About skin changes with age
Skin changes with age, sun exposure and hormones. After menopause, lower estrogen levels are linked to thinner, drier skin. Your prescriber looks at your skin, health history and goals before choosing a cream.
We compound only when there is a clinical reason a commercially available product won't work for you, such as a strength or combination that isn't made commercially, a different base because of an allergy or sensitivity, or a different form.
Formulas we commonly prepare
All of these are creams in GHK-Cu Peptide Cream Base. Your prescriber chooses the formula and strength.
Featured
- Estriol 0.3% (use within 91 days when made to the tested formula and packaged in an airless pump)
Tretinoin formulas
- Tretinoin 0.1%
- Tretinoin 0.02% with sodium hyaluronate and aloe vera
- Nifedipine 0.5% / Estriol 0.3% / Tretinoin 0.025%
Hormone and peptide formulas
- Estriol 0.3% with palmitoyl pentapeptide
- Estriol 0.3% / Methylene Blue with DMAE
- Estriol 0.3% / Tretinoin 0.025% / Methylene Blue with palmitoyl pentapeptide
- Progesterone 2% with DMAE and sodium hyaluronate
Other face creams in this base
- Alpha Lipoic Acid 3% with palmitoyl pentapeptide, vitamins E and A, and dexpanthenol
- Tranexamic Acid 3%
- Ivermectin 1% / Metronidazole 0.75%
- Ketotifen 0.05%
- Cyanocobalamin 0.07% / Ketotifen 0.05%
- Naltrexone HCl 0.25%
- Levocarnitine 2%
- Spironolactone 5% / Progesterone 0.25%
This list isn't all-inclusive. Don't see what your prescriber wrote? Your prescriber can prescribe other strengths, combinations or dosage forms. Call us at 626.631.6150 and we'll work with you and your prescriber to find an option that fits.
How to use
Follow the directions on your label. Most of these creams are applied as a thin layer to clean, dry skin once or twice a day; tretinoin formulas are usually applied at bedtime. Use daily sunscreen.
Don't apply at the same time as acids (such as vitamin C, glycolic or lactic acid), benzoyl peroxide, hydroquinone or kojic acid. Use one in the morning and the other at night, or ask our pharmacist.
Before you start
Estriol and progesterone are hormones. Tell your prescriber if you are pregnant, planning a pregnancy, breastfeeding, or have had a hormone-sensitive cancer or blood clots.
Tretinoin increases sun sensitivity and can cause dryness, peeling or irritation, especially at first. It is not for use during pregnancy.
Estrogen can make some people more likely to develop dark patches (melasma). Daily sunscreen helps.
Stop and call your prescriber if you have severe redness, burning, swelling or a rash.