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a lot of people have been asking me how to use my azelaic acid and retinoids together so this is how I do it it got my skin looking from this to this let me just be clear I am not a medical professional so this is just how I use it what works for me may not work for you so just listen to your skin so in the morning I like to start my day with a little bit of hydration product choices are entirely up to you then I go in with something brightening maybe some niacinamide or vitamin C and then comes the azelaic acid I like this one from Skinoren because it's the most powerful one for a gentle alternative I recommend this one from Kiso Care the Anua one is good for calming but it's a bit mid as a azelaic acid so anyway so take a pea size just about this amount dot it all over your face and just massage it in finish off with your SPF of choice always choose SPF 50 and above in the evening and go in with hydration first sometimes I like to incorporate some peptides because this is quite nourishing and then you go in with either your tretinoin or your retinoid of choice I don't really use tretinoin because my skin just doesn't react really well to it even at 0.025% you don't need much just a pea size do the same thing and dot it all around and just massage it in then you finish off with your barrier cream of choice honestly anything is fine as long as your skin doesn't break out from it but I do recommend some that have ceramides cholesterol and fatty acids because it helps your skin barrier just thrive using a azelaic acid and tretinoin is actually a very synergistic combo and it's well researched for giving good results Tretinoin and your retinoids can help to improve your skin cell turnover but it can give you a bit of inflammation and irritation and that is where the azelaic acid helps because it's anti-inflammatory and it's lightly exfoliating as well do this consistently and I think you'll really see good results especially if you have acne prone skin like me!