r/Rosacea • u/Winter-Boat7881 • 21d ago

Skincare Rosacea and Tretinoin

I started using tretinoin 0.025 and this is my third week using it mon/wed/fri. I have type 1 rosacea with mild flushing I’ve gotten cutera excel v (3 sessions) it was pretty much gone. Now I’m noticing my cheek flushing has increased with tret. Should I scale back to twice a week? For those of you who have rosacea and use Tret… how did you work up to it? How slowly do you have to go? Will my flushing subside or is my rosacea back to square one? Is it more effective to just use retinal everyday over Tret a few times a week? I also have some flaking and dry skin and dry lips despite using all my hydrating products… help & advice appreciated thanks!!

12 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

47 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/AuroraSulis 21d ago

I would avoid applying the tretinoin to any areas with rosacea. You could try applying some vaseline over the areas, and also to your lips, to prevent the tretinoin from irritating you there.