Paula's Choice Clinical PRO Retinaldehyde Dual-Retinoid Treatment

Q: Is Paula's Choice Clinical PRO Retinaldehyde Dual-Retinoid Treatment worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 73%.

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No BS Beauty

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"Paula's Choice Pro Retinal Dual Retinoid Treatment, this one's really nice, it contains both retinal as well as adapalene, which is a newer retinoid, so this one's really nice. It is on the pricier side, but I'm really enjoying it."

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"Retinoids are the anti-aging powerhouse. Anybody over the age of, I don't know, 25, 30, I don't know, should be using a retinoid. And there's some great ones on the market, and you don't have to break your budget to spend your money on them."

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"The first few times I used this did not go so great my face was very angry however I kept uh took a little bit of time off and then I went back to it and now my skin seems to handle it better"

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"It contains 0.1% retinaldehyde, which is a little bit stronger than retinol. Then it's also got adapalene in there at 0.16%. We've got retinol in there, we've got jojoba seed oil, vitamin E, castor oil. This one's really nice. I'm going through this one and I can tell it's getting pretty close to the end of it. This one is also fluorescent yellow and it is the most expensive one on the list, but it's pretty nice. I really enjoy this one. I probably wouldn't repurchase it, but honestly to get the same effect, I could probably just use this and the retinol 10 or the prequel, a combo of them or whatever. Really nice product, but expensive unless you get on sale. Paula's Choice always has a sale on their website, so it's worth checking out."

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"My skin is still kind of freaking out from that Paula's Choice new dual retinoid product I tried. I tried it on for one night and man, my skin is not freaked out at any product like that in a while."

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"This is my current favorite retinoid serum. It's the Paula's Choice dual retinaldehyde serum. This one contains two different retinoids. It contains two retinoids which help slow aging, fighting wrinkles, smoothing skin texture, firming skin, evening skin tone, and clearing up skin as well. The star of the show for this one is retinaldehyde. It's a next generation retinoid that provides the anti-aging and acne clearing benefits of regular retinoids, but it does so without the flaking, dryness, redness, and irritation. It contains some great additional hydrating ingredients. And if you're going to use a retinoid and you have dry skin or you're new to retinoids, layering them in between two great moisturizers, the sandwich method is a great way to go to prevent that. It's also got other great ingredients. It's got retinol, vitamin E, pomegranate extract, mushroom extract, fragrance free, alcohol free."

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"It contains two different retinoids in here for anti-aging purposes, then it also contains vitamin E, pomegranate, which is great for anti-aging, and then mushroom extract. This one is also very yellow. It's a really nice option for wrinkles and fine lines and retinoids."

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"There's several acne genic ingredients in here and one of them my skin just did not agree with. So in terms of overall acne genic ingredients in here, that's a lot and it's not a very long ingredient list. So if you have acne prone skin, I might steer you more towards the one from Skin Fix. This one is coming upwards of 70 bucks. I'm kind of scared to use it. I'll continue to test it just on some areas of my face that aren't breakout prone. I have a feeling that Castor seed oil is going to be an issue for some people. The percentage of the retinaldehyde they used in this product was 0.116 percent. The research on this ingredient really comes from the manufacturer, and at this point they want to sell the ingredients so they're not going to say anything bad about it."

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"This one contains 0.1% retinaldehyde as well as adapalene, a member of the retinoid family. So far there's only two or three products on the market with adapalene in it that I'm aware of. One is Paula's Choice, the other one is from Skinfix, and there might be a third one out there now, but I have not tried that one. The one from Paula's Choice also contains mushroom, vitamin E and hazelnut seed oil. This one starts to get kind of expensive as well. I think it's around $70."

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"It is wonderful. um really nice retinoid, but that's non drying and nonflaky and doesn't cause issues."

