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  • anyone else use retin a? worried after reading the blog

    ok so i have sjogrens as well as mgd.. no doc has ever told me not to use retin a-althogh i am not sure if i always put it down as a med... i have been taking it off and on for clear skin since about 2005... should i stop using it ? will it make a difference??/

    i was told i prob got the mgd due to sjogrens--no one really knows..help
    Jenny

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    That's what's in Accutane which is a drug that is to blame for many a young person with dry eye on this board. Based on what Dr. Sullivan shared with me last fall, I sure would quit using any skin products with retinoic acid unless there's something you absolutely have to. I think it's appalling that it's so widely used in cosmetics even though apparently there's no solid evidence to say it even works.
    Rebecca Petris
    The Dry Eye Foundation
    dryeyefoundation.org
    800-484-0244

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      Thanks Rebecca-do people with MGD from using these products get better after getting off of them??
      Jenny

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      • #4
        also is alpha hydroxy acid safe to use? can't find anything about it and dry eyes on the net....
        Jenny

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