Hello all,

I started on 0.025% of tretinoin cream on 6/23 of this year per a provider. I also started on 50mg of spiro due to hormonal acne as well. I have noticed an increase of small comedones on my lower cheeks and jawline, which I never had before or prior to starting tret. I fugure this is the purge but I'm unsure. 

I started off using this 2x nightly per my doctors instructions, doing the sandwich method. I am now to 3x nightly and have recently started applying it with no moisturizer before, only after. I have had no irritation. I do not peel, itch, burn, or get redness after applying. It has been fine for me.

My current routine goes:

 AM-

Water wash

Clairs toner

Snail mucin

HA

Centella moisturizer

PM-

Oil cleanser

Cerave hydrating face wash

Clairs toner

Snail mucin

HA

Tret

Centella moisturizer

Nights with no tret just do the moisturizer after my HA. 

Prior to this new routine, I have been using BPO face wash for years and now im wondering if taking out the BPO is causing this or if this is just the tret and I need to stick it out. Granted, prior I used to have a lot of closed comedones on my forehead but that went away years ago, unsure if this was due to the BPO wash at all. 

Thank you! 

 

8 weeks of Tret