Resurfacing Retinol Serum

Cannot recommend the resurfacing retinol serum enough after never noticing a huge acne improvement before.

“Can’t recommend the resurfacing retinol serum enough!! Best of luck”

Says it has been okay applied every other night as a low-strength starter retinol.

“It’s been okay, I apply it every other night. I was told to start with something with very less retinol, but now I’m almost done with this and wanted to know what should I get next?”

A retinol beginner started the CeraVe Resurfacing Retinol once a week, now twice, and finds it good for their skin.

“I have been using the cerave resurfacing retinol and it’s been good for my skin”

Months of 2–3 times weekly use keep giving them cystic acne.

“i’ve been using it since April but haven’t been the most consistent and it keeps giving me cystic acne.”

A few days in: maybe slightly smoother and very non-irritating.

“I've only used it for a few days I think my skin might be slightly smoother. It is very non-irritating to my skin however!”

Amazing results on sensitive skin after getting through a four-week purge.

“I highly recommend it. Just beware, there is a skin purge period. If you can get through that…I’ve had amazing results!”

Even once a week, sensitive skin wakes up with new red pimples and whiteheads.

“by the next morning I have some new red pimples and maybe a 2-3 tiny white heads”

Their rosacea-prone skin reacted badly.

“I tried the blue one and also have rosacea and my skin reacted badly.”

Used for about three years; simple, unscented and gentle on acne-prone skin.

“I am turning 32 this April and have been using the Cerave retinol product for about 3 years.”

Prefers it to CeraVe's purple retinol: better texture and does more for acne.

“Having used both, I just personally don’t care for the texture of the stuff in the purple bottle and will be switching back to the blue one when I run out.”

Painful, itchy cysts and whiteheads within days, leaving pigmentation marks.

“My face got full of painful and itchy cysts, together with a bunch of small whiteheads, after a few days of starting to use the Cerave retinol.”

Worked alright but gave little acne control, so they moved to Differin two years ago.

“the cerave retinol worked alright but i didn't see much results in terms of acne control.”

Six months cleared most of their fairly bad acne, with only an occasional spot.

“I’ve been using the product for about 6 months now I had decently bad acne and it’s cleared most of it up.”

Used it for two years before prescription and loved how tight and glassy it made their skin.

“This is the retinol I used for about 2 years before starting prescription and I absolutely loved it.”

Sees better results with the Resurfacing serum than past retinols, which gave only painfully slow results.

“Whereas when I use the Cerave Resurfacing serum, I can see better results and I’ve recently incorporated the Celimax retinol shot which faded a stubborn spot on the first night.”

Two to three weeks in on oily skin it's causing a mild purge.

“this product is definitely making me purge. Nothing crazy - just more pimples than usual”

A user who started retinol with the CeraVe Resurfacing Retinol says it has treated them well.

“I started retinol with the Cerave Resurfacing Retinol and it's been treating me pretty good.”

Working really well with no purging; acne scars lighter with each use.

“It's working really well for me and (knock on wood) no "purging" thus far. Each time I use it, I notice my acne scars get lighter.”

Working like a charm so far with no irritation.

“I started using this recently and so far it’s worked like a charm, and caused no irritation.”

Used it for about 1.5 years without it ever bothering their skin but wants something stronger that works better.

“I’ve been using CeraVe Retinol Resurfacing serum for about 1.5 yrs. Nothing about it has ever bothered my skin.”

Four months in, the purge has not stopped and they still get a new pimple every two days with only tiny texture improvement.

“I started using the Cerave Resurfacing Retinol 4 months ago and the purge has not stopped.”

Within a month, deep breakouts stopped and mild scarring faded; their skin has never been healthier.

“Deep acne breakouts ceased, mild scarring diminished, and my skin looks like it did when I was 18 (now 38).”

After years of acne, the retinol resurfacing serum took about three months but their skin is almost clear.

“I use the cerave retinol resurfacing serum, and it took a while to work (~3 months) but my skin is almost clear now!”

A month in with no noticeable difference to their acne.

“I bought the serum and I have been using it for a month now.”

After 1.5 years on combination-sensitive skin it has helped hugely with texture and minor acne flares, used three nights a week.

“I prefer this aqua over the purple aging one. I've used it for 1.5 years I think. I am combo sensitive.”

After two and a half months the purging has been really bad, sometimes lasting a week straight.

“I’ve been using the CeraVe Retinol for 2 and a half months now and the purging has been really bad.”

Never had purging with the CeraVe retinol, or at least nothing bad.

“I never had purging with the Cerave retinol. And if I did, it wasn’t bad.”

Uses the retinol serum with the CeraVe acne cleanser because they are the only products that do not make them break out.

“Currently I use Cerave Acne Control Cleanser and using Cerave Resurfacing Retinol Serum because they are the only products I've found that don't cause me to break out.”

After 3 months at night it does not seem very effective on PIH, and they wonder if they need a stronger retinoid.

“At the moment my routine is very simple AM: avene cleneance hydra + byoma moisturizer 30 spf PM: double cleaning with mesauda back to bare oil in gel makeup remover + cerave SA smoothing cleanser + ozoceutica face”

Had a horrible breakout and reaction to CeraVe retinol last year, leaving their cheeks full of holes.

“I had a horrible breakout/reaction last year to cerave's retinol, and now my cheeks are full of holes, and its making me really insecure.”

Under the eyes it caused terrible peeling that lasted almost six months.

