Differin Adapalene Gel 0.1% Acne Treatment

Just started using adapalene, gg to my 3rd week now. I’ve combination/sensitive skin, so I started out with once a week, as my skin is super sensitive due to the damage skin barrier especially around my mouth area. During my 1st week after applying adapalene and applied the sandwich method, i had huge painful cystic acnes, some were recurring ones. My mouth area were red, sore and sensitive, and skin kept flaking out around that area. Tried Rosken moisturise first but it didnt worked, in fact my face felt burned and this came as a suprise as Rosken moistuiser was my holy grail product when my skin get super2 dry. Tried Cerave, and it did more harm than repairing especially around my mouth area.

I was already at the verge of giving up, when I came across this amazing website that helped me to identify the best moisturiser that is suitable for my skin. VANICREAM changed my then red, flaky, sensitive skin to moist, less flaky/redness subside in just 1 night!

Still a long way for me to go but I’m so glad that I came across this website. I know that this might seem too good to be true, but if you really have super sensitive skin especially around your mouth area where it will get super duper dry and flaky, VANICREAM works wonder!!

Anyways, I would now search on any product that I would like to try out here and read up about the ingredients/risks before making the decision to purchase!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

Still going slow on the adapalene journey, as well as i’m frequently looking up on products that contains gentler ingredients for my one of a kind sensitive skin! Going for azelaic acid next just to help lighten the acne scars that are taking forever to disappear. Wish me luckk! 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

Surprisingly gentle for my sensitive skin! Seems effective for acne control

It helped as a spot treatment for occasional breakouts, and did not irritate my skin at all. Does take a bit longer to work (heal blemish) than other spot treatment products.

Love love love this as a retinoid. Refines my pores and helps keep them unclogged. Helps with acne. I mix it with a niacinamide serum.

This product has helped my skin texture and helped reduce even my hormonal acne.

Love love love! Not just for acne! Definitely not for retinal newbies! But once you've built up a tolerance it's amazing! I have extremely dry skin so I layer a cream on top but my skin has never looked better!

It stopped occasional breakouts that plagued me since my teens. I’m 78.

This product for sure helps my acne heel so much faster and it helps with the swelling I get from the deep pimples I get

++ acne

Seemingly gentle, absorbs well. Texture improvement and fine lines better for sure

I used this as a retnoid for anti aging. I’m sure there are better alternatives

does not work

i initially started using this because i got the birth control implant nexplanon and started breaking out terribly on my jaw and neck, which is one of the side effects. i didn't use differin for long because i got the implant out a month later (the breaking out and all other side effects were very annoying). but while i did use it i noticed an improvement not in my acne, but in the texture and appearance of my skin. i was still breaking out and getting a new cystic pimple almost every day on my neck and jaw, but the morning after using i noticed that the texture on my cheeks and the rest of my face appeared smoother. i wasn't so red, and my skin just looked better. i didn't use it very long to form an adequate opinion on the acne fighting ability of this, but i do hear that persistence is key and that your skin may purge during the first couple weeks. i'm not sure if my new cysts every day were as a result of my birth control or my skin purging, but while using it for 3 weeks every other day, i did not notice an improvement in my acne. i did get very dry the first couple times i used it, but after implementing the good molecules hyaluronic acid serum i noticed a significant decrease in the dryness. i always applied this at night after all my other products. i kept my routine simple with the cerave hydrating cleanser, good molecules hyaluronic acid, and the cerave moisturizing cream, then this layered on top after everything else dried. dr. dray on youtube has a video about a routine while using differin and i used that as a guide. the morning after i used the cerave renewing sa cleanser and did the rest of my routine of hyaluronic acid, cerave moisturizing lotion, and spf.