I used Retin A for about 7 weeks including my under eye area. After 7 weeks, I woke up one morning with creases/wrinkles under both my eyes that I never had before. I stopped using the Retin A and then used 1% hydrocortisone cream under my eyes for about 2 weeks. It has now been about 4 weeks since I stopped the Retin A and the creases under my eyes are still there.
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Hi, these are expected side effects from use of RetinA. I always recommend that patient's slowly build up to daily use of the cream to avoid some of the expected side effects such as redness, dry, tight skin, and itching. You should back of your use to to 1x/week and increase over time....
When you are using your tretinoin gel at night, you should leave it on. Very rarely I will direct some patients to apply their retinoid and then wash it off after, which is called short contact therapy. However, I only recommend this for patients who are having a very hard time tolerating their ...
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