Tretinoin month 6 report — with monthly feature scores

Promised this update in my month-3 thread. Monthly Features-pillar skin sub-scores since starting 0.025% tret:

• Month 0: 61 (baseline — texture, some PIH)
• Month 1: 58 (the valley is REAL, purge + flaking)
• Month 2: 60 (barrier adapted, buffering helped)
• Month 3: 66
• Month 4: 70
• Month 5: 73
• Month 6: 76 (+15 from baseline)

What I'd tell month-0 me: the valley ends. Buffer with moisturizer sandwiches, drop to 2x/week when angry, and don't add ANYTHING else to the routine until month 4. The people who quit at week 5 were two weeks from the turn.

Happy to answer questions — the DMs about "which brand" — it's the molecule, not the brand.