Product	RRP	Price	Order
Retin-A tretinoin 0.01% gel	€ 16,23	€ 14,75	Add to shopping cart
Retin-A tretinoin 0.025% gel	€ 22,47	€ 20,75	Add to shopping cart

 

 

 

Tretinoin cream contains the active ingredient tretinoin, which is a form of vitamin A. It is used to treat acne and skin that has been damaged by long-term overexposure to the sun (photodamage).

Retin A, with the active ingredient tretinoin, is subscribed mostly for acne, discoloration of the skin and hyper pigmentation.

Photodamage is not the same as normal skin ageing. It is caused by exposure of the skin to the sun's rays over many years, particularly areas such as the face, neck and arms that are exposed most. The sun damage changes the structure of the skin, leading to fine wrinkles, roughness of the skin and the appearance of brown spots on the skin.

It is not fully understood how tretinoin works in treating photodamaged skin. However, it has been shown to increase the production of important proteins in the skin, such as collagen, and to produce other changes in the structure of the skin. It also increases the turnover of the skin cells, which aids the natural exfoliation of the outer layers of skin.

The cream should be applied to the affected areas of skin once daily at night.

It can take three to four months of treatment before you start to notice an improvement in fine wrinkles, brown spots and roughness. It may take six months before definite beneficial effects on the skin can be seen.

Once the maximum benefit in your skin is seen you will need to keep using this medicine to maintain the effects, otherwise they will diminish over time. The cream should be used less frequently, eg one to three times a week, to maintain the benefit.

Do not use this medicine if you are pregnant, think you may be pregnant or might become pregnant.
Talk to your doctor before using this medicine if you are breast-feeding.