Face flaking with retinol

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I had no idea people wait 30 min after washing and then before using moisturizer - you all take 1 hour for your p.m. skin routines?

I wash, pat dry, apply some moisturizer around my nose (bc my skin is most sensitive there), apply pea sized amount of tret, then apply moisturizer over my whole face. The whole routine takes me 5 minutes.

I don’t think people are twiddling their thumbs for an hour. I wash my face after dinner, then put retinol on when the kids are getting in bed, then put moisturizer before bed. It’s not precise but it just ensures time between each step.

My kids are older and their bedtimes are usually after mine haha- when I go up for the night (9:30-10) is when I get ready for bed- not infrequently I have an evening meeting or zoom or agter work drink. Also what about on the weekends when you go out at night, do you compact your nighttime face routine then?

I’m the PP you’re responding to and I think maybe I’m just really casual about the routine— I’ve never even thought about it in terms of a face routine. I rarely go out at night on the weekends, and if I do, I just skip the Tret or wait 15 mins between each step. Maybe I shouldn’t be so lax about skipping.

For those of you who say your face looks amazing on Tret, what do you mean? I don’t have fine lines or wrinkles yet but I do have lots of sun spots. Will the tret take those off eventually?

For me, it took me from navel orange to a nice clementine. Just a lot smoother. Hasn’t helped with redness and idk about wrinkles, I’m only 40.

NP and I do not get your reference

I’m 53 and have been using tret (.05%) for over a year and think my skin looks no different than before.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I had no idea people wait 30 min after washing and then before using moisturizer - you all take 1 hour for your p.m. skin routines?

I wash, pat dry, apply some moisturizer around my nose (bc my skin is most sensitive there), apply pea sized amount of tret, then apply moisturizer over my whole face. The whole routine takes me 5 minutes.

I don’t think people are twiddling their thumbs for an hour. I wash my face after dinner, then put retinol on when the kids are getting in bed, then put moisturizer before bed. It’s not precise but it just ensures time between each step.

My kids are older and their bedtimes are usually after mine haha- when I go up for the night (9:30-10) is when I get ready for bed- not infrequently I have an evening meeting or zoom or agter work drink. Also what about on the weekends when you go out at night, do you compact your nighttime face routine then?

I’m the PP you’re responding to and I think maybe I’m just really casual about the routine— I’ve never even thought about it in terms of a face routine. I rarely go out at night on the weekends, and if I do, I just skip the Tret or wait 15 mins between each step. Maybe I shouldn’t be so lax about skipping.

For those of you who say your face looks amazing on Tret, what do you mean? I don’t have fine lines or wrinkles yet but I do have lots of sun spots. Will the tret take those off eventually?

For me, it took me from navel orange to a nice clementine. Just a lot smoother. Hasn’t helped with redness and idk about wrinkles, I’m only 40.

I'm not sure what you mean since isn't the difference between a navel orange and clementine the wrinkles/grooves?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had no idea people wait 30 min after washing and then before using moisturizer - you all take 1 hour for your p.m. skin routines?

I wash, pat dry, apply some moisturizer around my nose (bc my skin is most sensitive there), apply pea sized amount of tret, then apply moisturizer over my whole face. The whole routine takes me 5 minutes.

I don’t think people are twiddling their thumbs for an hour. I wash my face after dinner, then put retinol on when the kids are getting in bed, then put moisturizer before bed. It’s not precise but it just ensures time between each step.

My kids are older and their bedtimes are usually after mine haha- when I go up for the night (9:30-10) is when I get ready for bed- not infrequently I have an evening meeting or zoom or agter work drink. Also what about on the weekends when you go out at night, do you compact your nighttime face routine then?

I’m the PP you’re responding to and I think maybe I’m just really casual about the routine— I’ve never even thought about it in terms of a face routine. I rarely go out at night on the weekends, and if I do, I just skip the Tret or wait 15 mins between each step. Maybe I shouldn’t be so lax about skipping.

For those of you who say your face looks amazing on Tret, what do you mean? I don’t have fine lines or wrinkles yet but I do have lots of sun spots. Will the tret take those off eventually?

