dolphins21

First Time Juvederm User

Made Lashes Uneven, Spikey and Hard to Manage - West Bend, WI

4 Months Using Retin-A = Smoother Skin and Smaller Pores

Restylane in Cheeks...love It! - Wisconsin

I'm really sorry for the predicament you are in with your skin, but you are contradicting yourself. In your original comment you stated: "How I used it: Toner first, followed by moisturizer, 4% hydroquinone, then Atralin, and sunblock SPF30 (19% zinc oxide) last."
Which means you were using it during the day. Now you are back tracking and saying you only used it at night.
Either way, retin-a should never be used after a toner...plain and simple. Not even at night.
I was not stating my comments to be hurtful, but in your original comment you clearly stated how you used it and you were using it wrong.
The key, once again, is to gain as much self knowledge as you can about products before using them. You can only rely so much on other peoples opinions, but you are responsible for doing your homework.
I wish you the best and hope your skin improves.

You start using at night only. Once a day. How often you use it depends on your own skin. If you've never used retin-a before, you will probably not be able to use it every night and will have to work up to nightly due to redness and irritation.

I've told you my reason for using retin-a is for anti-aging purposes. To improve fine lines, smooth out the skin and reduce pore size. Yes it did work on my face or I would have not written a review about it....
Increased redness is a common side effect of using retin-a along with peeling and irritation when you first start using it. Hopefully, for you, this will decrease in time. It takes time for your skin to adjust to retin-a and during this adjustment period, you will experience redness, peeling and irritation. If it gets bad, reduce your usage of retin-a until it calms down then start back to using it again.
Like you've been told by other posters it is not the policy here to request or hand out email addresses. I think you're a very nice person but I do not give out my email address to people I do not know....I'm sure you understand that.

Only time will tell if it works on your face. I cannot predict that. Also, I have no clue how long it would take to reduce acne marks because, once again, I do not use retin-a for acne issues and do not know what effects it has on acne problem skin. If you have anti-aging questions regarding retin-a, please feel free to ask....but you will have to search elsewhere for retin-a questions regarding acne issues. I have helped you all I can.

I would just use it all over myself. I think retin-a would work better on the face using it on the whole face making things all over even.