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Could you please let me know which is the best tretinoin cream(.05-.1)% brand?

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Dr. Glenn Messina answered

Specializes in Aesthetic Medicine

There are a few: I prefer the newer preparations such as adapolene because they are not rendered inactive by the application of benzoyl peroxide which many acne patients wash with.

Answered 5/30/2014

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