retin-a or retinol in s5 spironolactone cream

[abovedagame]

does anyone know if the s5 cream uses retin-a or retinol? on this website it states .025 retinol but on the packaging on my s5 and on the genhair website it says .025 retin-a.

i would really like to find out what is in this product especially since im using it daily

 

[UunoTurhapuro]

I've asked this question myself on this site and nobody could answer me. I even e-mailed the admin and he couldn't answer it too. :dunno:

 

[Bryan]

I can't answer the question above, because I've never bought or used the product in question. However, I want to point out here that "retinol" is just another word for vitamin A. "Retin-A", on the other hand, is the name of a popular topical drug which requires a doctor's prescription to be obtained.

For a long time, I've had this theory that some unscrupulous companies put "retinol" (vitamin A) in their products, hoping that some of their customers will see it listed on the label and confuse it with Retin-A, which is certainly not the same thing as retinol. If that's correct, I think it's a totally outrageous and reprehensible thing for a company to do.

 

[abovedagame]

anyone?

 

[1750]

was a thread i read a while back where some young user had some regrowth success using this retinol product -
http://www.youngagain.com/magento/suppl ... cream.html

my understanding is that retin-a is just a chemical derivative of retinol anyway.

Whilst DEFINITELY not one in the same... there may be retinol alternatives available that work just as well as their chemical retin-a counterparts.

 

[Fundi]

Sorry on a related note, does anyone else notice s5 smells a lot better than Dr. Lee's spironolactone?

 

[rcom440]

S5 contains Retinol which is simply vitamin A.

 

[rcom440]

For a long time, I've had this theory that some unscrupulous companies put "retinol" (vitamin A) in their products, hoping that some of their customers will see it listed on the label and confuse it with Retin-A, which is certainly not the same thing as retinol. If that's correct, I think it's a totally outrageous and reprehensible thing for a company to do.

I also believe that they just want to fool people. It's all about $.

 

[masderfi]

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[tedlin01]

It takes two and three metabolic steps, correspondingly, to convert retinol and retinyl palmitate to retinoic acid. The overall rate of conversion of retinol to retinoic acid is low and that of retinyl palmitate is lower still.
Retinyl palmitate <=> Retinol <=> Retinaldehyde => Retinoic acid ( aka all-trans-retinoic acid / Tretinoin)
In theory, one should be able to apply retinol to the skin, wait till it gets converted to retinoic acid, and eventually get the known skin benefits of the latter. In reality, the conversion rate is low and varies greatly among individuals. Besides, when exposed to air either during storage or use, much retinol may get oxidized or degraded even before it can become availalbe for conversion to retinoic acid in the skin. As a result, significantly less people respond to retinol creams than to retinoic acid (tretinoin, Retin A).
Retinoic acid a.k.a. tretinoin (sold as Retin A, Renova and other brands) appears to provide a better shot at eliminating fine lines and reducing wrinkles than even the best retinol formulations. (Not to mention many virtually ineffective retinol products.)

Retinol is mostly Snakeoil.
Retin-A/Tretinoin Cream is what you are looking for..

 

[rwGourmetStyleWellness]

has topical spironolactone increased anyone's hair growth?

Or reduced their rate of hair loss/hair fall?