“I had it under my under eyes and had terrible peeling that didn’t go away for almost 6 months!!”

Worked right away on the dark spots they wanted to fade.

“Totally worth it in removing dark spots!”

Uses the retinol serum but nothing seems to be making their skin look any better.

“I also use the cerave retinol serum. Nothing seems to be making my skin look any better.”

Under 10 days in, their skin already looks noticeably better and it doesn't irritate their sensitive skin.

“I’ve been using it for less than 10 days and my boyfriend has pointed out how good my skin looks!”

Used it only twice and got a deep, itchy, painful breakout, even with the sandwich method.

“Hello everyone, I'm in need of some help, quite desperate right now :( 3 weeks ago (14th February) I used Cerave's resurfacing retinol serum.”

After six months it does not improve skin texture and has a drying effect that makes skin look worse.

“I've been using Cerave resurfacing serum for about 6 months, alongside Cerave moisturizing cream and Sunday Riley CEO Vitamin C.”

Nine months in with no burning, unlike a Neutrogena retinol.

“I use it and have for about 9 months.”

The retinol broke them out like crazy and left more scars and acne than before.

“The retinol broke me out like crazy and in the end I had more scars and acne than ever.”

Enjoying it after stopping tretinoin; skin feels softer and more hydrated.

“I stopped tret for multiple reasons and have been really enjoying the Cerave retinol.”

Three years of daily use helped pores, texture and blackheads, but not acne spots.

“For about three years now. It's been good for my skin. It definitely helped pores, and the overall texture of my skin, even blackheads.”

Tolerating it well on eczema-prone skin though they want to move to something stronger later.

“I’m tolerating the Cerave resurfacing retinol serum well but I’d like to switch to something stronger when I’m done with the bottle of it.”

Eight weeks twice weekly with the sandwich method and still no results.

“I've been using this for 8 weeks hoping that I'm just purging.”

Stopped because the purge never ended.

“I stopped using it. The purging never stopped. So, i decided to stop using it.”

Made their super sensitive skin flaky and dry.

“It made me flaky and dry, but my skin is super sensitive.”

Loves it as a top choice for extremely sensitive, dry skin.

“I use it and love. I don’t have sun spots but if you have EXTREMELY sensitive and dry skin this is top choice”

Too gentle to have much effect for them.

“Tried this but didnt really have much effect. It was too gentle.”

Doesn't fade sunspots on their darker skin, but keeps bumpy skin down and smooth; loves it.

“Not so much for sunspots to be honest.”

On dry skin it cleared acne, evened skin tone and shrank nose pores with no purge, used five to six nights a week.

“I initially bought to help smooth wrinkles, but it ended up being the magic elixir for all of my skin troubles.”

The softest skin they've had while using it, before moving to a stronger retinol.

“Amazing stuff! I had the softest skin ever when I was using it.”

Very light but helps their acne gently and slowly.

“It's good , but it is very light. It helps my acnee very much though , in a gentle way.”

After months at 1–2 times a week, makes acne more manageable without irritation and slightly helps under-eye spots.

“I think it makes my acne more manageable without being too harsh on the inflammation.”

Great results once used alone after healing their barrier (it wrecked their skin with AHA/BHAs).

“Once I healed my barrier I used it alone and got great results”

Six months in at five nights a week with minimal irritation, and it has helped maintain clearer skin.

“I have been using the CeraVe Resurfacing Retinol for about 6 months now.”

Gentle but effective: more even skin tone and fewer clogged pores.

“I personally really like it, it’s gentle but I do see results from using it. My skin tone is a lot more even and has fewer clogged pores.”

Almost through a bottle with fewer fine lines and dark spots.

“I’m almost done with my bottle and I notice less fine lines and dark spots”

Didn't see much difference and prefers Differin.

“I really didn’t see much difference when I used it. Switched to differin and I like it way better”

On oily, mildly acne-prone skin, moving to nightly use in week two caused irritation, redness and breakouts.

“My skin started feeling a bit irritated and red and I broke out quite a bit”

Calls it top tier and lovely to use despite temperamental skin.

“It’s top tier. (I know they have another version with a violet bottle top, but I haven’t tried that one yet.) I have very...”

Uses it on the neck and chest and says it has helped quite a bit, with a drastic improvement in chest wrinkles.

“CeraVe retinol on my neck and chest has helped me quite a bit.”

Great for clearing and preventing closed comedones and giving a dewy look, with minor redness after the first use only.

“I've been using the Cerave one for a few months and it's been great (had minor redness and peeling on the tip of my nose after the first use...”

Using it with a damp-face moisturizer method with no dryness, peeling, irritation, redness or purging.

“Hi, so I've been using the Cerave Resurfacing Retinol Serum and have been experiencing no dryness, peeling, irritation, redness, or purging This is how I use it: 1.”

On their second bottle after a few months and will definitely repurchase.

“I've been using the CeraVe resurfacing retinol for a few months now, am on my second bottle, and will definitely be repurchasing.”

Three weeks in, hyperpigmentation is fading faster, with only about a week and a half of purging.

“i'm three weeks in using the cerave resurfacing retinol over my moisturizer and ive noticed that my hyperpigmentation is already starting to fade alot faster, but i dont have pitted acne scars so i cant say much on”

Uses it over moisturizer at night and it has not caused any irritation.

“I started using the cerave resurfacing retinol on top of my moisturizer at night only, and it hasn’t caused me any irritation, I just avoid putting it right below my eyes.”