A 31-year-old member asked:
Is natural sources of vitamin a okay, and just retinol bad in moisturizer?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
Dr. Glynis Ablonanswered
Dermatology 31 years experience
Retinol is not bad: It can just be sun sensitizing as it is a product converted to retinoic acid. Vitamins taken orally are great, but only certain products contain vitamins that are actually absorbed into the skin. see your derm or aesthtician
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