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"My first several uses of this product were not fun at all. I really almost just totally quit using this one except for the fact I spent so much money on it. There's a little bit of a purging period with this one. But after the first five or six times I used it, my skin started to acclimate and appreciate it a little bit more. If you're prone to that, there's also some acnegenic ingredients. For what this product promises, it promises to support cell renewal, promote clear blemish-free skin with encapsulated retinol and adapalene and pomegranate peel, visibly improve texture and restore luminosity without irritation, I would agree with some of that. Although if acne is a main issue of yours, I might just recommend going with a different adapalene and not this product so much. Over time this will certainly help with wrinkles and fine lines and luminosity and things like that, but it may take some effort and some perseverance. For acne-prone skin, beware. There's a lot of ingredients that are iffy for acne-prone skin: Jojoba seed oil, squalene, polyglycerol-3 dioleate, vitamin A, glyceryl stearate, cetearyl alcohol, castor seed oil, isopropyl myristate, and sorbitan oleate."

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"The Paula's Choice Pro retinaldehyde dual retinoid treatment is $68, a little bit more expensive. It uses retinoids, it's got two of them in there. Just starting to use this, it's still kind of a newer product. My skin purged the first several times I used this, and you usually don't have that experience. Most products don't make me break out, this one did. I'm not exactly sure why because I had used retinoids myself on its own and I've used retinol and I still use retinoids often, so I'm not exactly sure. But it does have a lot of ingredients. If you have very acne-prone skin and are looking at this, you might want to consider other options. This one's got a ton of acneogenic ingredients in it, so I would say this one's more for anti-aging."

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"This one contains 0.1% retinal hide as well as adapoids, a member of the retinoid family. There's only two or three products on the market with the adapoid in it that I'm aware of. One is Paula's Choice, the other one is from Skinfix, and there might be a third one out there now, but I have not tried that one. The one from Paula's Choice also contains mushroom, vitamin E, and Jojoba seed oil, and this one starts to get kind of expensive as well. I think it's around $70, so gets expensive if you're interested in adapoids."

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"This one contains retinaldehyde and adapalene. It also contains vitamin E, saccharomyces ferment for soothing, and pomegranate, which is a great anti-aging ingredient. This one's really quite nice, but it is on the more expensive side of things. It is pretty effective. So if you like the combo of retinaldehyde and adapalene, it's nice. There are some nice hydrating ingredients in there to prevent some of that retinization."

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"Their dual retinoid serum is really nice. It actually uses retinaldehyde as well as adapalene, which is kind of a third generation retinoid. It's really nice. No fragrance in it. For the most part, non-drying. It's got jojoba oil in it, vitamin E, saccharomyces ferment. If you're looking for a nice strong retinoid, this one's really nice as well. Can't go wrong with that."

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"This one contains retinaldehyde as well as adapalene, which is a retinoid that's related to adapalene, and this one contains a combination of both of them. It's really nice for anti-aging purposes. It has no fragrance in it, and it's still got some hydrating ingredients in there in addition to the retinoids for fine lines and wrinkles. So it's a really nice product, but it is getting pricey. If price is a concern, there's a lot of other alternatives out there worth checking out."

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"This is 1 oz for $68, it's one of their newer products and it's expensive. The star of the show on this one is adapalene, similar to adapalene but it's just a little bit different. There's only one other product that I really know of that uses it and it is more affordable by a little bit, by about 20 bucks."

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"I've got the Paula's Choice Clinical PRO Retinaldehyde Dual-Retinoid Treatment, which is 1 ounce for 68 bucks. It's expensive. I love it because it contains adapoid, which is a newer retinoid. It's a derivative of [adapalene]. They describe this as a high potency dual retinoid treatment that delivers advanced results for clear luminous skin without a prescription. In addition to the adaponoid, it also contains retinol. And then it's got jojoba seed oil, vitamin E, saccharomyces ferment, and pomegranate extract. This stuff is lovely. I absolutely love it, but it is expensive. I find this to be a nice non-irritating retinoid product. A lot of them can be kind of drying, especially the ones that contain retinol or adaponoid, but this one isn't."

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"Another one I like is Paula's Choice Clinical PRO Retinaldehyde Dual-Retinoid Treatment. It contains a dapenoid, which is a newer retinoid, a third generation retinoid related to adapalene, and it also contains retinol. So it's got two of those retinoid ingredients and it's really nice. It's very yellow. It's non-drying for the most part. I really like this one."

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"This is four days following the one-time application of Paula's Choice Clinical PRO Retinaldehyde Dual-Retinoid Treatment, which my skin totally freaked out on. My skin has not freaked out on a product this much since I can't even remember. I've only used it once and my skin freaked out, so I guess I'll try it again in a couple weeks and see how brave I am."

