[Review] The answer to my dry dry dry tret skin prayers: Aveeno Eczema Therapy cream. (No more slug life!!)

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Hi all, so I've been using tret (0.025%) for almost a year I think? Anyways, I already had dry + dehydration-prone skin prior to starting it. I had to ease into it, starting with Differin, suuuuuper slowly.I've tried everything to moisturize my skin. But holy crap, whenever I put makeup on, it looked so, so, so dry, cracking, flakey mess. I tried the slug life for YEARS using various occlusives - Vaseline, Aquaphor, CeraVe healing ointment, Eucerin original healing cream, even 100% lanolin (broke me out :T). I'm into asian skincare so I already use like 23432 hydrating steps and lots of moisturizers underneath.But NOTHING was actually eliminating it?????? I couldn't stand one more day in lizard face.I have NO idea why, but for SOME REASON, the Aveeno Eczema Therapy cream gets rid of this problem. It just gets along with my skin so well???? I don't even NEED to slug life anymore! I just put that on as my last step and I wake up with mochi-hydrated skin!! I can't believe it tbh. I tried SO many moisturizers..Well, I should say that the combination of using tret every OTHER day plus using the Aveeno as a sleeping mask has really saved my skin. No more nasty, cracking makeup!!I freakin' HATE the feeling of super stickiness that slugging gave me. I hate my skin sticking to things. Aveeno cream isn't perfect, but it's like 100000% less sticky than the other stuff I've tried.​Cons:- It can pill. Horribly. But only if you pair it with the wrong stuff. Some lotions/creams work well with it, and some don't (Clinique moisture surge cream & LRP lipikar AP+ baume do NOT play well with it, for example, but Triderma Eczema cream & Gold Bond Diabetics lotion are a-ok). This isn't a big problem for me though because I really only need this cream on top of my hydrating toners/serums to make my skin happy.- This one is obvious but, please do not use if anything in this cream breaks you out.​I'm sure there are probably a lot of more expensive stuff out there that works just as well, but if you're strapped for money like I am, and aren't super acne-prone, this is a good option. If it doesn't work out for your face, you can always use it on your body/hands!(My Illiyoon ato ceramide cream just came in the mail today, so hopefully, it works well with it! So excited to try this!)[x-posted to r/tretinoin]
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