Is this typical adapalene purging? Week 10
FOR REFERENCE: left pic is today, right is 1 week ago
Hi! Long story short, I was prescribed 0.3% adapalene March 6. I didn’t have much purging in the beginning, and looking back at photos, I feel sad I was so insecure with my skin.
I feel like not much progress has been happening with my skin, and continued to use BHA, AHA, BPO, and AzA. I now realize I was DESTROYING my skin barrier, so last week I decided to drop all other actives besides the adapalene.
I use it 4-5 times a week, and am just now getting many bumps—some active, some closed comedones—and feel SO defeated. I’m past the 10 week mark and am wondering if this looks like typical purging for this time? Feeling like giving up, but hoping the home stretch is soon. For background, I have never had acne of any kind before last year, and it came back in January after I stopped Differin 0.1% (didn’t realize you were supposed to continue for a while)