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"Paula's Choice though is a great dual retinoid that I think is going to deliver you next level results whilst again maintaining a lower sensitivity profile that you might naturally expect."

James Welsh

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"In the description they claimed that their product contains adapalene adapalene is a drug treatment and their product absolutely does not contain adapalene so this is just a straight up lie"

Dr. Shereene Idriss

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"Paula's Choice her Pro retinal dehy dual retinoid treatment which is a high potency retinal which is stronger than a retinol as well as an adapoids comes in a pump and as you guys can see it is yellow it is much more lightweight I would say than the other two. Although retinols in general are going to help you with your skin regeneration and renewal they don't disclose their percentages. This I know is stronger than a retinol even though the percent is not disclosed because it is a retinal and retinals tend to be more potent than retinols. This one has the percent disclosed so if you want to be, if you're a beginner and you just want to know what to try I would try this."

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"Paula's Choice makes a great one percent at a very affordable price."

Kelly Driscoll

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"[Paula's Choice] Pro Retinaldehyde Dual Retinoid Treatment. I've been using this consistently since 2024 and in the two plus years I've been using it, it has genuinely transformed my skin. The secret is the two retinoids. Retinaldehyde for collagen stimulation. This is great as a preventative strategy at 37. Keeping that collagen structure strong resists the formation of fine lines, wrinkles, loss of elasticity, but can also improve the look of existing ones. It also brightens up your skin and it helps to clean out your pores. The second retinoid is adapalene. This is a novel form of adapalene and this helps to further increase the benefits for clearing out the pores, addressing congestion and helping to meaningfully target inflammation on the skin. This is good if you are prone to acne, which I am, prone to congestion, which I am. This helps to keep those breakouts at bay. So, this formula has not only addressed all my well-aging concerns, it's cleared out my skin and allowed me to address hyperpigmentation, which makes my skin appear much more bright and even and glowy. Right now, I've been using this product between four to five nights a week. As my skin gets drier in the colder months and we move further into fall, I will pull that back slightly depending on how my skin is feeling."

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"I'm a few months shy of my second year consistently using this. This is my collagen stimulating product of choice. This uses retinaldehyde, but it also uses a novel form of adapalene, which is another form of retinoid that's particularly good for congestion prone and acne prone skin. I am very prone to clogged pores and that has kind of been a struggle for me throughout my adult skincare journey. I trust test out so many other types of skincare products, so combining the extra boosts of clog busting, acne busting retinoid plus the well-aging collagen stimulating retinaldehyde, adapalene will stimulate collagen too. Combining them, you're getting both benefits in a really nice package that really helps me address multiple needs on my skin in one bottle with one application of active. For sensitive skin, I have to uncomplicate my active routine. This simplified my routine, but it also cleared up my skin in a really, really..."

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"This is Paula's Choice Clinical PRO Retinaldehyde dual retinoid treatment. I've been using this particular product since August of 2024. I am extremely grateful to this product, but I'm also just a very big fan of this product. This is a combination of retinaldehyde and then there's also a little touch of a novel form of adapalene which is another form of retinoid that is a little bit better adapted for skin that is more prone to acne. That's kind of like a really magical combination for my particular skin. My skin is combo, but it is congestion prone. The struggle of my adult life, I would say, is congested pores, particularly lots of those little bumps underneath the skin, the pores just getting clogged up from excessive dead skin cells and oils, sometimes turning into active acne, but often just being lots and lots and lots of clogged pores. Anytime I would get those clogged pores and the inflammation, I would get hyperpigmentation, a darkening response, a melanin response on my skin. That's particularly due to my skin tone. It doesn't turn red. It actually turns dark."

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"I'm seeing a lot less inflamed acne because there's been less inflammation, a lot less new hyperpigmentation has been occurring on my skin, and so my skin looks brighter and has less pigmentation just because the older spots are fading and newer ones aren't forming as rapidly. I am very very impressed with this. This is really the retinoid that I would recommend if you have skin like mine, if you are really looking for that additional benefit for clearing your skin with congestion and acne. This is a strong retinoid because there's two in here. I would not recommend this for beginners necessarily. If you've never used a retinoid product, this would be something to work up to. I don't know that I would start here necessarily, but for me, as I mentioned already, I am a past tretinoin user and I've been using retinaldehyde products. This was a very easy product to work into my skincare routine."

