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Is natural sources of vitamin a okay, and just retinol bad in moisturizer?
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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
Answered 7/6/2014
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