retin a cream

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Where can I buy this? I have heard it's brilliant for wrinkles but unsure how to get hold of any? Thanks.

I stopped using mine during the summer, but this thread's made me dig it out of the drawer again - it did definitely work for me!

I started using this around summertime and love it! My skins combination with some wrinkles and its cleared up the congested areas as well as brightening my skin. Not 100% sure on the wrinkle effect but as you have to use regularly to improve collagen production I will keep going.
I asked my friends who were going to Dubai to get my some from the chemists, around £5 a tube. The cream is kinder than the gel - by which I mean it is not as astringent and nicer to apply. I only use in the evening, straight after cleansing and use Aveeno moisturiser afterwards. Daytime moisturiser is a facial suncream.
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You also cannot get pregnant - my Dr was very wary about prescribing it as I was of child bearing age, but as I have a coil and I am "done" she did. I think it is because it speeds up something in the cells, not good if you have a cell dividing embryo. It didn't work for me at all - was having horrendous spots and it made my skin terrible, dry, flakey and the spots no better, and I gave it time. Switched to a topical antibiotic and I have beautiful spot free skin atm. Now using nothing as all under control. You have been warned!

I gave it a go and had to give up. I was so sore and flakey. It also made my pores look huge. Wish I could use it though, because so many people say it does marvelous things.

I just stick to glycolic acid now.

Can anyone recommend a reliable place to buy retin-a cream. I did have it on a script for 15 years on and off but since a break with my last baby it's not available here according to my dr and its only combined with some other thing (may have been antibiotic I can't recall, something I didn't want anyway). I had 0.025 and 0.05 Strengths IIRC.

I don't feel quite right about buying off eBay from Asia would it be the real thing?

The LA Roche posay retinol cream is supposed to be very good

You can get the skinceuticals of Amazon 1.0 strength for about £46. Has made my skin look brighter. I am only using it twice a week as does cause flaking.

I am using Sunday Riley Luna night oil which isn't currently available in this country, but will be in the next couple of months, I believe. I bought it from Sephora online and had it shipped from the US. It's quite a powerful retin-a in a more gentle form. Caroline Hirons has a review of it if you want to read the sciencey stuff. My skin hasn't tolerated any retin-a before, but this stuff is impressive. Expensive, but I only use 3 or 4 drops a night, so it will last for months. I saw a visible difference within a few days, and have had no irritation.

Nothing you can buy over the counter is the same or as strong as Retin-A. There are internet pharmacies selling it, you can't guarantee it's the real thing except buy trying it and if you get the same initial flaking it's the real deal

I've just bought some Retin a Trentinoin? from an Ebay site in Thailand. It looks like a prescription so I'll see how I get on. I'm going to patch test it on a small part of my face and see how strong it is.

kundry I think I will risk one of the online pharmacies. You are right I will know pretty much straight away if it is the what I have used in the past.
Thanks for the other comments and ideas.