Tretinoin topical and Acne: What Users Say (Page 5)

• Shi...
• September 5, 2016

For Acne "I used tretin 0.025% every night for 30 mins for almost 8 weeks. I hardly had 5-6 pimples on my cheeks and a few brown spots, but then the cream made me have a severe breakout and infection, which made my cheek swell with the abscess. I consulted another doctor and was advised to stop the product, and I am on oral antibiotics for the infection. My cheeks are normal. My pimples are healing on their own. It's been a week since I left the cream, and my skin shows great improvement. No new breakouts at all. Please don't struggle with the cream and keep pushing through a point where you have totally ruined your skin and can do nothing about it."

• The...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 31, 2016

For Acne "My teen is on the tenth week of this medicine. It has ruined his skin. He went from a few zits to a face full of very large zits that cover his whole face. He looks horrible. I can't get him to the dermatologist for another three weeks. He is very distraught and now has scars. I don't know why this type of product is on the market. I keep telling him to wait, wait, wait because that's what I keep reading, but it seems like every day there are more zits. I'm starting to wonder if the wait, wait wonderful results stories are written by paid reviewers from the company that makes the drug. I don't know if he should push through or abandon this product at this point."

• Shi...
• July 31, 2016

For Acne "4 weeks of using tretinoin 0.025%: it has been a hell of a journey. I have had severe breakouts, peeling, and dryness. In the 3rd week, I got dark pigmentation all around my lips and further above the lips area. Completely disfigured my face. Probably feels like I permanently spoiled my face. So confused as to continue or discontinue as I haven't seen any results, and it has just worsened everything. #depressed"

• Sev...
• June 14, 2016

For Acne "I had mild acne, which I now know was not that bad. When I first started this medication, my skin became discolored, sensitive, and it broke out. My relatives told me to stop using it, but I read reviews and figured it would get better. I have now been using it for about two and a half months—nothing has changed. It just made my even brown skin patchy and gave me pimples in formerly clear places. I forgot to use it last night, and I am debating on whether or not I should continue. I miss my old skin more than ever. I wish I had never gotten this medication. I am now more insecure than ever before. What should I do?"

• Sev...
• June 14, 2016

For Acne "I had mild acne, which I now know was not that bad. When I first started this medication, my skin became discolored, sensitive, and it broke out. My relatives told me to stop using it, but I read reviews and figured it would get better. I have now been using it for about two and a half months—nothing has changed. It just made my even brown skin patchy and gave me pimples in formerly clear places. I forgot to use it last night, and I am debating on whether or not I should continue. I miss my old skin more than ever. I wish I had never gotten this medication. I am now more insecure than ever before. What should I do?"

• The...
• November 22, 2015

Tretinoin topical for Acne "So I started with this 2 weeks ago, and it SUCKS. I have had maybe one big pimple on a cheek per month or two, and a little around other parts of my face, but now I have full-fledged acne on my cheeks and jawline. This is terrible!"

• Anonymous
• March 6, 2010

Tretinoin topical for Acne "I have been using Atralin for about a month and a half now. I started out with very moderate acne, a few pimples but nothing substantial. I have been struggling with acne for five years, and I just wanted something to totally zap my acne. Well, Atralin is NOT that. I have very sensitive skin, and I am still peeling after all this time. When I started using it, it made me break out, and now my acne and red spots are worse."