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"If I could only pick one skincare product that made the biggest difference to my personal skin this year, my MVP product, it would be this one. Gold star, Paula's Choice, you knocked it out of the park with this one. This does have retinaldehyde in it, 0.1% of retinaldehyde, which is an over-the-counter retinoid, but they do have an additional retinoid in here, so don't just latch on to that 0.1%. There's more to this product. They're using 0.16% of adapalene. It's a little bit of a newer version of that. Adapalene is another over-the-counter retinoid, but it's particularly good for targeting acne-prone skin. It does have all the well-aging benefits too, but it's particularly good at targeting congestion within the pores and inflammation as well. I've definitely struggled with congestion for a very long time and I've gotten to a good spot with tretinoin, but I did decide for a multitude of reasons to discontinue my tretinoin use in the springtime. I tried some other retinaldehyde products, but this is the one that I really landed on that really made the biggest difference in my skin. It's not just the retinaldehyde, it is the adapalene product that is the edge that really just took my skin from minor congestion."

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"This is the Paula's Choice retinaldehyde dual retinoid treatment. You've seen me use this before and I'm obsessed, I absolutely love this. This is still my first bottle and I'm going pretty strong with this one, but I can feel that I'm getting to the end and I'm planning to purchase another bottle. I'm going to buy this because this is really helping. It has retinaldehyde plus a newer kind of version of adapalene they call adapoids, two types of retinoids. It really does help not just with aging with the collagen stimulation, right, and helping to keep the skin firm and resist the fine lines and wrinkles, but the adapoid in here actually really helps."

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"This really is the product for me. When I stopped using tretinoin early in the spring, I did go through a lot of different retinoid products and a lot that I truly do love, but this was the one that really endeared me to it because not only did I just love and enjoy using it, I saw so many good benefits using it. I'm talking about it in the past tense like I'm not using it anymore, but I am currently using this product and I am actually about to buy my next bottle because I don't want this out of my routine at all. This is the perfect retinoid replacement for me personally right now on my current skincare journey for tretinoin. Really, it's the formulation here that made the difference for my skin, and I've seen so many benefits with this one. We have 0.1% retinaldehyde, and this is an ingredient that is more potent and a little bit faster acting than retinal like our traditional retinol. This is a retinoid that takes less conversion steps on the skin to turn into retinoic acid, making it more potent and faster acting. If you're going to stop a prescription tretinoin and you want something that is fairly close in strength, retinaldehyde would be the place to go."

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"I love it. I really feel like this is a great fit for where I'm at right now with my journey with retinoids. I stopped my Tretinoin back in May, and I just felt like using Tretinoin was a barrier to me being able to review the types of products that I was interested in for my channel. Tretinoin makes your skin dry, and it was really affecting the types of products that I was using or needing to use. So this feels like the right product for me at this point."

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"I switched to the Paula's Choice retinaldehyde dual-retinoid treatment, which I've been using for 16 months now, and I've gone through quite a few tubes of that. I'm very loyal to it because switching from a different retinoid wasn't stepping down in strength, it's just a different type of retinoid for a different situation, different lifestyle, something that suits me better. Once I started using that, I was actually able to be more consistent. I don't need to put so much nourishing products into my skincare routine. I'm going into my second winter now using this, and I can tell you I don't need as many moisturizing, emollient, heavy-duty products to combat dryness. My skin is still getting dry and dehydrated, but not as severely as it was. So I don't need as much to pamper my skin, to calm my skin, to nourish my skin."

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"If you asked me to credit one product with the majority of my skin success, it would be this one. They're using 0.1% of retinaldehyde, which is a well-aging goodie. You know, it exfoliates the skin, it also helps to brighten the skin, it stimulates collagen and keeps the skin a little bit younger. And then they're using 0.16% of adapalene, which is another retinoid in the retinoid family, a dual retinoid, which is particularly good for addressing acne-prone skin in addition to collagen stimulation and brightening. And that was the secret sauce for me. This really took it to the next level for me because yes, I want to address the signs of aging on my skin and do as much preventative work as I possibly can, slow aging, but I also do suffer with breakouts. And when they do become inflamed, I do get hyperpigmentation on my skin. It's this constant cycle because pimples last for a short duration on the skin, but hyperpigmentation can last for months. So I was constantly struggling. I would get my skin clear from breakouts but I would have hyperpigmentation and dark marks on my skin, and those would take a couple of months to fade."

