Dr. Samantha Ellis
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I used to see it more because I think people would try to start too many actives at one time or they'd be given a big regimen by their dermatologist and no one really explained to them how to use this or how to start incorporating things.
I feel like in my practice, I spend a lot of time educating the patient, not just on what they should be using, but how to kind of ramp up because a lot of things with acne, especially topicals, cause dryness, cause irritation.
And so although they might have
three things that they're getting prescribed.
I don't always have them start all those things simultaneously so that they can have less irritation.
Because for sure, the number one reason people's acne doesn't get better is not because they weren't prescribed the right things, but the patient wasn't able to be compliant, whether it's because the regimen was too complicated or the regimen was too irritating.
So we always try to make sure it's something that the patient can actually find success with if they do it slowly over time.
The first thing I would have them do is call and make a dermatology appointment because it's going to be months before they can get into most dermatologists.
So they can have that appointment on the books.
And in the meantime, they can go to a drugstore and buy Adapalene gel, which is essentially an over-the-counter retinoid that helps regulate your skin cell turnover, helps with oil control, it's anti-inflammatory.
And I would have someone start using that because it works for all types of acne.
two nights a week after washing their face and then slowly working themselves up to every other night and then nightly.
Because even just using that before they see a dermatologist will help start regulating everything.
And then by the time you get to a dermatologist, if they want to prescribe something stronger, you've now been sort of like working towards that.
Tretinoin, retinol, they're both vitamin A derivatives.
Retinol in your skin needs to be converted to retinoic acid, which is tretinoin.
So retinol is sort of like a much, much weaker form of tretinoin.
And all of the studies when it comes to acne and when it comes to anti-aging are more robust when it comes to tretinoin.
It can be.
I mean, with a coupon and buying it generic, it shouldn't be more than 50 bucks for a tube.
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