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Help with moving on from Skin + Me...Tretinoin % increase help please...

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BretonStripe · 16/06/2026 19:59

I have been using Skin + Me Pro since the start of January, and been impressed with it's help with controlling my cystic/hormonal acne. I am rubbish with all the acids/AHA's/BHA's and just get overwhelmed with how complicated it can be, so it suited me well.

My skin has cleared up a lot, and I'm now looking to fade the acne scars which I've had build up all my life - I'm now 45. However, I've read on here that you can do the treatment yourself much cheaper by buying the separate products, so I've started to buy them...I've even got some tretinoin coming from Spain (via a friend) soon.

Please can someone help me with a routine? My daily doser has gone from:

Tret 0.006% > 0.009% > 0.012% > 0.015% from Jan - April. Been stuck at 0.015% since April.
No longer have the Clindamycin.
Niacinamide 4%
Azelaic Acid 4%

I have bought:
The Ordinary Niacinamide 10% serum
Anua Azelaic Acid 10%
Tretinoin from Spain is 0.025%.

Please can someone advise how to approach my new routine? I know the tret increase is significant, so probably best to use it once a week for a few weeks, then gradually increase to twice, then max three times perhaps? Do I use the other serums every night, or every other/alternate them?

Any helpful advice or links much appreciated!

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BretonStripe · 16/06/2026 20:02

Here's the tretinoin I've got coming from Spain

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BretonStripe · 16/06/2026 20:43

Not sure why photo wasn't posting...

Help with moving on from Skin + Me...Tretinoin % increase help please...
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