How Soon Can I Use Retin-A on my Nose After Having Open Rhinoplasty and Nasal Tip Plasty?

You are right, continuous use of Retin-A will thin your skin. That is why we recommend using Retin-A only in the non-summer months or 9 months out of the year to give your skin a break. Otherwise, Retin-A is excellent for reducing sun damage to the skin.

Hi RP123.  We do not suggest Retin A for freckles.  To permanently remove them, we would suggest a q-switched Nd:Yg laser.  View the pictures below for cases where we have permanently removed freckles.  Retin A cannot and will not accomplish this.  Good luck.

In most acne regimens, topical retinoids such as Retin A are used with a benzoyl peroxide as they each have unique mechanisms of action and work on different aspects of the acne pathogenesis.  Epiduo is a combination of a retinoid-like medicine called adapalene and benzoyl peroxide and...

Using retin A nightly is a better method to acclimate to the product.  The skin has more difficulty adapting to Retin A when it is used 2-3 times a week.  For those patients with sensitive skin, Renova and Atralin are less drying Retin A products available to them.

Remember that Retin-a is used in teenagers for acne, even as young as 12-13 yo.  Thus, you may never be too young.  I would not hang my hat on it 'undoing' any sun damage, but what I tell my patients is that if you are good about using it, you will move through time slower than...

For most patients who have been on tretinoin for a long period, tretinoin is generally continued during sun exposure. Exceptions include if (1) you're just starting tretinoin or (2) increasing to a stronger concentration and planning an extended period of sun exposure. Tretinoin induces a...