Retin-A cream 0.1% is a topical medication used to treat acne vulgaris, to prevent the formation and spread of pimples, spots or whiteheads and blackheads. Retin-A cream 0.1% may also be used to help reduce visible signs of ageing on the face by fading age spots and reducing fine wrinkles, as it promotes skin turnover to replace old damaged skin with new skin. Retin-A cream 0.1% also has a potential use for treatment of alopecia.

How does Retin-A work?
Retin-A cream 0.1% contains tretinoin 0.1%, which is an active metabolite of Vitamin A and is a keratolytic medication that affects the way skin cells behave, reducing symptoms of acne as well as age spots and fine wrinkles caused by sun damage and aging. Retin-A cream 0.1% prevents formation of new pimples and blackheads by blocking the hardening processes of the outer skin layer and increasing the shedding of old hardened skin cells, while at the same time promoting growth of new skin cells. The combined effect of these actions is to speed up skin cell turnover, clear up pimples and blackheads and reduce the spread of acne. This also works for aging or damaged skin where age spots and fine wrinkles are replaced by new skin cells giving the effect of lightening and smoothing the skin.

What does Retin-A cream contain?
Retin-A cream 0.1% contains the active ingredient tretinoin, a keratolytic medication that is used to treat acne as well as age spots and fine wrinkles caused by sun damage and aging. It also contains polyoxyl 40 stearate, stearyl alcohol, stearic acid, isopropyl myristate, butylated hydroxytoluene, sorbic acid and xanthan gum.