Shereene IdrissBoard Certified Derm, Founder and Chief Nerd

Consistency Over Intensity #shorts

21 Apr 2023 · 0 min

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A short YouTube clip by Shereene Idriss explaining the benefits and precautions of tretinoin. Idriss describes tretinoin as a prescription that increases cell turnover (reducing blackheads/whiteheads), boosts collagen, evens skin tone, and reduces fine lines and brown spots, but cautions it's not for everyone and recommends "start low and go slow," repeating the mantra: "consistency over intensity."

Tretinoin is a holy Grail skin care ingredient of all time. It is a prescription that you can get from your dermatologist or PCP or pediatrician or any kind of doctor. It helps to not only increase cell turnover, minimizing the gunk, funk and junk in your pores so you don't get blackheads and whiteheads, but it also, in the process, boosts collagen production and evens out your skin tone to minimizes fine lines as well as brown spots and discoloration.
But it's not.
For everyone. I would rather you start low and go slow and use it maybe twice a week than try to blow your face up using the strongest thing wrong and strong in the process. Because repeat after me. Consistency over intensity. Consistency over intensity. Consistency over intensity. Because inflammation at the end of the day is only going to make you look like a raisin when the goal, my friends, is to make you look like a grape.