Hi, I'm Dr.
Rajani, should you retinol peel your skin?
Great question from reviewer.
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of skincare important to realize retina.
Have to be converted to an active compound, which is in this case, retinol
like acid and that's considered like a two step process and everyone's
going to convert differently based on their body and the product.
Part of the problem here here is we often don't know the percentage of retinols
in the product and the availability, depending on the formulation.
So there's a lot of factors, but one of the most, in fact, important.
Is your skin, how sensitive it is and how well you can tolerate these.
So it should not be peeling your skin.
It does so many things retinols or the retinoid family from helping with oil
production, decreasing the appearance of pores, helping college and building fine
lines and wrinkles, reducing sun damage.
The list goes on.
It's well-studied time-tested, but with that comes responsibility and problems.
And part of that is knowing your dose.
It takes some education, but if you feel peeling, if you feel a
wind burn, feel like a sensitivity.
That means the dose is too much.
That means the skin is irritated.
What do we know?
Inflammation does inflammation.
Ages, not just on the skin, which is the largest organ in
the body, but also in the whole.
The lungs, liver, all your organs.
We don't want inflammation.
It's the foundation of aging, same with the skin.
So if you feel that you are getting that redness, if you are appealing,
remember your retinols aren't appeal.
When you peel, when you get a chemical peel.
Yes, you should peel.
That's a finite, let's call it a.
Well, depending on the peel of inflammation and that inflammation
should then go away after the healing, that's different than ongoing
inflammation from your skincare, particularly the retinoid family.
So what do you, do?
You have a couple options here?
That's the good thing.
I wouldn't change the product.
What you can do since you already have.
One of say three things, first of all, decrease the dose.
When you start these consider starting twice a week.
So you could take it on day one and day two, and then use your regular
skincare the rest of the week.
See how you do build up from there.
The other thing you can do is you can, uh, add beforehand.
And usually these are used at night, a moisturizer.
Now I'd be cautious here.
I would not use a high-alert chronic acid people think, and I have a hyaluronic
acid serum in my line, but people think they immediately hydrate and they
don't, they can often dry out because you need water for the hydration.
So I would use a moisturizer, let it dry.
Maybe 15 to 30 minutes then put on your record.
And then try that and you should be good to go.
The third thing, if you're going to, if you're still getting irritation
and you don't want to get a new product because you now know this
product and you know, you're working on, everything's a work in progress.
You're working on the dosing, ply your moisturizer, wait the 1500.
Put your retinol on you.
Only, only at this point, I have to wait five to 10 minutes and then
putting another layer of moisturizer on.
I cautioned you about the hyaluronic acid serums, not the
one who uses your moisturizer.
A good moisturizer.
You should use.
I'll put some in the links in the description here.
The other thing you should choose is like a barrier cream, a petroleum petrolatum.
That would be too much.
It's going to inhibit the retinol absorption.
But the answer to the question is we don't want inflammation.
You don't want redness from your retinol.
You do need to make an adjustment.
Let me know in the comments below I put a complete playlist up here for things
you can do at home to keep your skin and.
Beautiful healthy and vibrant.