Heyyy! I have been using tretinoin gel 0.05 since February and I think my skin looks worse. I use it 3 times a week and besides the fact that my skin exfoliates a lot, in a very noticeable way, I cant even put makeup on because it looks crusty, I have more pimples than I had before and my hyperpigmentation does not look better. My acne is very very persistent, It under the skin and I can feels bumps even after 3 months. So if I get a pimple il will not go very soon, and same thing with hyperpigmentation. I have to mention that I have used retinoids since high-school, so my skin was used to it, I also have been on Accutane,but it did not work for me. The only cream that did work is Aklief, but I think that my skin got used to it and it stopped working. I decided that I should try Tretinoin, I have mild acne now, nothing really bad, but I still want to get rid of it and the hyperpigmentation, cause I have been dealing with severe acne in high school and I am scared that I will go back to that state.
My Routine is this
Morning:
Wash my face with only water
Purito azelaic acid
Cosrx snail mucin
Spf
Night:
Micellar water
Acnemy zitclean cleanser
Snail mucin
Tretinoin 3 times/week
Haruharu centella 5% niacinamide moisturizer( somtimes Input on cicaplast or welleda skin food, beacuse I wake up peeling, but still it does not work)
What should I do , I am tired of going to the dermatologist, I have been going for years, I have been on every prescribed cream and it seems to not work for me, I am scared that I will slowly get sever acne even if it is mild now??