/r/tretinoin/

r/tretinoin

281k members
r/tretinoin is a subreddit with 281k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses tretinoin, tret, acne, skin, and moisturizer, and they frequently recommend/review moisturizer, moisturisers, and moisturiser.
A place to discuss retinoids including tretinoin / retin-a, adapalene, differin, tazarotene, and trifarotene (NOT retiNOLs or Accutane). Stay moisturized!!

Popular Themes in r/tretinoin

#1
Advice Requests
: "if your face is currently falling apart on tret, this is everything I wish someone told me before I almost quit"
10 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Skin without makeup is great. Skin with makeup looks disgusting"
3 posts
#3
Ideas
: "What's stopping us from creating 0.2% or stronger?"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/tretinoin

#1

Tretinoin

: "36 years using Tretinoin!"
192 posts
#2

Tret

: "if your face is currently falling apart on Tret, this is everything I wish someone told me before I almost quit"
78 posts
#3

Acne

: "do Acne scars/PIE ever go away with JUST tretinoin?"
66 posts
#4

Skin

: "Almost a year with tret Skin update"
54 posts
#5

Moisturizer

: "Finally started tretinoin but my skin is peeling like crazy.. What Moisturizers are actually keeping you guys from flaking?"
36 posts
#6

Struggling

32 posts
#7

Routine

: "1 year tret journey- how simplifying my Routine helped"
32 posts
#8

Sunscreen

: "People of this sub, What Sunscreen do yall use??"
28 posts
#9

Purging

: "1 month in… Is this purge?"
24 posts
#10

Purge

: "Purge…."
23 posts

Products Discussed in r/tretinoin

Moisturizer

126 reviews
#1
Vanicream
4.9 from 21 reviews
#2
La Roche-Posay
4.6 from 11 reviews
#3
Eucerin
5.0 from 8 reviews

Moisturisers

69 reviews
#1
La Roche-Posay
4.5 from 6 reviews
#2
Vanicream
5.0 from 5 reviews
#3
Aveeno
4.7 from 3 reviews

Moisturiser

62 reviews
#1
Vanicream
4.8 from 9 reviews
#2
La Roche-Posay
4.3 from 8 reviews
#3
CeraVe
4.5 from 6 reviews

Flair Used in r/tretinoin

#1
Routine Help
: "TRET just came in. Biggest things you wish you did or knew before starting?"
71 posts
#2
Personal / Miscellaneous
: "36 years using Tretinoin!"
70 posts
#3
Before and After
: "Tretinoin 0.1% + 4 days of Amlactin 12% Lotion = rapidly improving texture!"
52 posts
#4
Humor
: "Homelander and his tretinoin face 😂"
6 posts
#5
Published Research
: "Galderma receives U.S. FDA approval for Differin® Epiduo® Acne Gel Prescription-to-OTC switch"
1 post

Member Growth in r/tretinoin

Yearly
+37k members(15.3%)

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Last updated: June 1, 2026