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Mixing tretinoin and adapalene for anti-aging, good or bad idea? (Photo)

Anders2
I use tretinoin 0.1% every night but I find that using a peasize for the whole face + neck on dry skin is not enough, the recommended dosage simply will not cover the whole area. Yesterday I mixed my tretinoin with half a peasize of differin gel 0.1% and this made the spreading much easier. Is this OK to do or am I diluting/buffering the tretinoin and missing out on optimal results? I use the tretinoin mostly for anti-aging purposes. Kind regards.

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Dr. Martie Gidon, MD, FRCPC, FAAD
Answered on Jul 19, 2019
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