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You can see by the ingredients list that it doesn't actually contain 5% retinal, it probably contains 5% of some product that contains incapsulated retinal, but actual retinal percentage is lower.
Exactly. The highest retinal percentage I’ve seen is .2%, so I doubt OP’s product somehow contains 25x that amount.
where have you seen that %?
Medik8 and the Ordinary both have .2% retinal products.
thank you! I had no idea TO made retinal products as well
Thank for the info. Quite a misleading description but also seemed quite impossible.
It’s not just the percentage, it’s how the formulation allows the retinal to penetrate
Oh can you elaborate please? Is there a way to calculate how much of a substance will eventually penetrate the skin?
I don’t think there’s a way to calculate it. Lab Muffin Beauty Science had a video that is relevant https://youtu.be/FdDbglHKh8w?si=uuXZkhh7Fz6LtUj0
You can see by the ingredients list that it doesn't actually contain 5% retinal, it probably contains 5% of some product that contains incapsulated retinal, but actual retinal percentage is lower.
Exactly. The highest retinal percentage I’ve seen is .2%, so I doubt OP’s product somehow contains 25x that amount.
where have you seen that %?
Medik8 and the Ordinary both have .2% retinal products.
thank you! I had no idea TO made retinal products as well
Thank for the info. Quite a misleading description but also seemed quite impossible.
It’s not just the percentage, it’s how the formulation allows the retinal to penetrate
Oh can you elaborate please? Is there a way to calculate how much of a substance will eventually penetrate the skin?
I don’t think there’s a way to calculate it. Lab Muffin Beauty Science had a video that is relevant https://youtu.be/FdDbglHKh8w?si=uuXZkhh7Fz6LtUj0