well what's up guys welcome back to
today's video which is my 3-month I
can't believe it
three-month retinol update and I
actually sat down to film this video
several times before but it didn't think
I'd use the retinol long enough to
really give you guys the benefits of
like my first initial impressions into
retinol because really it took a couple
weeks to like figure things out for my
skin to balance out I have got the true
T on retinol I mean I have got my stieva a prescription or right here beside me
so not only am I going to give you guys
a three month to retinol update but I'm
also gonna do my current retinol skin routine
with you it so I can show you how I
apply it all over the skin but before we
dive into this retinol routine if you
haven't already
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single video without further ado let's
dive right into my current of retinol
skin care routine and I'm gonna let you
know how my first 3 months on
prescription strength retinol turned
out listen it's not a pretty scene let's
dive right into today's the video now
I'm just gonna take a small amount of
retinol and just go area by area all
over my face while I update you guys on
my first 3 months of a retinol so let's
go ahead and just dab it right on the
skin now my skin is cleansed and
completely dry one of the things about
retinol is you need to apply it on to
dry skin because you really just wanted
to stay on top of this skin and not
really penetrate deep because of retinol
which is an intense form of vitamin A
really helps to chemically exfoliate the
skin it feeling that youthful skin
underneath over time you don't want it
to penetrate you want it to sit on that
top layer of skin and I'd like to pay
really close attention to under the eye
area because I have a couple sunspots
under there that I'm trying to get rid
of girl so I just like to focus it right
on this area my first couple weeks on
retinol weren't a bad actually my skin
wasn't peeling and I actually thought
like oh my gosh this retinol isn't
working but let me tell you after about
three weeks my skin started peeling I
noticed cracking along my nose here
which I read was a common side effect
and I was totally ready for that so I
wasn't surprised when I started to peel
around my nose but it was literally
flaking off I could use tweezers and
like peel the skin off from between my
nose that was the first thing I noticed
no that's a lie the first thing I
noticed was pimples and breakouts within
a couple of days I had breakouts all
around my mouth region here
I can't even tell you about my chin and
like the difference in my skin texture
in my chin area in particular I'll get
there but getting back to the pimples
first I broke out all around here then
my nose started to peel in particular
when I woke up in the morning like my
skin was just like peeling away from my
face I was shook a--the to the core I
was like I don't even know if this is
gonna be worth it because I would try
and hydrate the skin and I just couldn't
like it was in hydrate of all because it
was trying to peel off and reveal
youthful skin which is what I was
looking for but I mean at the expense of
looking like a flaky mess Oh so the
first few weeks was really just me
wondering if I wanted to continue with
the retinol because I was like oh is
this peeling worth it it kind of hurt I
was like oh it's a winter time so my
skin was already dry but I knew the
winter time was the perfect time to use
a retinol prescription because there's
even less chances of you being in the
Sun you don't be mixing your retinol and
sensitive skin with the Sun you don't be
getting burned you don't want to be
getting into any of that mess so winter
was the perfect time to start using the
retinol but at the same time my skin was
already so dry it was just like a double
whammy and I was not living for it now I
should also mention that this is
actually my second tube of retinol and
I'm almost halfway through this one so
at this point I've actually used a tube
and a half of retinol that's why I feel
like now is the perfect time to update
you guys so right after my nose started
peeling the next thing that I noticed is
around my moustache area and my chin
started peeling off like I looked like I
had been eating bath salts all night
long and I woke up it was like a whole
like I'm covered in bath salts I was
shocked I was like I cannot go in public
like this this is one thing like
appealing nose I can get away with like
yeah maybe your nose is chapped your
lips are dry you know same thing but
like looking like you ate bath salts is
just unacceptable
unacceptable so I was panicking like
forever being like oh my gosh I can't go
outside because I look like the bath
salt monster my nose is peeling I'm have
acne I was still broken oh this retinol
is not exactly what I thought it was
gonna be I thought I would just have
like beautiful glowing skin right off
the bat I thought my skin would be dry
