{"id":6381,"date":"2023-03-01T13:17:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T21:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellconnected.murad.com\/?p=6381"},"modified":"2025-11-11T13:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T21:14:08","slug":"retinal-rules-part-2-the-ultimate-antidote-to-signs-of-aging-skin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellconnected.murad.com\/retinal-rules-part-2-the-ultimate-antidote-to-signs-of-aging-skin\/","title":{"rendered":"RetinAL rules, part 2: The ultimate antidote to fix signs of advanced aging and stressed skin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Meditation facials. Anxiety-reducing cold plunge tubs (with skincare benefits!). These are just two of the activities giving skincare a well-deserved slice of the wellness space. Clinical evidence proves this isn\u2019t just a billion-dollar-industry bluff: Emotional stress on the inside means visible signs of stress<\/a> on the outside\u2014and it looks like dryness, lines, wrinkles, dullness and facial fatigue. In addition to stress-reducing activities like deep breathing, exercising and journaling to internally interrupt the effect of stress on skin, is there anything you can do on the surface? Clinical evidence is delivering the exciting answer (YES!) and the answer includes retinal<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Did you know there are over 4,000 retinoids? <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

That makes answering the question, \u201cWhat is retinal?\u201d anything but easy.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Retinal<\/a> belongs to a cast of compounds known as vitamin A derivatives, with the following ranking as the most familiar: <\/p>\n\n\n\n