Tretinoin 0.006 - I think I can see an improvement already!! (Pic)

[menohnopausal]

I've been using skin + me for the last month, and am on an incredibly low dose of tret (0.006), but I think I can see an improvement!! My skin has been feeling softer and more "elastic" somehow (although I thought that might be due to slathering in moisturiser to soothe the dryness I experienced for a couple of weeks). I feel like my face just looks a bit brighter. I took a pic before starting and another one a couple of days ago. I've put them together and I think I can see a little softening of my (intense) frown lines. I'm so pleased! Can you see it too? (first pic on the left, new pic on the right). I'm annoyed that I didn't get the lighting the same, so I look more pink in the recent photo.

Here:

https://www.farmaciaenandorra.com/shop/

Yo have to email them (fine in English!) and ask, as they are no longer allowed to advertise medicines. Postage is expensive, but is still way cheaper than the uk options. I buy several at a time to offset the postage.

Oh my goodness! 52?! Your skin is beautiful!

Wow @Lentilweaver ! Thank you for sharing. Your skin is so smooth!

Agreed, tret is a long time game but its worth the wait. It does take around 3 months on an average.

Thanks @Amybelle88 and @menohnopausal I am on 0.025% but only use it twice a week. Been on it since the beginning of the pandemic; masks were useful to hide the initial purging!

No, this isn't a Skin and Me ad campaign; I am sure they would choose better groomed models if it was! And as I said, I get it overseas very cheap.

Pharmasonline - for Tretinoin-Retin A-Hydroquinone.

Try pharmas10 for discount. Free p+p based in Essex
I've had nine tubes from them.

I bought from them too and the quality of the product is good. There were no problems with delivery, everything came quickly and in one piece.

I'm a bit confused by that company. They claim to be in the UK but you can't buy tretinoin over the counter here, you need a prescription. Are they based in another country?

Where do you buy it from?

Oops sorry, I missed the name!

You're buying it from Andorra which has the same rules as us. In that case I don't understand your confusion.

If concerned you can switch to dermatica or skin+me. I don't like their marketing methods as they pay to recommend them.
It's not unbiased when someone tells you how brilliant a company is, then immediately offers you a code so they get money off themselves.

I try to provide details over my routine for moisturisers and other too

Can I ask where do you buy it from? Skin and Me didn’t do anything for me, but want to try tret and not get a knock off fake one by accident! Thanks

One option is Obagi. Expensive though.

Try this thread,
Where are we all buying Tretinoin now? | Mumsnet

It's annoying you can't just buy it in normal shops

I've just noticed, the links are on this thread too, even before you asked the question!

Yeh as there are so many restrictions

To clarify, my point is that UK pharmacies aren't allowed to sell tret without a prescription. That site claims to be in the UK, so if it is, then how come they are selling it? I do notice that there's no landline number, which is odd for a pharmacy.

It's legal to buy retirides (tret) in Spain. It's not the same as in the UK, rules for many medications vary by country.

Why are you so bothered?
You buy from Andorra.

You can directly check with them

Start my second tube this evening, onto the 0.009. Have always had relatively good skin but it was looking and feeling a bit worn and grey going into winter. It's only been a month but it's feeling brighter which is good. Am enjoying the pared down routine too, have stopped doing exfoliating or face masks for now so I don't interfere with this process.

@MiniCooperLover have you had much in the way of irritation? If not, and you're seeing benefits already and want to accelerate the process, you can ask for a quicker increase in the percentage of tret.

A little bit but only at night, am happy for it to take it course even if that's slowly

menohopausal how are you getting on at the moment? I've had a few comments off friends along the lines of 'oh your skin looks nice considering it's winter'. I know what they mean, usually winter makes me a bit grey looking but my skin feels nice and bright at the minute