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"I adore this. This is what's helping keep my skin clear. I've been doing this about five to six days a week. My skin has acclimated to it really well. I do try to take at least one rest day a week, but my skin has been feeling really strong. It hasn't been feeling sensitive or irritated. There are two types of retinoids in here, so you're getting all the well-aging benefits, but there's also a retinoid in here that's particularly good for acne-prone skin. It's great for reducing inflammation. This is really the key that has helped to keep my skin a lot more clear, to really fight the congestion that I can be very prone to, the clogged pores. And when the inflammation comes, it's just not as bad because this fights inflammation so well."

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"I started using this in August of 2024, and I haven't stopped using it since. This product has transformed my skin from 2024 until now. It's done nothing but good things for my skin and it's consistently maintaining good skin for me. I started about like three, four times a week. Right now I am probably using it about five to sometimes six days a week. I'm going to need to cut that back down for the colder months because I can feel my skin starting to get a little dry right now. It's a really good retinaldehyde product, but it's not just about the retinaldehyde. Even though the name says dual, which means two retinoids, dual retinaldehyde and plus another one, a lot of people just fixate on the retinol and that is an important component and it's making up the majority of the active benefits in this product. But what gives this the edge, and what for me changed everything, is the dual retinoid in here, which is a novel form of adapalene. This is another type of retinoid that is going to give those collagen stimulating benefits, but it's particularly good at addressing inflammation in the skin and that makes it really good for acne prone skin."

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"This has a novel retinoid called adapalene, another retinoid that is particularly good at targeting inflamed acne and inflamed clogged pores. I started using this in my skincare routine in summer of 2024 and I haven't looked back since. I really do credit this product for accelerating the benefits for brightening my skin because I really don't have any hyperpigmentation at all."

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"I ended up with the Paula's Choice retinaldehyde dual retinoid treatment. The dual here is retinaldehyde, but there is also a novel version of adapalene, which is another type of retinoid. It's something that has mostly been available by prescription and it's usually used for folks who do suffer with acne. It helps with well aging and brightening, but it's just particularly good for acne prone skin. I am prone to clogged pores and that can sometimes turn into inflamed acne, and so switching to that was really the secret sauce for me this year. It really transformed and changed my skin. It's just so much clearer. I just am not getting breakouts. Using it longer term now over the last couple of months, the pimples that I do get are so much less inflamed. And so when I have less inflammation on my skin, I'm actually getting less hyperpigmentation because I'm so prone to those dark marks after acne."

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"They are using retinaldehyde but then they're also using a novel form of adapalene, which is another retinoid, in addition to retinaldehyde. That's particularly good for acne-prone skin and it really helps to take down inflammation, redness, and swelling. I am prone to congestion that can sometimes turn into active pimples, and this really helped clear up my skin in a way that my tretinoin and even previous retinaldehyde products didn't quite do. Those things did clear up my skin, but this took it the extra mile. There's not that much of that novel form of adapalene in here, but just enough that really gives it that anti-inflammatory edge that is so important for my skin because for me it's mostly congestion that can sometimes turn into pimples. So controlling the inflammation really helps things not turn into pimples. It just keeps it texture and congestion, which with a little bit of exfoliation from the retinaldehyde and that skin cell turnover, that can be addressed. Clogged pores can be addressed with that retinaldehyde, but controlling that inflammation means that there's less active pimples forming on my skin."

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"I've been using it for 14 months straight. I started using this in August of 2024 and I haven't stopped using it since. I'm on my third bottle now, so two bottles a year basically. There is such a good value to this, which is good because this is not cheap, but I think it's totally worth it at least for me personally. I discontinued tretinoin in spring of 2024, and this was the one that I really stuck with."

