RETIN-A MICRO Reviews (TRETINOIN)Average Rating: 3.6 (137 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare RETIN-A MICRO with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR RETIN-A MICRO | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Acne | Drying/Peeling, Redness | I started this product 2 weeks ago. I belive im just getting over my "breakout" stage, which is as bad as it sounds. Although through the whole process my skin has improved a TON! its helped my blotchyness as well as some scars. My face has a glow now. Even though i still have a considerable amount of acne, im going to to stick with it bc full results take months. I recoment this product to anyone! dont get discouraged from the first weeks, my skin has adapted after about 2 weeks. Great stuff! | F | 16 | 2 weeks | 2/3/2009 | 5 | soap free and is a redness reducer (my face always gets unusually pink when I use retinoids). Good luck! I'll post again at week 12 when I hear all the bad stuff is supposed to be over :) | F | 18 | 9 weeks | 2/1/2009 | 5 | Frequent acne breakouts | a little dryness, increased sensitivity to the sun | This product is AMAZING. I tryed every product on the market to get rid of my acne, and nothing worked. I tryed this back in September, and by november all of it was gone! I highly recommend it, just remember to use a gentle facewash and a moisturizer with suncreen in the morning. | F | 15 | 5 months | 1/28/2009 | 1 | breakout occasionally. | BURNED LIKE HELL! excessive peeling, dryness. made my face look like it was falling off! ha. | I HATE THIS CREAM! I've been using it for a little over a week, and have experienced severe peeling and irritation. my skin is seriously peeling off and i look awful. i would much rather have moisturized skin with acne then dry itchy burning skin. it seriously feels horrible. I've used tazorac? (check spelling) in the past and it cleared up my breakouts within days of using it, i'm definitely going back to it and DO NOT recommend this product for anyone. DON'T USE IT..IT SUCKS! use tazorac! | F | 18 | 1.5 weeks | 12/7/2008 | 5 | superficial scars | peeling, redness and a little burning | This topical medication is great (it's all I can say)! | M | 21 | 1 months | 11/13/2008 | 1 | Cystic adult acne | This is a follow up to my previous posting: now I have completely stopped using the Retin A Micro. I have found that my skin where I was treating the acne has become very leathery looking, shiny in appearance and looks like little crack marks or holes all over. I decided to stop using it all together because eventhough most of the acne is gone, I'm left looking horrible from the end result. Should have asked more questions prior to using it. | F | 44 | 7.5 weeks | 11/10/2008 | 4 | acne cysts , blackheads, whiteheads | Mild peeling for 2 weeks and some itching still at 7 weeks. Total purging at 4.5 weeks or so. Pimples came up in areas that were never a problem. Some scarring left over from cysts. | This topical medication takes a great deal of patience and diligence. This is not a quick fix at all. Use it only at bed time after you have washed your face and patted dry. It does what the website said it would do, it purges everything bad out onto the surface and it takes a couple of months for the condition to subside. I am into my 7th week and my face has improved but not completely satisfied yet. I have an area of scarring left over by the cysts and where the derm. injected both cysts with cortisone. Overall it's getting better but not at the finishline yet. I do see overall improvement and I am glad that I have stuck with this. | F | 44 | 2 months | 11/7/2008 | 4 | cystic acne developed on cheeks | dry skin, burning, peeling | I have been using Retin-A for several months now. I have had dry skin, some peeling, and burning. I am a pharmacy tech and was going to give a few tips for using this medication. First of all, wait 30 minutes after washing face before applying. Use just enough to cover face avoiding mouth, eyes, and creases in nose. Leave on overnight and wash off in the morning. If you experience peeling that is normal because the medication works much like a chemical peel. If you experience burning decrease the frequency of use. The first time I was put on it, I was told to use it every night which cause horrible burning. Wrong! If you start 3 times per week and increse slowly from