Today is the first day of Tretinoin 0.04%!!! I've chosen to SLOWLY integrating Tretinoin 0.04% into my routine tonight. Starting off with a pea size blob of Tretinoin 0.04% is going to be too harsh on the skin for me; therefore, I've chosen to mix Tretinoin 0.04% with CeraVe moisturizing cream. I took a little bit less of a pea size of Tretinoin 0.04% and mixed it with my CeraVe moisturizing cream and applied it on my skin while avoiding corners of my mouth, eyes, and nose. The reason of mixing is to slowly introduce Tretinoin into my routine is going to lessen the peeling and redness, purging process of my skin. (Fingers cross my skin won't freak out!) I am going to mix it with CeraVe moisturizing cream for two weeks, once a week on Wednesday and then see how my skin reacts to it.
So far I think Doxycycline has calmed my skin down a bit. However, my skin is really sensitive, any where that i scratch myself, it will leave a mark. So I am applying sunscreen not only on my face, but also my body. My Eczema seems to be coming back, I'm not sure if it is because of the Doxycycline or stress.
While applying Tretinoin, I have used Aquaphor all on and around my lips to make sure I don't get cracked lips corner like I did last time. I have also applied Tarte maracuja oil eye cream to make sure my blepharitis doesn't act up.
Here's to a new beginning and now hopes of clear skin in the near future!
"The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun." --Christopher McCandless
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