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Why are my comedones back if I am using Retin-A?

wellner97Aug 24, 2018
I was prescribed Retin A last August for comedones. They cleared up, but for the past week, the comedones (or what I think are comedones) have returned very intensely. I am still using the Retin-A so I am not sure why I have these bumps. They're in between my eye brows, on my eyelids, under my eyes, beside my nose, down my cheeks and upper lip. 

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Dr. Reuel Aspacio, MD, FAAD - Account Suspended
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