#82) Can You Wear Retinol During the Daytime? | Chemist Confessions Podcast

[@MariaEmmerich]

I adore you two! Such a fun pair ❤

[@lindaeggert2196]

You two are a delight to listen to.

[@ChemistConfessions]

thanks so much!

[@lyndapham3683]

Very insightful information, ladies! ❤

[@taranveersingh5926]

Thank you so much for this lovely series on Retinoids. Looking forward to hopefully an episode on Retinaldehyde as well in the near future. Also, just like you mentioned 'Retinol Complex' strength can be a dubious number, is it the same with products claiming to have 'Stabilised retinol/retinal' . I am specifically trying to figure if moving from my 0.1% Retinaldehyde serum by Naturium to the 0.15%'Stabilised' Retinal+Niacinamide serum by 'Youth to The People' would be a good move. Does 'stabilised' also mean it could not actually be the mentioned percentage of pure Retinal and the stabilising agent would eat into the actual claimed 0.15% ? 😕

[@ChemistConfessions]

couldn't come at a better time! retinaldehyde coming up next week and we're discussing both of those products :)

[@taranveersingh5926]

@@ChemistConfessions Eeeeeeeeeeee !!! Thank you sooo much !!! 🥰🥰🥰

[@taranveersingh5926]

@@ChemistConfessions Oh and I am probably being greedy, but one Retinaldehyde product that I would love to hear your thoughts about is the 'Beauty of Joseon Revive Eye Serum'. It has 0.02% Retinal, and is quite affordable at about $18 . If 0.02% is enough to be in the therapeutic index, I believe it can be used as a great starter Retinaldehyde serum for the whole face. The brand already claims on their website that it can be used as a full face serum. I am currently using it as a nightly eye serum. And one tube lasts about 117 pumps (#Nerd.). So almost 4 months. Which I think is a fab deal. Right ? 🤓

[@ybs161]

Hey! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us :) Would you consider doing a video/ segment on tazarotene or if you have already can you direct me to it?

[@ChemistConfessions]

We'll add it to the list!

[@ybs161]

@@ChemistConfessions thank you!! That would be awesome 😊

[@DallasNatureLover]

??? QUESTION: Is it true that the European Union new rules on retinoid strengths does not include limits for retinaldehyde? If they did not limit retinal strength, why not?

[@ChemistConfessions]

we're not EU regulation experts - so i'm not sure if there's any super recent updates. Last time we looked into it, essentially all cosmetic retinoids (retinol, esterds & co) are lumped into the same category and limited to 0.3% max for face products

[@ChemistConfessions]

retinal wasn't explicitly listed most likely because there isn't a ton of products out there with that. Though they did for sure take retinal studies in account too for their limit

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