Ingredients:
Active Ingredient: Adapalene 0.1% (retinoid)*
Inactive Ingredients: carbomer 940, edetate disodium, methylparaben, poloxamer 182, propylene glycol, purified water and sodium hydroxide.
May contain hydrochloric acid to adjust pH.
I try to mark the sunscreen ingredients in red and other possible irritants in lilac. Ingredients thought to be good and useful for skin I mark green. Learning as I go, google is my friend etc...
Thoughts:
- Slight dryness but if I notice anything irregular, I skip a day or two. No painful dryness. Nothing compared to Skinoren that dried my face in the beginning like there was no tomorrow.
- Even if I don't feel super dryness, I can see my skin flaking a bit sometimes, near my nostrils and jaw mostly.
- Prescription only in Europe. At least in most countries?
+ I had no purge whatsoever BUT I had been using already Skinoren Cream 20% for some months
+ No irritation, no redness
+ Not really dryness either
+ No scent
+ Smoothed my skin during the first weeks visibly, my pores especially. Strange but true. Smoothed even my cheeks that are not usually a problem, but that took more time, over a month.
+ After closer to two months I noticed that my closed comedones or other bumps were significantly gone or smaller. I still have some bumps by my mouth that I've had there forever but they are half the size now.
+ Easy to spread gel consistency, dries fast. Works even under makeup and doesn't pill but I've tried it only a couple of times because I use it in the evening usually.
- Even if I don't feel super dryness, I can see my skin flaking a bit sometimes, near my nostrils and jaw mostly.
- Prescription only in Europe. At least in most countries?
+ I had no purge whatsoever BUT I had been using already Skinoren Cream 20% for some months
+ No irritation, no redness
+ Not really dryness either
+ No scent
+ Smoothed my skin during the first weeks visibly, my pores especially. Strange but true. Smoothed even my cheeks that are not usually a problem, but that took more time, over a month.
+ After closer to two months I noticed that my closed comedones or other bumps were significantly gone or smaller. I still have some bumps by my mouth that I've had there forever but they are half the size now.
+ Easy to spread gel consistency, dries fast. Works even under makeup and doesn't pill but I've tried it only a couple of times because I use it in the evening usually.
* When I found out that you can get Differin from Iherb (a place that I trust I can get legit products from) I decided I must try it. Even though I doubted if it would make any difference because I had been using Skinoren Cream 20% for a while and it was a real game changer for my skin. Differin is prescription only in my country so I hadn't really thought about it too much.
* I am so glad I tried Differin even though I had doubts. But, of course my skin could have improved even without it. Azelaic Acid can take some time to work better too as it's said to be gentle option. I am still using Skinoren though and I am alternating between the two almost daily, for the night. So whatever result I have is a combination of the two and the other products I have.
* Sometimes I use Differin on its own, sometimes I put moisturizer first, sometimes squalane, sometimes essence... etc. I've finished one tube. I will continue using it and I highly hope it will continue working for me! I'll have to update later if something changes.
* Some people say that Differin has been super drying or otherwise problematic to use. I've heard of purges that last for months! So take precautions, read the pamphlet, listen to your skin, use sunscreen, etc... I am very surprised how my skin seems to be ok. Maybe it is not as sensitive as I thought, and I had just been using totally wrong products.
Price:
€18.47 with shipping / 15 g
Bought from:
Iherb
Buy again?
Yes, already have.
Worth the money?
Yes, anything that smoothes the skin for an affordable price is worth it! I haven't noticed such a fast effect in a while and everytime I look at my face I still go "woah". Differin is so easy and low maintenance and pleasant to use as well. One tube lasts me 2-3 months and having a smoother/better skin thanks to it and Skinoren makes me use less some other products and some products I don't seem to need at all anymore. I would highly recommend people to at least try Differin, no matter the skin type. But of course don't try it if you do not have any acne to treat.
Yes, anything that smoothes the skin for an affordable price is worth it! I haven't noticed such a fast effect in a while and everytime I look at my face I still go "woah". Differin is so easy and low maintenance and pleasant to use as well. One tube lasts me 2-3 months and having a smoother/better skin thanks to it and Skinoren makes me use less some other products and some products I don't seem to need at all anymore. I would highly recommend people to at least try Differin, no matter the skin type. But of course don't try it if you do not have any acne to treat.
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| Don't worry, the tube is the same size as the actual size picture even though the perspective might look deceiving. But yes, the packaging is excessive considering how small the tube is. |
