Adapalene & Tret Cycling for Acne
Just curious to know if anyone here has tried cycling adapalene gel and tretinoin on different nights as they adjusted/worked up to using only tretinoin every night? If so, do you think it made a difference or benefitted you?
I’ve been using adapalene 0.1% for the last 9 months nightly. It was very effective and didn’t cause purge. In fact, it helped heal my skin after a 5-months long purge that Tretinoin cream 0.05% caused me. I found out my skin did not agree with ingredients in the cream formula and my pores were constantly clogging up from it. Years ago in my teens, the gel tret formula worked for great me so asked my derm to prescribe the gel in hopes of continuing progress & fade my acne scarring.
I recently got my hands on Tretinoin Microsphere gel 0.04% and I’m hesitant to stop my adapalene “cold turkey” and only use Tret on a gradual basis because I don’t want to undo my progress of using a retinoid nightly. I wonder if skin cycling the two products is something worth trying. Would it help prevent a purge? I’m thinking of using adapalene 3x a week and Tret 1x a week, and working up from there to only Tret every night.
For reference, I’m a 32(F) with combo skin. Tan skin tone, Southeast Asian descent.