Retin A Cream! So Excited I Had to Write Up This Review! -Australia

its been maybe 7 months now? There were some periods where I used too much and had to really ease off. You kind of don't notice it untill its too late and your skin is past the red flaky and really raw. I reccomend using it every couple of days for best results. I also had some periods where I had major breakouts. I put a baking soda mask on and it basically cleared up overnight. I don't really bother around my chin area as I have no problem there and it seems to be so sensitive there so I miss that spot. In the last couple of months I feel as though my wrinkles around my eyes have gotten worse...I am confused as to what timeframe it takes to get to the nice clear smooth skin??? It starts to look good then it feels like there are some weeks where its all crappy dry wrinkly or breaking out. To be honest there are some days I think about stopping and not believing there will be better results. I kinda freaked out when it all looked worse because I thought I had done more harm than good. Someone warned me about thining of skin around the eyes... hmmm I think I will gently apply every 3 days and try get to a year to see if this is really all worth it

2 months from when I first started. I have go a new tube and it seems thicker even though it is 0.05% I think it has more kick. It's a different brand but same thing. I had a bit more flaking mainly just around my chin which I heard flakes the most out of everywhere. My skin has really started to be red as I am applying it quite thickly and every night. when I put it on at night I get a burning sensation and my face goes bright red. Its not a reaction type feeling it starts to get warm and progressively gets hotter. Even the morning after, I have redness after I wash my face and apply a daily moisturizer. I'm not fazed though as this is part of the process it just seems like the glowing skin I had a month ago has gobe back to stage one- prob as I have upped the amount or perhaps it's to do with the skins cycle?? Hmm will see!
Within the last week I think some fine lines look less lined- cant be too sure though it's still early but I haven't got any deep deep lines
I have started using Avalon organics vitamin c moisturizer which I'm really loving. I have been trying to find a good vit c cream for ages and it's 70% organic most of the 'hippy' creams I have tried have been way too heavy for my skin or reacted with my skin.

Not much has changed since my last post but I wanted to add that I have been using Organic Coconut Oil on my face after the retin a and during the day. I gave it a go as my skin was really dry and I had heard a lot of great things about it e.g the vitamin E and is an oil that penetrates easily to your skin
I am so glad I tried it! I was worried about breaking out but apparently it has properties in it for clearing acne too. I was expecting it to just sit on my face all oily but I found after about 30mins or so it had soaked in and my skin did not have a greasy effect at all. Infact I wore foundation/makeup and had no shinny oiliness :D I have been using the coconut oil for a couple of weeks now and recommend!
This might be useful for others on Retin A as when I started using Retin A, my normal Khiels moisturizer started stinging really badly. My skin is a lot more sensitive and coconut oil has been great