#Retinoids & Bakuchiol

The bakuchiol-vs-retinol papers: what the comparative studies actually show, and what they don’t

TL;DR: There is exactly one well-cited head-to-head trial of bakuchiol versus retinol in humans, Dhaliwal 2019, with 44 participants and 12 weeks…

The retinization timeline week-by-week: what’s normal, what’s not

TL;DR: Retinization is a 12 to 16 week neurological and structural reset, not a side effect to push through. Weeks 1-2: receptor…

Adapalene is the cheap prescription retinoid the FDA quietly made OTC

TL;DR: Differin gel was prescription-only for twenty years. In 2016 the FDA moved adapalene 0.1 percent gel to over-the-counter status with almost…