MY FIRST 3 MONTHS ON RETIN A | RETINOL BEFORE AND AFTER

well what's up guys welcome back to today’s video which is my 3-month I can’t believe it three-month retinol update and I actually sat down to film this video several times before but it didn't think I’d use the retinol long enough to really give you guys the benefits of like my first initial impressions into retinol because really it took a couple of weeks to like figure things out for my skin to balance out I have got the true on retinol I mean I have got my stevia a prescription or right here beside mesa not only am I going to give you guys three months to retinol update but I’m also going to do my current retinol skin routine with you it so I can show you how I apply it all over the skin but before we dive into this retinol routine if you haven’t already don’t forget to subscribe or write down here guys and give this video a big thumbs up it or really helps me out and listen at the Bell notification it’s down there to click it. Also if you need retinol cream buying guide in the UK then you can follow this link: https://retinol-cream.tumblr.com/ So you lose a single video without further ado let’s dive right into my current of retinol skin care routine and I'm going to let you know how my first 3 months on prescription strength retinol turned out listen it's not a pretty scene let’s dive right into today's the video now I’m just going to take a small amount of retinol and just go area by area all over my face while I update you guys on my first 3 months of a retinol so let’s go ahead and just dab it right on the skin now my skin is cleansed and completely dry one of the things about retinol is you need to apply it on to dry skin because you really just wanted to stay on top of this skin and not really penetrate deeply because of retinol which is an intense form of vitamin Are ally helps to chemically exfoliate the skin it feeling that youthful skin underneath over time you don't want it to penetrate you want it to sit on that top layer of skin and I'd like to pay really close attention to under the eye area because I have a couple of sunspots under there that I'm trying to get rid of girl. so I just like to focus it right on this area my first couple weeks on retinol weren't a bad actually my skin wasn’t peeling and I actually thought like oh my gosh this retinol isn’t working but let me tell you after about three weeks my skin started peeling I noticed cracking along my nose here which I read was a common side effect and I was totally ready for that so I wasn’t surprised when I started to peel around my nose but it was literally flaking off I could use tweezers and like peel the skin off from between my nose that was the first thing I noticed no that's a lie the first thing I noticed was pimples and breakouts within a couple of days I had breakouts all-around my mouth region here can't even tell you about my chin and like the difference in my skin texture in my chin area in particular I'll get there but getting back to the pimples first I broke out all around here then my nose started to peel in particular when I woke up in the morning like my skin was just like peeling away from my face I was shaking a--the to the core I was like I don't even know if this ingoing to be worth it because I would try and hydrate the skin and I just couldn’t like it was in hydrate of all because it was trying to peel off and reveal youthful skin which is what I was looking for but I mean at the expense of looking like a flaky mess Oh so the first few weeks was really just me wondering if I wanted to continue with the retinol because I was like oh is this peeling worth it kind of hurt. I was like oh it's a winter time so my skin was already dry but I knew the winter time was the perfect time to use retinol prescription because there ‘seven fewer chances of you being in the Sun you don't be mixing your retinol and sensitive skin with the Sun you don't be getting burned you don't want to be getting into any of that mess so winter was the perfect time to start using the retinol but at the same time my skin was already so dry it was just like a double whammy and I was not living for it now I should also mention that this is actually my second tube of retinol and I’m almost halfway through this one seat this point I've actually used a tube and a half of retinol that's why I feel like now is the perfect time to update you guys so right after my nose started peeling the next thing that I noticed is around my moustache area and my chin started peeling off like I looked like I had been eating bath salts all night long and I woke up it was like a whole like I'm covered in bath salts I was shocked I was like I cannot go in public like this this is one thing like appealing nose I can get away with like yeah maybe your nose is chapped your lips are dry you know the same thing but like looking like you ate bath salts is just unacceptable so I was panicking like forever being like oh my gosh I can't go outside because I look like the bath salt monster my nose is peeling I'm have acne I was still broken oh this retinol is not exactly what I thought it wagons be I thought I would just have like beautiful glowing skin right off the bat I thought my skin would be dry obviously but like at the level of dryness I was not expecting