Vitamin A Vs. Acne and Wrinkles

Name: Vitamin A Vs. Acne and Wrinkles
Uploaded: 2024-03-20T12:00:01+00:00
Duration: 46 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: A short YouTube lecture (single speaker) explaining different forms of vitamin A used medically and cosmetically. The speaker lists several…

20 Mar 2024 · 1 min

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A short YouTube lecture (single speaker) explaining different forms of vitamin A used medically and cosmetically. The speaker lists several derivatives—tretinoin/Retin‑A, oral Accutane (isotretinoin), retinaldehyde, retinol (referred to also as "tretinol")—and contrasts stronger medicinal forms with cosmetic forms. He notes adjuncts (small vitamin C and E), shows a 1% retinol product and advises beginners start around 0.5%, and summarizes effects: normalizing keratin turnover, reducing inflammation, reducing acne formation, and improving wrinkles.

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1%.

About 0.5% ("half percent").

Tretinoin (Retin‑A).

Accutane (isotretinoin).

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The second one is some kind of a vitamin A or retinol. Now there's retin A, which is an acidic form of vitamin A. There's Accutane, which is an oral form of vitamin A. There is multiple different synthetic forms of vitamin A's that are drugs that we use and there's vitamin A's we use cosmetically, which usually a retinaldehyde aldehyde type, which is probably the weaker one, and a retin alcohol retinol, which is the kind of best cosmetic one and also for acne and wrinkles. Now in the retinol, this one's called tretinol. It's a little bit different form. There's numerous forms of vitamin A. This has also a little bit of vitamin C and bit of vitamin E in it. Now this is 1% I'm holding here something that's not been on it before will use like half percent. Retinol normalizes keratin turnover not only the skin turnover, reduces inflammation, reduces the promotion of acne and reduces appearance of wrinkles.