Um, Dr.
Rajani and I'm talking about retinols and how to start them.
I was asked to talk about how do you initiate them?
Oftentimes new year, new you people want to start and they want to try a retinol.
They've never tried before.
Maybe they've tried before and they haven't been able to tolerate it to
I'm going to talk about the one that I recommend, which class it'll become a.
Y I recommend this one.
And for those who watch this channel a little bit, you know, I often recommend
the same things unless there's reason to change and we learn how to use the
best products to buffer up and down.
And these four tips I'm going to give people are to allow.
To know how to use it.
So they stick with it because the best skincare is the skincare that people use.
We know taking care of skin, allows people to look younger and fresher.
Most importantly, this is about longterm, beautiful, healthy, vibrant, glowing skin.
And what a retinols do in this case.
Retton aldehyde is the one that I recommend to my patients
is they help with fine lines.
With acne, they help reduce pore size.
They improve glow.
Um, they help thicken the skin, make it a little bit more robust
and overall we would then say they have anti-aging benefits.
There's so many benefits to them and that's why people want to
be on them first and foremost.
I don't know if you'll be able to see I'll put a little on my hand.
And see if you can see it's a slight yellow tint and this is retro now,
uh, from, uh, Avinay . So I don't know how to pronounce it fully, even.
I've had this for a couple of years.
I recommend this to my patients.
If, you know, let me know, but this is what the product is and the retinol
to, aldehyde why I recommend this.
And even for those starting is because we can titrate it up or down because retina.
Then you have retinol to hides and then prescription retinol acids.
That's, uh, kind of the continuum in terms of strength
or retinol has to be converted.
Two steps into the retina, which is the most powerful and the retina.
Aldehyde more predictably converts to one step.
And we can use that property, that one step conversion to our
benefit because you can grow into.
If you're just starting and you can improve your results by making it
more robust or making it stronger or applying it in a stronger way.
And that's what we're going to get into today.
So the main reasons, therefore for retinol.
We can titrate it up or down nicely.
It's not as irritating and allows people to use it.
And that's the key with retinols is sticking with it.
This is a marathon, not a sprint it's long-term health of the skin.
Tip.
Number one, if you're starting a retinol in this case, a
retinol retinol in the hide.
When do you use it in the evening?
On freshly cleansed skin.
If you want it to be the strongest, it can be.
However, if you're starting out, I often recommend to people to put your.
Put your moisturizer on first, if you're using that as part of your
skincare routine, and many of you have a moisturizer, most people have when
they're using Sarah, my kids are fine.
My ultra moisture's fine.
Whatever you're using, wait about four or five minutes and
then apply your retinol to hype.
And the reason is that we'll buffer it down a little bit.
We want to make it not as strong as some people will be able to start
stronger, but I always want to take.
Because we're going to lose people.
If they start with it at its top strength, number two, how often do we use it?
So you see, this is all about dosage, just like anything
we're using it's about the dose.
The first is when to apply it for stronger product, which was on
the cleanse skin or the buffered product after the moisturizer.
The second part of dose is going to be how often you apply it.
And for me, I tell my.
Twice a week.
So you might take it separated by three or four days.
Take it again.
So twice in seven days would be a good way to start it.
And how long are we looking at?
This is again, this is long-term.
I want this for six to eight weeks.
People get new things all the time and they want new improved.
They want to see the results right away.
A retinol skincare is not like that.
Skincare is a long-term game game, and we're using it over time.
So think about.
Thinking about starting twice a week and then amping it up as you
see the results or lack of results.
And what are you looking for that wind burn feel?
If you don't feel that you don't have any redness irritation that says you
can step it up to 3, 4, 5 times a week.
Very rarely do I have people on them seven days a week.
So keep that in mind.
It's absolutely.
Everyone has this specific dose.
You don't have to have your neighbors dose it's specific to you.
So don't worry if it's once or twice a week.
It's absolutely fine.
Tip number three, stay on your stable program.
So if you're taking you're cleansing, you're using a vitamin
C, you're using a hyaluronic acid.
You're using nice cinema lights.
Stay on that program.
Don't change the program every time in medicine, we're studying something.
Account for variables and the same goes for your skincare.
Keep it stable.
Don't change anything around and initiate your retinol,
your written out in this case.
Now one caveat here is if you're on a lot of acids.
So if you are someone who does peel several times a
week, or you're on a lot of.
Cause peeling.
And you're not yet on a retinol.
That's where I would maybe pull back of your, on your, as a leic acids, Buren
like a glycolic acids, combination peels with little bits of phenol,
um, TCAs that's when you might pull back because adding a retinol can
really amp up the effectiveness in the acidity of the skin for those to work.
Um, but in.
Keep your skincare, stable and initiate your retinol at night, twice a week.
As I described number four, when do you adjust?
And that is at the eight week mark.
So it's you stay stable in your dosing?
Don't amp it up.
Uh, for about eight weeks, if you need to come down from twice a week to
once a week, you can do that anytime, because you're getting that irritation.
We don't want long-term inflammation.
A quick note about ingredients.
It is paraben-free for many people.
I know don't want parabens in their skincare.
It's a fragrance-free.
I liked that.
And it's oil-free and it does not clog pores, of course, retinols and retinols
and retinol picks up and help with pores.
And those ingredients will help with that.
What do you find in here that I like, well, you have spring water.
Every product has some water, of course in it.
Um, but you also have your retinol retinol in the hide, which is the main state.
That's why we're using it.
You're also going to find peptides and by.
E.
So those are all great ingredients that work with the retinol, the
hide, but it's not irritating.
You're not going to find a lot of additives to confuse you,
to figure out, Hey, is, am I actually having a problem with the.
Wait a minute, a in this case, or is it the actual that I
can't tolerate them at all?
So this is the one I like to start with, use those four tips to help you.
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