Using tretinoin on your neck

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Is there any reason I can't? I am early 50s, and skin is pretty good thanks to using prescription grade tretinoin plus basic Nivea/sunscreen, but my neck has got saggy seemingly overnight. Skin creams seem to be rather expensive, and I have never been a fan of posh skincare.

I've been wondering this too.

If I use it on my neck it seems to cause skin tags and rashes, much more sensitive than my face so I try and avoid it. Sometimes I forget and rub the excess down and always regret it.

Similar to the poster above, I cannot use it on my neck, I get a bad rash like an allergic reaction and it's itchy and horrible. I'm guessing the skin on my neck is just too sensitive. I've been using tretinoin for 3 years and my face tolerates it well, so I just use an over the counter retinol on my neck.

To be honest, if you are worried about sagging, tretinoin is not really the answer. It's brilliant for skin texture and brightening, fine lines etc. but it's not going to fix significant sagging or jowls I'm afraid - I don't think any cream will.

I now know what Nora Ephron was talking about! I took a selfie the other day - I rarely do this- and my skin and neck appear to belong to two different people. I just did a search and Prai neck cream appears to be recommended. If no creams work for the sagging, will just have to wear scarves.

I've used 0.1% tret on my neck, backs of my hands, chest and forearms for years. I highly recommended any strength of tret on the neck area if you can tolerate it.

Don't bother with the Prai cream i brought two pots when it was buy one get one half price, didn't see any difference at all.

Although Tret increases the production of collagen so there may be some benefit surely

Oh yeah definitely, mainly to the skin texture and an increase of collagen. I will keep using some sort of retinoid on my neck as much as I can.

But it's not going to stop jowling or sagging, because they're more to do with underlying muscle and fascia, with jowls we lose volume in our cheeks and fat pads shrink or slide downwards as we age. We also have a large flat muscle in our neck, and as we age the fibres of this muscle become stiffer and separate which gives the sinewy look. The muscle also pulls downwards causing sagging. Some sagging is obviously caused by skin laxity as well, but tretinoin can only do so much to counteract it.

For example, I have an elevenses line between my eyebrows that has not diminished or gone away at all even after using tretinoin for more than 3 years. I was told that I would need filler to basically fill out the dent.

Sorry OP for the derail. I just think sometimes people expect far too much from tretinoin. It's great, but it's not a miracle worker.

Anyway, I have heard that getting botox in your neck can help somewhat, as it stops the muscle from pulling downward and separating so much. Look up Nefertiti neck lift if you are interested. Also, apparently getting filler in your jawline to smooth it out can help the neck look more lifted.

I use on my neck, if you can tolerate it, it's fine to use

Make sure to Spf neck as rigorously as face!!

Thanks all. I might try a bit of tret as I do have skin like a rhino. Not keen on Botox or fillers.