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I just started using retin a (tretinoin) 0.025 cream. after my second application, the next day i had heachache, should i keep using the cream?

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Dr. J. Lawrence Dohananswered

Dermatology 59 years experience

Nocebo: The headache and the tretinoin are 2 separate, unrelated items. One has nothing to do with the other.

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