Beauty

[Dazlin]

Just wondering if anyone knows how long an expired retinol serum may be effective? 

[JeanLouiseFinch]

Typically, retinol is much weaker than prescription Retin-A to begin with.  If it's expired, I doubt it would be effective at all.

[Desertdi]

I can't answer your question, but I personally think all those expiration dates are created just to get us to buy......m o r e.

[JeanLouiseFinch]

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@Desertdi wrote:

I can't answer your question, but I personally think all those expiration dates are created just to get us to buy......m o r e.

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I agree that this could be the case many times, but there are skincare ingredients, medications, food items that degrade with age so I wouldn't give that as a blanket response.  IMO, each situation needs to be evaluated on its own.

[Iwantcoffee]

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@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:

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@Desertdi wrote:

I can't answer your question, but I personally think all those expiration dates are created just to get us to buy......m o r e.

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I agree that this could be the case many times, but there are skincare ingredients, medications, food items that degrade with age so I wouldn't give that as a blanket response.  IMO, each situation needs to be evaluated on its own.

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Yes.I would not used an expired retinol. For me it is an incentive not to buy too much and use what I have.