Great for Your Hands and Feet and Limbs, Too
This retinol cream contains 10,000 IUs of vitamin A and in two weeks, has made my skin feel softer and younger. The fragrance, while quite mild and pleasant, is a little too strong for me to slather on my face, but I'm very odor-sensitive, I doubt it would bother most people. It doesn't give me a headache like perfumes in many products (Neutrogena for example), but I never get used to fragrance, so I prefer to use odorless products).<br /><br />I've been using this cream as a body cream, using it on my hands, where it is clearly beginning to fade a dark spot on the back of my one that appeared twenty years ago - an overachieving age spot. That makes me  happy and I wish I'd discovered this cream before I was old enough to own up to age spots!<br /><br />This cream plumps up the flesh on my hands and arms and smooths dryness out of my calves. It's great on my heels and ankles, too.<br /><br />I also tried it on a small sun-related rough spot on my temple. I have a bigger one on my other temple as well. I usually get rid of these with a Q-Tip dotted with pure tea tree oil, but I'd been lax about it and both spots had come back. I used the retinol cream on the smaller one and tea tree oil on the bigger one. In ten days, they've both nearly disappeared, with the tea tree oil possibly being a tiny bit more efficient. But the difference is miniscule.<br /><br />I've had no trouble with allergic responses to the retinol even though my skin is quite sensitive. If the fragrance were absent entirely, I'd likely use this on my face, but it's a big jar and perfect for my arms and legs, so I'm quite happy with it as is.
Rating: 4 stars