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Wed Feb 13, 2019 1:27 am  |
If the Retinol is encapsulated, Clinical studies have shown that it is protected from degradation and its absorption into the skin is enhanced several times over non-encapsulated retinol.
I was getting better results from a 0.1% encap retinol than a 1% Skinceuticals product.
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I came across this article on futurederm website where the lady talks about how over-the-counter retinols are more effective than prescription tretinoin.
As a new member I can't post the link to that, but here is what she says:
"When retinol or retinyl palmitate are applied to skin samples, retinoids were uncovered in all five skin layers, including the deepest layer (the dermis) (Toxicology and Skin Health, 2006). This is not a bad thing at all –some of the retinol in the uppermost layers have enzymes that can convert retinol to its active form, tretinoin. But some of the unconverted retinol traverses your skin and gets into the deepest layers, where collagen is formed. On the other hand, when you apply tretinoin directly to the skin, it has been shown to work mainly on the uppermost layers of the skin.
Why? It all has to do with the chemical structure of the molecules — smaller, nonpolar molecules tend to traverse the skin better. And over-the-counter retinol and retinyl palmitate do just that."
Has anyone heard about it? Any links to further investigate it?
I have been under the assumption that prescription tretinoin is the best form available, but now looks that I might be wrong. Given the choice I would rather go for a product that penetrates deep enough to stimulate collagen production rather than just works on the surface.
Having said that, can anyone please recommend a good retinol product that is microencapsulated?
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Fri Feb 14, 2020 4:07 pm |
Hi!
I am looking for a retinol treatment available at EDS,
someone can advise me?please !
can we alternate tretinoin and retinol to avoid irritation 
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Sun Jun 07, 2020 5:12 pm |
Wow, news to me.
I'd personally be very skeptical of this claim (it could be true or false, but again healthy skepticism here).
I personally only have ever used OTC retinol and don't really intend on going through the prescription route.
As long as you find an OTC retinol that contains retinol GS50, you'll be getting the highest quality retinol available to consumers today. |
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Mon Jun 08, 2020 1:52 am |
Also not being funny but prescription retinoids come in different forms. So for example the micro gel is time released (and releasing 0.1% retin into the skin over time) so you dont get the full 0.1% hit at once like you do with the regular gel/cream.
I guess its like most things, if it works for people thats great. However when I tried retinoids they no where near delivered the same results for me that retin A did. |
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