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I’m trying retinol cream again. It’s a ridiculously low concentration, which I know from previous experience was enough to cause irritation. In a way, it’s reassuring that it causes irritation, because it suggests to me that maybe it is being converted to retinoic acid in my skin. At any rate, I wanted to give it another try, taking it slow. I use metro gel for my rosacea. Would I put the retinol cream on after applying the metro gel (which I use at night)? And is a super low concentration of retinol enough to see any anti-aging benefits?
Since Metrogel is a prescription product you should probably check with your Derm. At a “super low” concentration retinol won’t have much effect.
Sounds like a plan, Randy! I think maybe the retinol cream would be useful though as a stepping stone to higher concentrations. Since my skin is so dang sensitive. I’ll wait until my skin is acclimated to the cream with the ultra low concentration before I graduate to higher concentrations.
Just out of curiosity, though, what percent retinol would you need to get some anti-aging benefits? I’m pretty sure the product in question has .01% retinol. And yet I still get irritation from it!
Somewhere between 0.5% and 1.0% seems to be pretty standard for these products. (Depending on whether the retinol is encapsulated.)
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