retin-a micro at 0.04% would be more effective than adapalene at 0.1% but less irritating than retin-a micro at 0.1%. He did offer to prescribe me a lower concentration, but I thought I would just be wasting my time with that because he did say that any lower concentration of retin-a wouldn't be as effective as adapalene at 0.1%.For people who have used adapalene at 0.1% for a while and don't suffer from any irritation from it anymore, what were your experiences transitioning to tretinoin? I would much rather use retin-a micro than retin-a, so would it be worth it (and more effective on my skin issues than adapalene at 0.1%) to try retin-a micro at 0.04%? Or should I just stick it out with the retin-a micro at 0.1% and try to be as patient as possible? Have any of you transitioned successfully from adapalene at 0.1% directly to retin-a micro at 0.1%, and if yes, did you go through any purging, dryness, or peeling? If no, you weren't successful in that transition, what did you do instead?Basically, all experiences about going from adapalene to tretinoin (retin-a OR retin-a micro) are welcome! I'd really love to hear what you all have to say, and I think it would help give me some guidance!
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