Beauty

[Dharma_Initiative]

I started off at 1.5% retinol with no problem and went up to 2%. Have been using retinol now for more than a year. I don't see any dramatic results and have been contemplating switching brands.

My question is...can a lesser retinol actually work better for you than one with a higher %? Or does that just not happen? 2% is the highest OTC % you can get, but since I'm not wowed by it, would moving to another brand, at a lesser %, even have a chance of doing more for me?

Here is the wonderful list that Love2Laugh once posted. I was thinking about ResQ but it's so much lower of a % than I've ever used before. Does it even make sense to go down that far in %?

P.S. I've already used PTR's Retinol Fusion so would probably not go back to that.

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Avene 0.025 --- .25% - ($44) --- Dermstore (free shipping)
Avene 0.05 --- .50% - ($56) --- Dermstore (free shipping)
Avene 0.1 --- 1% - ($64) --- Dermstore (free shipping)

Afirm1X --- .15% -($35) --- Skinstore (free shipping)
Afirm 2X --- .3% - ($38) --- Skinstore (free shipping)
Afirm 3X --- .6% - ($40) --- Skinstore (free shipping)

Green Cream Level 3 --- .3% - ($36) --- Dermstore (free shipping)
Green Cream Level 6 --- .6% - ($43) --- Dermstore (free shipping)
Green Cream Level 9 --- .9% - ($50) --- Dermstore (free shipping)

Philosophy Help Me --- .15% - ($49) --- Skinstore (free shipping) /Q/philosophy

Alpha Hydroxy Retinol ResQ --- .15% - ($14.99) - Neoteric Cosmetics (the only place I know of you can get this - not sure of s/h price)

Paula's Choice Super Antioxidant Recovery Serum --- .25% - ($24.95) --- Cosmetics Cop (s/h about $5)

Skinceuticals 0.5 ---.5% - ($46) --- Skinstore (free shipping)
Skinceuticals 1.0 --- 1% - ($52) --- Skinstore (free shipping)

Biomedic 15 --- .15% - ($47) --- Dermstore (free shipping)
Biomedic 30 --- .30% - ($49) --- Dermstore (free shipping)
Biomedic 60 --- .60% - ($52) --- Dermstore (free shipping)

Topix Replenix Retinol Smoothing Serum 2X --- .20% - ($50.40) --- Dermstore (free shipping)
Topix Replenix Retinol Smoothing Serum 3X --- .30% - ($57.60) --- Dermstore (free shipping)
Topix Replenix Retinol Smoothing Serum 5X --- .50% - ($63) --- Dermstore (free shipping)
Topix Replenix Retinol Smoothing Serum 10X --- 1% - ($72) --- Dermstore (free shipping)