Does Using Retinol for a Week Make Skin More Able to Tolerate Retin-A?

Retinol is much like a mild version of Retin-A. Since the skin develops tolerance to these types of medications, the week of retinol should help when you start Retin-A. I also suggest to my patients that, although the goal is to use Retin-A every night it is best not to start that way. Patients seem to have less dryness from the Retin-A if they start using the product once a week for a few weeks, then twice a week for a few weeks, then three times, etc. more