obviously but like at the level of
dryness I was not expecting so during
those first initial phases I really had
to focus on exfoliation especially in
this lower region now I didn't notice
any difference on my forehead on the
sides of my face it was all right
through here so I really had to use a
good exfoliator and
make sure that almost daily if not every
second day I was exfoliating that area
in particular because the skin was just
flaking right off my face let me tell
you the silver lining of that flaking
skin especially in my chin region guys
my skin after about a month and a half
on retinol especially in this region
here was glowing
it was dewy it was luminous the texture
was so smooth and a long lean nose
region the only way I can describe it is
the same texture as like a really smooth
like my forehead area and the sides of
my face here was the exact same
smoothness and texture all through my
chin area no I didn't even notice that
the skin kind of in this area was dull
until it was illuminated now like when I
look at my skin in the monitor you guys
can see all through this area here it's
so hydrated and luminous all the time
and it's because of those top layers of
skin literally falling off peeling off
revealing the youthful skin underneath
the glowing skin at the smooth skin I
mean the skin texture that was renewed
beneath that skin it was just like I
didn't even realize that my texture was
that bad I thought that I had pretty
decent skin until I started retinol now
I think my skin has leveled up even
further because of retinol now still to
this day I do like to concentrate my
retinol in my problem areas which is
along my nose here and out along under
my eye which I already kind of talked
about earlier really focusing in that
area and bringing it down here I also
love to work it into my marionette lines
because I'm trying to just like
alleviate all lines and wrinkles as best
as I can
now I'm gonna zoom you guys in so we can
take a look at my skin up close and
personal oh I hate when I do this but I
mean you guys just have to see it well
compared to my skin but when I first
started retinol 3 months ago to that
initial video but come on in and let's
take a look at my skin all right guys
you can see it through this whole area
here my skin is so luminous the skin is
so soft the texture is absolutely
amazing I mean you guys can see my
fingers just glide right over my skin it
has never been this soft in my entire
life my skin has never been this off in
its entire life I mean you can see even
up along my forehead here everything is
so smooth and that is 100% due to the
retinol now because my skin is being
chemically exfoliated on the daily you
guys can see it's not only so luminous
but that's also going to help to get rid
of sun spots acne enlarged pores
I mean retinol is one of the wondrous
products in the world it also helps to
rebuild collagen I mean uh I just can't
say enough good things so my first
initial experience on retinol for the
first three months was first acne a
couple of pimples and zits and then
appealing nose and then the bath salt
chin I mean those were some pretty
dramatic steps but I just stuck with the
retinol because I could see the luminous
skin underneath and I was like if I can
just stick to this I know I will get to
the other side and at about the two and
a half month mark I stopped peeling
altogether and once my skin adjusted to
retinol it just started experiencing the
benefits with none of the peeling I made
it so what I recommend retinol yes
absolutely if you're not on retinol and
go and get some there is such a world of
benefits of retinol your doctor can tell
you all about it go get a prescription
don't even bother going to sephora or
alta go get a prescription setting the
retinol and listen the benefits here
they are
once my skin settled down I have never
had less acne less pimples less it's
less fine lines more radiant skin
I mean I'm speechless now I know that
using a retinol can sound a little bit
scary because online there's so many
horror stories of people burning their
skin or ruining their skin forever using
retinol but listen if you talk to your
doctor and start at a low dosage
starting retinol in your mid-20s to kind
of early 30s is the key time to start
using retinol to preserve your skin for
as long as possible I'll keep you guys
updated on my retinol routine I have
five prescriptions left of this strength
of retinol before I move up to the next
grade I'll let you guys know how my skin
develops if I experience any more
irritation any more peeling so far so
good though I think my skin has totally
calmed down I'm so excited to keep using
retinol and keep taking my skin to the
next level I mean I can't even imagine
what my skin is going to look like in a
couple of years from now consistently
using retinol alright guys I think
that's all I have to say about retinol
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