there, you will have far less side effects. Also, I read of a patient also using benzoyl peroxide. The benzoyl peroxide works by killing bacteria on skin but it will increase dryness. The retin-a works by increasing skin cell turnover thus pushing all the pore clogging stuff out of your skin. The retin-a is a derivative of | M | 23 | 8 months | 10/24/2008 | 3 | moderate acne | peeling | i started this with an oral antibiotic (minocycline) but i stopped the pills because it gave me the runs. but my skin had cleared up so well even the first week and i think it was the combination of the two that did it. now, in my sixth week on just retin-a micro, i have a cluster of cystic pimples on my cheeks, which is completely foreign to me because i've only ever really had zits (and never cysts) on my forehead and upper lip. i think i will go back on the minocycline if i can stand it. the two together are amazing, i looked in the mirror every chance i got. i want that back. | F | 22 | 6 weeks | 10/11/2008 | 3 | blackheads&acne;all types, all over | severe burning while applying and after for about 10-20 minutes. major dryness and peeling. | I am on my fourth week of using Retin-A Micro. I have used it before but never stuck with it because the dryness was too much to bear during high school. Hopefully dealing with it this time will pay off. I am starting to see blackheads clear up, which gives me hope. I am getting new breakouts, but it's all part of the process. My dermatologist prescribed me Retin-A micro .04%. He also has me using benzoyl peroxide in the morning followed by Evoclin, a clindamycin phosphate foam that I use right after. Also, every morning and night I take Minocycline pills as well as birth control, Yasmin, for my acne (once a day). As for the dryness, he recommended cetaphil lotion plus SPF 15. It does help the dryness for a while, however my skin is oily now too, which I have never experienced before (my skin is generally dry). Retin-A's website says that during the first few weeks skin might be dry, but I am past this time and the dryness is continually getting worse. It's the hardest part of the proc | F | 19 | 3.5 weeks | 10/10/2008 | 5 | moderate persistant cystic acne | redness, peeling, increased oiliness | I used this before, during, and now after Accutane. Before Accutane, my oil production and peeling increased while on retin-a micro, but it evened my skin tone and made it exfoliate beautifully. During Accutane I only used it once a week. After Accutane I use it 3 times a week. Fine lines have diminished, I still exfoliate wonderfully, and my skin tone is more even than ever. I highly recommend this product! | F | 31 | 1 years | 8/29/2008 | 4 | I have severe acne and masking | I have tried accutane, antibioctics, pro active and thats just to name a few. Retin A micro gel by far gave me the best results that I have ever had. Of course there were a few irritating side effects like peeling, burning and redness, but the end result is that I wake up in the morning and I know that I am not going to have any new pimples. The feeling is incredible so please continue to use this product because it really works and I look 10 years younger | F | 35 | 4 months | 8/3/2008 | 3 | acne | Ive been using it for about a year,and ive had redness,and alot of peeling.I would go to school and i would have skin peeling off my face.It was very embaresssing. | Dont go in the sun,while on it!.Even when i used a sunscreen of 45 on my face,the sun really agrevated it,and made my skin sting and prick and itch and stuff.Overall it cleared up some of my acne,but i still have alot of it. | F | 16 | 1 years | 7/26/2008 | 2 | steroid-induced acne | redness, peeling | Supposedly this is less harsh on your skin than regular Retin-A. That wasn't my experience. My skin was actually redder using Retin-A Micro than regular Retin-A. Regular Retin-A also seemed to work better, especially for scars, which I have. (When I asked my regular doctor if he could prescribe something for the cystic acne the steroids were giving me, he told me not to do anything and that it'd go away on its own--stupidly I believed him, and not doing anything about cystic acne ended up leaving scars all over my face.) | M | 19 | 1 years | 7/26/2008 | 4 | Moderate Acne | Well i've only been using it 2 days, but my face is itching like crazy!!!...and it wont stop, what does this