Can Retin-A Make Older Scars (Rolling Scars) on my Cheek Worse?

Retin A is a great treatment for slowing the signs of photoaging of the skin. On occasion when first using this cream, irritation, dryness, redness and scaling may occur. This resolve with time or with decreasing the amount applied or frequency. Occasionally, this irritation flares an acne break...

As long as your skin is alive and metabolically active, Retin-A can have beneficial effects on skin metabolism, exfoliation, softness, line or wrinkle reduction, and stimulation of collagen and elastic fiber growth. At advanced age, we all have cumulative sun damage, loss of collagen and...

If you have used tretinoin or Retin-A prior to surgery, Retin-A should be fine a week after Lasik surgery. Just make sure that you do not apply near the upper cheeks, under eye areas to minimize excessive eye dryness.

Comedones, open and closed (blackheads and whiteheads) are best treated topically by either retin-A or differin gel. Both are effective at minimizing these though neither will completely eradicate them.

You are wise to consider medication cross-reactions; good question! Retin-A has very little absorption into the body circulation, and is used together with Clindamycin (orally and topically) very commonly in the treatment of acne. Lidocaine (Xylocaine) has no known cross-reactivity with...

I would not suggest having filler injections if the face is severely irritated from Retin A. Otherwise, if the face is not irritated, there is no problem getting filler injections. I would hold the Retin A the day before and the day of the injections, but otherwise no problems.