Dermatologist Shereene Idriss explains how to use retinol safely on sensitive skin. Apply Vaseline under the eyes first to buffer the retinol, dilute prescription retinoids into a rich moisturizer for the neck and chest, and skip retinol entirely on extremely reactive areas.
Certain parts of your face, such as your eyes, here, around your mouth, your neck and chest, are going to be much more sensitive to any sort of retinol. So you buffer the retinol first by putting something that's a little bit more occlusive to minimize the impact of the retinol, but to at least try to get some of the benefits. And that's why I put the Vaseline first under your eyes. I personally never use any sort of retinol here because I shed like a snake. And when I do, my neck and chest, I dilute the retinol or any kind of prescription in a strong moisturizer if I'm going to attempt to use it here or here, if I have not used it in a long time.
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