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"If you're getting that hyperpigmentation after that inflammatory event on your skin this could change things for you. This could break that cycle of all the inflammation and then the hyperpigmentation that you can't quite fade completely until the next cycle of inflammation comes around. For me personally this product broke that cycle and that's really what you're paying for with this product. There's two retinoids and it is reflected in that $68 price. I would caution anybody who's not suffering with those inflammatory events and that hyperpigmentation and that congestion and those pimples. If you just want a good retinoid product this is a good retinoid product but it may not be the best fit for you because you're not paying for that additional retinoid that you might not need in your routine. But if you are suffering through that cycle this would be amazing for you. It is a very potent, very advanced retinoid with two retinoids, so it may not be the best choice for folks who are just beginning that retinoid journey. You might want to start with a little bit more of a gentler formula and then work your way up to something like this. I have been waiting seven months to do this review but I'm glad that I did because there's so much to explore here with this product and I am totally totally in love."

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"Another empty of the Paula's Choice Clinical PRO Retinaldehyde Dual-Retinoid Treatment. You know, I absolutely love this. I'm using this multiple times a week now. I did take a couple days off for deep winter just because things are so dry, so I'm probably at like three to four days, but there was a point in early fall where I was almost at like six days. And sometimes I forget my rest day and I go like seven days straight. This is just my skin loves this so much. It's so acclimated to this now. I've been using it for a year and a half I think it's been now like consistently. This is my retinoid of choice. Love it. It keeps my skin so so clear."

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"This is the Paula's Choice Clinical PRO Retinaldehyde Dual-Retinoid Treatment, and this has a retinaldehyde, which is an R-A, and then there's a little bit of a novel version of a retinoid in here, so there's two retinoids in here. This has been my MVP favorite product from 2024. I love this stuff. This has cleared up my skin like nobody's business."

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"I am obsessed with the Paula's Choice Pro Retinaldehyde dual retinoid treatment, which I absolutely adore and which has done super amazing things for my skin. I have been using it for nearly eleven months, I work in zones with one pump, and my skin tolerates it beautifully, though you always want to be careful with a retinoid."

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"The Paula's Choice Retinaldehyde Dual Retinoid Treatment is my product of choice for collagen stimulation. I've been using this since 2024 and it's giving me excellent results. It actually contains two retinoids, retinaldehyde and a precursor to adapalene, which specifically targets inflamed congestion and breakouts inside the pore lining. I'm personally prone to congestion, inflammation, and pimples, and when I get an inflamed pimple I'm often left with a dark mark that can take weeks to months to fade. This product really broke that cycle for me because it meaningfully helped clear out my skin, and once I brightened up my skin it stayed bright overall. I've been using it consistently since 2024 and I have not stopped."

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"I started using this in the summer of 2024 when it first released. It contains retinaldehyde plus another retinoid, a novel form of adapalene, which is particularly good at targeting inflammation in the pore lining and at targeting congestion and acne, which has been one of my main skin concerns. Once I started using it, that additional retinoid really helped target the inflammation, so I'd still get breakouts sometimes but they didn't get as inflamed as they used to, which meant less of the dark mark hyperpigmentation my skin gets after inflammation. As I continued using it, my texture and congestion went down and the inflammation went away, so my skin got clearer and I could finally start meaningfully fading the hyperpigmentation without creating new marks. By four to five months in, my skin was not only clear but brighter than it had been in years. It has actually just really solved so many problems I struggled with for so many years in one bottle, it's a really smart formula, particularly if you're going through those issues like I was."

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"My number one serum is the Paula's Choice Pro Retinaldehyde Dual Retinoid Treatment. I've been using it since August of 2024 without stopping, and I keep buying it and using it consistently because it has made the biggest difference in my skin, probably the biggest difference in my skin this decade. It's retinaldehyde plus a second retinoid called adapinoid, a novel form of adapalene, and together they stimulate collagen and help with fine lines and wrinkles while the second retinoid is particularly good for inflamed impurities like acne and congestion, which has been my skin struggle for a long time. This product broke the cycle of pimples turning into hyperpigmentation for me."

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"This is the retinoid product I personally use for going on 2 years for all of my anti-aging concerns and my collagen stimulating ingredient of choice. I'm prone to congestion and inflamed acne, and this formula is very good for inflamed pimples. It has really helped to clear out my skin, address texture, brighten up my skin, and it has been very great as a collagen stimulating ingredient. I'm comfortable recommending this because I have over 2 years of experience using this and it has done a lot for my skin in one bottle."

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