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What is adapalene?
• Adapalene is a synthetic retinoid that primarily acts as a retinoic acid. it is used as a tropical treatment to fight against comedones and inflammartory acne
pros and cons
pros
- targets early stages of acne
- prevents black/white heads before they form
- improves texture
- Lower irritation compared to other retinoids
- INCREASE SKINCELL TURNOVER

Cons
- purging 
- skin sensitivity increases
- slow results
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Purging
• No one likes purging because why would anyone like breaking out? And most people won’t know if the product is good for them until it’s too late.
• what purging looks like. When purging you usualy get more acne in places you have acne
• how do you know if its bad for you. Simple, itchy? Hurts? Body acne? If you get any of these stop
• what is purging? (This shouldve beeb the first one) purging is temporarily breaking out because the product is speeding up how fast clogged pores come to the surface
• Adapalene is a synthetic retinoid that primarily acts as a retinoic acid. it is used as a tropical treatment to fight against comedones and inflammartory acne
pros and cons
pros
- targets early stages of acne
- prevents black/white heads before they form

- improves texture

- Lower irritation compared to other retinoids

- INCREASE SKINCELL TURNOVER


Cons
- purging

- skin sensitivity increases

- slow results
️Purging
• No one likes purging because why would anyone like breaking out? And most people won’t know if the product is good for them until it’s too late.
• what purging looks like. When purging you usualy get more acne in places you have acne
• how do you know if its bad for you. Simple, itchy? Hurts? Body acne? If you get any of these stop
• what is purging? (This shouldve beeb the first one) purging is temporarily breaking out because the product is speeding up how fast clogged pores come to the surface