Oh the joys of being a teenager…  The braces, the school cliques, and most of all the skin issues…

Tretinoin cream is what’s been recommended for the type of acne that my teenage son has, and I’m clueless as to what it is, or what it does.

I’ve seen it referred to also as retin A, I believe.  But I thought that was an anti-aging cream?  If I remember right, back years ago, a friend who was selling Avon at the time gave me a tube of something with retin A in it that was supposed to help with fine lines and wrinkles… As in anti-aging cream…

I’m sure my son doesn’t want to look any younger, because he already has a hard time passing for his age as it is.  So is this an acne treatment or a wrinkle cream?

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