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Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:51 pm  |
| Does anyone know the difference between the two? I used to use Retin A and switched to Avage (tazorac) about two years ago. It is less drying but I have struggled with oily skin. I just read the ingredients and it lists mineral oil. Could this be my problem??? |
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Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:10 pm |
| Janie wrote: |
| Does anyone know the difference between the two? I used to use Retin A and switched to Avage (tazorac) about two years ago. It is less drying but I have struggled with oily skin. I just read the ingredients and it lists mineral oil. Could this be my problem??? |
Yes, it could. Avage and Renova are more greasy. If the RetinA worked as well as the Avage you may want to consider switching back. |
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Wed May 16, 2007 10:28 am |
Hi,
I started off using the Tazorac cream (mineral oil base) and used it for about 3 months with no improvement at all - I was trying to reduce my acne and insanely oily skin and help with wrinkles. The cream actually seemed to make my skin produce even more oil. About 2 weeks ago I changed to Tazorac gel .1%. I use short contact therapy (between 10 and 15 minutes twice a day) and in just this short time I have had tremendous improvements in my skin - way less oil and acne and the wrinkles around my eyes already seem to be improving. My skin also seems tighter (in a good way). I tried the gel a few years ago and applied it at night (and left it on) and my skin could not handle it. Short contact therapy works great!
Hope this helps. |
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Wed May 16, 2007 10:55 am |
My understanding is that the taz is a bit stronger than the retin-A. I used retin-A micro forever and I switched to the taz about a year ago. I do find that the taz isn't as drying as the retin-a (which is not a good thing for me, as I have very oily skin) My derm first gave me the cream version, and that made my face an oil slick. I switched to the .1% gel and I have been very happy with it. I use it everynight. It does not make my skin particularly sensitive and I do not have to use the short contact therapy method...I just put it on at night and wash it off in the morning.
HTH,
Liz |
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Thu May 17, 2007 4:51 am |
| Taz is the "latest generation" of Retin A, but I don't know what is in it. I've used all the versions through the years, and have been using Taz for the last several. Real happy with it. |
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Thu May 17, 2007 7:54 am |
Taz is a different retinoid than Retin A. It is synthetic. It acts on different receptors than Retin A.
This is from tetrakis' notepad on makeupalley.com:
"retin A is a natural retinoid (aka retinoic acid, tretinoin) derived from vitamin a . IIRC, it activates all of the RAR type retinoid receptors to elicit it's effects on the skin (collagen production, collagen protection, possibly DNA repair, clearing the pores , normalizing keratin production to keep the pores clear, speeding up cell turn over, etc).
Tazorac is a synthetic retinoid (meaning it is not derived from vitamin a), but it also activates RAR receptors (though no evidence that it might activate RXR's too, which tretinoin *might*). Basically, scientists used what they figured out about how retin-a works to design this drug so that it is targeted to specific actions in the skin.
Tazarotene activates 3 (RAR), but binds even tighter than tretinoin = very strong retinoid (studies show it may be better than tretinoin for treating photoaging)." |
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