Retin-A (Tretinoin) Info and Tips

What is the best way to use prescription Retin-A with other OTC products?

Debra

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Hi Debra,

As you probably know, skin cell turnover slows with age. Dead dry cells don’t slough off as readily as they used to. Instead, they become sticky and adhere well beyond their expiration date. This leaves the skin looking dull and lifeless.

The skin cell pile-up gives a rough wrinkled appearance to the skin’s surface. Retin-A causes accumulated dead dry surface skin cells to slough off, revealing the glowing younger skin beneath.

But Retin-A goes deeper than that. Like cell turnover, collagen production slows with age. As well, the collagen we do have tends to become disorganized. The result: wrinkles, sagging and loss of skin volume.

Retin-A is pretty powerful medicine in that it not only speeds cell turnover, but also revs up your skin’s cell replacement mechanism and promotes the growth of new collagen to replace some lost volume – plumping wrinkles from within.

Retin-A’s power does not work these anti-aging miracles without effort on your part.

• It needs to be used consistently over time.
• You must be patient. Don’t expect any noticeable improvement in skin texture and tone for two months.
• Wrinkles will take even longer to erase. You can expect noticeable wrinkle
reduction in about six months and the full results in about a year.

Tomorrow: How to Incorporate Retin-A into your Anti-Aging Skin Care Routine.

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