u/Kirby223

38 y/o F, B5 serum and vanicream morning and night. Wash face with Fresh soy cleanser at night. Tret once or twice a week depending on how skin is reacting.

Not quite routine help - I’ve done tret two different times and both times I get severe blind pimples and tons of closed comedones. I tend to get one or two pimples during my cycle, but it’s just out of control when I’m on Tret. I’m even doing it once a week and cut out all actives. After each blind pimple comes to a head and drains, I’m left with terrible dark spots that take a while to heal and the closed comedones NEVER seem to go away. I’m so afraid this is going to cause scarring - last time it did and I never pop or pick at pimples 😞

Can someone’s skin just not be compatible with retinol? I want the anti aging benefits and have thought about trying Differin - but it’s not the same?

Edit: the band playing was BandaVagos!

As you may have heard, I-5 was completely closed for about an hour and a half last night — police had all lanes blocked.

At one point, someone decided to slowly drive up the shoulder to either get to the front or try to leave entirely… honestly, not sure what the plan was.

Then I noticed a guy a few cars ahead assembling a sousaphone ~~tuba~~ (thank you for that correction). He started playing while walking toward the shoulder driver, dancing around to diffuse the tension.

A few minutes later, someone pulled out an accordion.

Then a trumpet appeared.

Soon we had a full-on band with people singing and dancing in the middle of a freeway 😂 soon the police cleared out and we were able to drive home. Not exactly how any of us wanted to spend our evening, but it made things a little more fun. Hope everyone made it back safe last night.

Is it doing more harm than good?

I was stuck on I-5 last night