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Ziana clindamycin 1.2 and tretinoin .025 or tretinoin 0.1? which one do you think helps the most with ance and ance scars

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Dr. Hien Tran answered

Acne: The Clindamycin will help prevent the large acne pustules but the tretinoin will help more w/ the scarring and black/white heads

Answered 6/30/2014

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