Retinoids are a very confusing topic, even for some dermatologists and skin care experts. Retinoid is the catch-all term used by professionals for skin care products that fall under this category.

If there's one skincare ingredient that is constantly raved about by dermatologists, it's retinol — and more specifically, tretinoin, a type of retinoid. Praised for its anti-aging, acne-fighting and ...

Retinol is one of the most beloved and dermatologist-recommended ingredients in skin care, and not without good reason. From preventing and combatting acne to diminishing dark spots to improving skin ...

Topical retinoids (for example, tretinoin) and retinoid analogues (for example, adapalene and tazarotene) help normalize hyperkeratinization and have demonstrated significant anti-inflammatory effects ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Tretinoin, also known as a prescription retinoid, is a dermatologist-loved ingredient that boosts ...

Walk into any pharmacy or grooming emporium and you’ll be met by shelf after shelf of salves promising the impossible: turning back the hands of time and clearing your skin of every blemish. But can ...

Retinoids have been used for decades, but oddly, they don't get much buzz. These underpraised and often overlooked topical treatments could help your skin in more ways than one, though. Not only do ...

Introducing retinol slowly into your routine helps build tolerance and minimize skin irritation, like dryness, redness, and ...

This essay first appeared on Wednesday, February 7, in The Strategist Beauty Brief, a weekly newsletter in which our beauty writers share their must-tries, can-skips, and can’t-live-withouts. But we ...

Searching for the fountain of youth? Don't neglect retinoids. Retinoids minimize the appearance of wrinkles, bolster skin's thickness and elasticity, slow the breakdown of collagen (which helps keep ...

Tretinoin (and retinoids in general) may be hailed as a miracle worker, but it doesn’t come without its complications. Until your skin has adjusted to the prescription-only topical, you can expect ...

But in recent years, social media users have claimed in Reddit threads, TikTok videos and Instagram reels that the ingredient ...