Retinol Myths Part 2 #shorts

Number two, Retinols thin out your skin. This one pisses me off, especially because a few doctors on social have continued to spread this lie. Maybe they thought they took their physiology one on one from their first year of med school and expanded upon it. Because retinols do in fact make your cells turn over faster in your skin. But that doesn't mean it thins out your skin. Reality is retinols going deeper, promoting collagen production within the dermis and thickening your skin over time. And last, you have to get red and you have to peel. The purge has to happen. That's not true. Some people pur, some people don't. And the redness and the peeling is not something that you should look for. If it happens for a short period of time, but you get over it, great. But if it continuously happens after using retinols for over six to eight weeks, maybe you should quit the game or use zinc as an adjunct like face basting to help calm the inflammation. There are other ways to approach retinols as well, so let me know if you have questions below.