SkinMedica-1525-Retinol-Complex-0-5 30ml

I understand SkinMedica is expensive, but it is well worth every penny! Using it at night before bedtime, I can definitely see the change in my skin. I ran out and moved to the 1.0 and I’m absolutely in love. Definitely helps tighten the skin, lessens wrinkles and just the overall health of your skin so much better

This serum really wirks

Excellent

This is the real deal, so make sure if you haven't used retinol before or have sensitive skin you are sandwiching with hydrating products. I have used many popular retinol products and never gotten the results I have with this one, it's a keeper.

I've been using this for about a week or so, and it can take up to 12 weeks for an over the counter retinol product to show any changes. This came as a highly recommended retinol product from another site that does reviews of beauty products and their ingredients. I use this as a part of a beauty routine of several products, so nailing down whether this product works in and of itself will be difficult. Usage...One of the reasons I went with SkinMedica is the specific information about how much retinol is in the product and the fact that you can step up. I started out with the 0.5 to make sure that my skin wouldn't become overly irritated. I switch off daily applying this over my nighttime moisturizer one night, and under the next. I don't have highly sensitive skin, and I've used it daily without irritation. About the packaging and pump...This comes in a thick glass bottle, which I know because I dropped the first bottle before I even used it (yikes!). The thick, opaque glass bottle is important in preserving the retinol so that it doesn't breakdown from sunlight exposure. The pump releases product easily. Concerns about dyes...This is the reason for the 4 stars. If you are concerned about dyes in your products, you might want to reconsider SkinMedica. I dropped the bottle on the toilet tank cover, breaking the bottle and wound up with product all over my toilet seat lid and vinyl flooring. Having just broken an expensive, never used bottle of face product, I had to walk away and recover. I had to go out, so I didn't clean up for a few hours. (Yes, it took me that long to recover and deal with it.) The toilet lid and vinyl flooring are stained yellow, which speaks to the dyes. However, that was a highly concentrated amount of product, more than you would ever put on your face at one time or even in a few weeks, so it's not going to dye your skin yellow. When it comes out of the pump, it is almost white, but it is yellow if you unfortunately get a glimpse inside the bottle.