mean???? anybody??? but it seems like its working, im only on day 2 so i dont see any MAJOR improvements yet. | I use CeraVe moisturizing lotion that i get from my dermatologist. And also a benzoyl peroxide creamy wahs i have to wash my face with. Everything seems fine except the itching is driving me nuts! | F | 19 | 2 days | 7/23/2008 | 4 | first week EXTREME dryness and redness!!! | I'm on my 5th week, and the "big breakout" that everyone talked about JUST happened to me...however, I'm getting over it right now and actually am very pleased with Retin-a! Not only has it improved the acne on my chin already, its helping with my backne a HUGE AMOUNT! i can actually go out in a bikini now! i think that's because i started it on my back before i started on my face...Anyways, for anyone with backne problems I recommend this!!!! and its working pretty well on my face too! | F | 14 | 5 weeks | 7/17/2008 | 4 | acne, scaring | dry skin, itchy skin, peeling skin, redness, dryness in the corner of my mouth, sensitive to touch and EXTREME BURNING!! | I've only been using Retin-A (0.1%) for a little over a week. I get a few occasional pimples, but I wanted to be carefree and zit free so I started using this stuff. The first day I used it I noticed my skin felt really tight and dry. I used Aveeno moisterizer with SPF. The dermo said to keep the medication AWAY from sensitive spots such as around the eyes, the crease of your nose and around the mouth/lips. I woke up the 2nd morning using it and the corners of my lips were SOO cracked, it hurt to open my mouth or even smile. Well after using it for over a week, Ive noticed my skin has broken out WAY worse than it ever has, although its only around my jawline, my cheeks and forehead are acne free. Im in the peeling and itching stage, Im sticking it out, Ive only seen a few negative feedbacks and ive had the same side effects as 98% of the posts ive read. Im gonna hang in there and hope for the best:-D Good luck everyone. | F | 23 | 1 weeks | 7/10/2008 | 2 | Controlling acne | Small acne bumps, lots of blackheads where I previously didn't have them, itching and burning when used without a good moisturizer, peeling | I do not suggest Retin-A Micro, by the time I started using it my acne was pretty much under control using Differin. My dermatologist decided to switch me to Retin-A, and I began experiencing more breakouts than any time I was on Differin. My pores are now extremely visible, my face is no longer smoothe, and I have blackheads and bumps everywhere. I'm going in to get my medication switched next week. | F | 18 | 2 months | 7/8/2008 | 5 | ongoing acne | i used this product twice, once my junior/senior year in highschool...and that time i had EXTREAMLY dry skin because i used too much too often, thinking it would make it work faster(WRONG!!!)..my acne went away and my freshmen year of college i stoped using it because i thought my acne was going to be fine.. i recently started using it again to clear up some acne problems that just wouldnt go away for months. ... a little dryness.. but NOTHING like the first time. USE LOTION!! if you wash gently, and use lotion in the morning after showering, and at night after washing... side effects are minimal.. the "extreme dryness and redness" is just because people use it incorrectly.. acne got worse but within the first week it was 100% better!! | this product worked well the first time i used it and i am now using it again.. just finished week one and my acne is cleared already. a few red marks but makeup covers it fine... the cream really helps get rid of darker pigments because of scarring as well. others say it didnt work for a few weeks-months..but for me it worked within the first week. JUST USE LOTION AND ONLY A PEA SIZE AMOUNT OF CREAM!!!!!!!! | F | 19 | 1 days | 6/11/2008 | 3 | adult acne | very dry, itchy, peeling, blushing, chapped skin | I didn't see change the first 2 weeks but week 3 and 4 I was super exited and happy with the results because my skin was clear smooth and had a glow to it thanks to the cleanser and moisturizer recommended by my doctor cetaphil. BUT on week 5 my face started to feel itchy, peeling and has red tones again. The dry feel all over my skin is really bothering me and when I wash or apply moisturizer my skin BURNS! I am hoping the results will become positive again soon. | F | 25 | 5 weeks | 5/23/2008 |