Updated with a photo and more info. I use prescribed Retinol 0.1% every 2nd or 3rd night. Very often I have extreme redness , itchiness and some slight swelling in patches on my face which goes away after a day or 2 and I cover these patches with Aquaphor. I am determined to soldier on until my skin becomes accustomed to Retinol. My question is, is the Retinol still effective even if irritation is present? Will the red marks left behind eventually be replaced with good skin?
I believe I used too much Retinol cream on my face, with a moisturizer and woke up two days later with large, very tight and dray red areas on my cheeks. This is a photo, with makeup on, but you can still see the redness and swelling. The redness is VERY prominent without makeup.
I came across on online discussion while doing research about tretinoin, since I'm using it for couple months already (with side effects).In that material they where basically saying that Retin A is toxic and it is poisonous for body and all the swelling, irritation and other side effects come from our body's natural ability to fight against unwanted and toxic ingredients infused to our body.I would like to get professional opinion about the toxicity of tretinoin especially during long time use
I start using Retin A 0.05% and did not have any significant irritation or redness at the beginning. But after some time I got severe swelling and irritation around my eye area. I bought Hydrocortisone 1% ointment to help the situation.Currently I'm using my Retin A again but there is no way I can go closer to my eye area , which is very sad for me,since I would like to improve my around eye area skin.I tried to mix the retin A cream with moisturize and then apply it but it did not help as well.
I am a long time user of retin A, I use it mainly to control my acne and clogged pores. 12 days out from fat transfer to the face and I see my pores getting clogged again, shd I go back to retin A? Would it increase swelling and would too much prolonged swelling jeopardize the end results of fat transfer? If I squeeze pimples and blackheads would it also affect fat take? Thanks!