Edit: I wrote the review below about 7 years ago. Of course, now Image sells their products on Amazon and elsewhere. I'm now 63 years old and I still love Image products! I still use Tretinoin! I still highly recommend Image!I love Image Skincare Products. This anti-aging product, specifically, is great. It tightens my skins, exfoliates, and helps with the acne that was suppose to stay where it belongs - in our teenage years. However, I'm 56 years old, and if I don't exfoliate and stay on top of my skincare every single day, I will get acne, and my skin will look bad. I poured so much money down the drain on over-the-counter products from big box stores and higher end department stores. None of them did what they claimed they would do. When I was in my 40's, I started to become more aware of how blotchy my skin had become from sun exposure. I always wore a baseball cap while landscaping. It became apparent that the cap had not protected my face from the sides. I read Paula Begoun's, Don't go to the Cosmetic Counter Without Me, and my lifetime of chasing one failed skincare product after another came to an abrupt halt. Hope was found. I read that no product anywhere is going to give you the results you're looking for like a skin peel. She was 100% right. I went to a dermatologist who had an aesthetician working in her office. We talked. I set an appointment and I did it! I got my first peel. It did everything those jars of creams I had spent hundreds of dollars on over the years didn't do. It's now 10 years since my first peel and I still do them every year. You cannot get these results out of a jar, but you still need good products to take care of your skin on a daily basis, and Image has great products. I've tried a couple other brands, but Image is the one for me. If you want to use Retin A, I have to say that prescription is definitely the best choice. I used Image's rentinol product for years and then my dermatologist stopped selling it. I was in a panic, but then I found it on Amazon. Yay! Then I got a bogus Image Retinol product from Amazon (it was gritty...) and switched to prescription Tretinoin. Wow! Much better than Image's Retinol product. (Sorry, Image.) Some people might find the prescription strength too harsh, and if so, then I would recommend Image's Retinol. The rest of the Image products I have purchased from Amazon seem to be fine. That being said, I don't understand why Image won't sell on Amazon. Why not just sell it yourselves, Image? Some of the reviews by consumers seem ridiculous and fake to me. Why doesn't Image have their own real people get on here and explain why we shouldn't buy from Amazon instead of (I suspect) hiring people to pose as fake customers and leave those ridiculous reviews. Honesty goes a very long way, and so does dishonesty. Some people can't afford to go to a dermatologist or spa for facials, and peels, and products. Surely, Image, you have lots of money by now, and can make these products a little more affordable, especially with health insurance skyrocketing over the last few years. Why don't you nurture a little customer care, lower your prices, and make your products more accessible to the general public? Be a company that supports America in a time of need. Then you wouldn't have a problem with unauthorized dealers selling your product on places like Amazon. You have a great product! If it's all about money, wouldn't you make more of a profit by opening your doors to the internet with lower prices, than by keeping your product exclusive only to those who frequent dermatologists and spas? It's a pain to buy your product that way. Why not sell your products to the whole world?