so during those first initial phases. I really had to focus on exfoliation especially in this lower region now I didn't notice any difference on my forehead on the sides of my face it was all right through here so I really had to use good exfoliator and make sure that almost daily if not every second day I was exfoliating that area in particular because the skin was just flaking right off my face let me tell you the silver lining of that flaking skin especially in my chin region guys my skin after about a month and a half on retinol especially in this region here was glowing it was dewy it was luminous the texture was so smooth and a long lean nose region the only way I can describe it is the same texture as like a really smooth like my forehead area and the sides of my face here was the exact same smoothness and texture all through my chin area no I didn't even notice that the skin kind of in this area was dull until it was illuminated now like when I look at my skin in the monitor you guys can see all through this area here it’s so hydrated and luminous all the time and it's because of those top layers of skin literally falling off peeling off revealing the youthful skin underneath the glowing skin at the smooth skin I mean the skin texture that was renewed beneath that skin it was just like I didn’t even realize that my texture was that bad I thought that I had pretty decent skin until I started retinol now think my skin has levelled up even further because of retinol now still to this day I do like to concentrate my retinol in my problem areas which is along my nose here and out along under my eye which I already kind of talked about earlier really focusing in that area. And bringing it down here I also love to work it into my marionette lines because I'm trying to just like alleviate all lines and wrinkles as best as I can now I'm going to zoom you guys in so we can take a look at my skin up close and personal oh I hate when I do this but I mean you guys just have to see it well compared to my skin but when I first started retinol 3 months ago to that initial video but come on in and let ‘stake a look at my skin all right guys you can see it through this whole area here my skin is so luminous the skin is so soft the texture is absolutely amazing I mean you guys can see my fingers just glide right over my skin it has never been this soft in my entire life my skin has never been this off in its entire life I mean you can see even up along my forehead here everything is so smooth and that is 100% due to the retinol now because my skin is being chemically exfoliated on the daily you guys can see it's not only so luminous but that's also going to help to get rid of sun spots acne enlarged pores I mean retinol is one of the wondrous products in the world. it also helps to rebuild collagen I mean uh I just can’t say enough good things so my first initial experience on retinol for the first three months was the first acne a couple of pimples and zits and then appealing nose and then the bath salt chin I mean those were some pretty dramatic steps but I just stuck with the retinol because I could see the luminous skin underneath and I was like if I can just stick to this I know I will get tithe another side and at about the two and half month mark I stopped peeling altogether and once my skin adjusted to retinol it just started experiencing the benefits with none of the peeling I made it so what I recommend retinol yes absolutely if you're not on retinol and go and get some there is such a world of benefits of retinol your doctor can tell you all about it go get a prescription don’t even bother going to Sephora orate go get a prescription setting the retinol and listen to the benefits here they are once my skin settled down I have never had less acne fewer pimples less it’s less fine lines more radiant skin mean I'm speechless now I know that using a retinol can sound a little bit scary because online there are so many horror stories of people burning their skin or ruining their skin forever using retinol but listen if you talk to your doctor and start at a low dosage starting retinol in your mid-20s to kind of early 30s is the key time to start using retinol to preserve your skin fora’s long as possible. I'll keep you guys updated on my retinol routine I have five prescriptions left of this strength of retinol before I move up to the next grade I'll let you guys know how my skin develops if I experience any more irritation any more peeling so far so good though I think my skin has totally calmed down I'm so excited to keep using retinol and keep taking my skin to the next level I mean I can't even imagine what my skin is going to look like in a couple of years from now consistently using retinol alright guys I think that’s all I have to say about retinol if you want to watch more videos right down here there is an entire list of them go ahead and click another one if not there are two more videos are right here and you can subscribe right here if you didn't work me in between now and next video guys you can always keep up with me on Integra snap chat Twitter and Facebook everything is linked below like always if you made it to the end of this video I love you so much and appreciate you so much until the next video guys I can't wait to see you then bye