For me, it took me from navel orange to a nice clementine. Just a lot smoother. Hasn’t helped with redness and idk about wrinkles, I’m only 40.

I'm not sure what you mean since isn't the difference between a navel orange and clementine the wrinkles/grooves?

Yeah but I guess I meant like the texture of my pores, not wrinkles from smiling and such. The navel orange is like all over bumpy, the clementine is way more smooth? I tried, okay?

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Anonymous wrote:I had no idea people wait 30 min after washing and then before using moisturizer - you all take 1 hour for your p.m. skin routines?

I wash, pat dry, apply some moisturizer around my nose (bc my skin is most sensitive there), apply pea sized amount of tret, then apply moisturizer over my whole face. The whole routine takes me 5 minutes.

I don’t think people are twiddling their thumbs for an hour. I wash my face after dinner, then put retinol on when the kids are getting in bed, then put moisturizer before bed. It’s not precise but it just ensures time between each step.

My kids are older and their bedtimes are usually after mine haha- when I go up for the night (9:30-10) is when I get ready for bed- not infrequently I have an evening meeting or zoom or agter work drink. Also what about on the weekends when you go out at night, do you compact your nighttime face routine then?

I’m the PP you’re responding to and I think maybe I’m just really casual about the routine— I’ve never even thought about it in terms of a face routine. I rarely go out at night on the weekends, and if I do, I just skip the Tret or wait 15 mins between each step. Maybe I shouldn’t be so lax about skipping.

For those of you who say your face looks amazing on Tret, what do you mean? I don’t have fine lines or wrinkles yet but I do have lots of sun spots. Will the tret take those off eventually?

For me, it took me from navel orange to a nice clementine. Just a lot smoother. Hasn’t helped with redness and idk about wrinkles, I’m only 40.

I'm not sure what you mean since isn't the difference between a navel orange and clementine the wrinkles/grooves?

Yeah but I guess I meant like the texture of my pores, not wrinkles from smiling and such. The navel orange is like all over bumpy, the clementine is way more smooth? I tried, okay?

Haha, thanks - I guess I just need to eat more citrus

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I had no idea people wait 30 min after washing and then before using moisturizer - you all take 1 hour for your p.m. skin routines?

I wash, pat dry, apply some moisturizer around my nose (bc my skin is most sensitive there), apply pea sized amount of tret, then apply moisturizer over my whole face. The whole routine takes me 5 minutes.

I don’t think people are twiddling their thumbs for an hour. I wash my face after dinner, then put retinol on when the kids are getting in bed, then put moisturizer before bed. It’s not precise but it just ensures time between each step.

My kids are older and their bedtimes are usually after mine haha- when I go up for the night (9:30-10) is when I get ready for bed- not infrequently I have an evening meeting or zoom or agter work drink. Also what about on the weekends when you go out at night, do you compact your nighttime face routine then?

I’m the PP you’re responding to and I think maybe I’m just really casual about the routine— I’ve never even thought about it in terms of a face routine. I rarely go out at night on the weekends, and if I do, I just skip the Tret or wait 15 mins between each step. Maybe I shouldn’t be so lax about skipping.

For those of you who say your face looks amazing on Tret, what do you mean? I don’t have fine lines or wrinkles yet but I do have lots of sun spots. Will the tret take those off eventually?

For me, it took me from navel orange to a nice clementine. Just a lot smoother. Hasn’t helped with redness and idk about wrinkles, I’m only 40.

I'm not sure what you mean since isn't the difference between a navel orange and clementine the wrinkles/grooves?

Yeah but I guess I meant like the texture of my pores, not wrinkles from smiling and such. The navel orange is like all over bumpy, the clementine is way more smooth? I tried, okay?

Haha, thanks - I guess I just need to eat more citrus

I hear it’s good for your skin.

[Anonymous]

I think some people are more sensitive to it. I was prescribed it in my 20s for acne and my skin wasn’t just flaky it was peeling off of my face. It looked like I was taking off a layer of skin every time. I gave up. There were other options.