Retinaldehyde Cream Serum 0.05% — Reddit Reviews
by Naturium
Updated October 3, 2026
Retinaldehyde 0.05% for retinoid results with less tret-level sting; creamier texture.
What the community says
A cream-serum retinal for people stepping down from tretinoin or starting retinoids cautiously. The cushiony texture suits dry or sensitive skin better than watery formulas, but some users still got closed comedones or dryness.
What this means for you
What people love
Watch out for
- Can still dry skin out after repeated use
- Cream base triggered closed comedones for some
- Not enough punch for deeper lines for everyone
Product details
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Real Reddit threads — 30 mentions across 26 threads
Naturium Retinaldehyde Cream Serum 0.05% on Reddit, in one place — 26 threads from r/AsianBeauty, r/tretinoin and 2 more, summarized.
“Naturium Retinaldehyde Cream Serum 0.05% - Used it up and idk I did not like this one that much”
Cautionary
“it dried out my skin compared to other retinal and retinol I've used before.”
Cautionary
“WNRP. Took 4 months of using twice a week to use up.”
Cautionary
“My neck can’t tolerate even 0.025% tretinoin so I use Naturium Retinaldehyde Serum on it.”
Positive
“It comes in 2 strengths.”
Positive
“On my face I use tretinoin 0.05%.”
Positive
“have been trying Naturium retinaldehyde cream serum .05%”
Cautionary
“with not much luck”
Cautionary
“Curious as to what can be done about these deep horizontal lines, and the 11 lines between my brows?”
Cautionary
“Use something gentler (like an OTC e.g. Naturium Retinaldehyde Cream Serum 0.10%)”
Mentioned
“than trentinoin and work up to it slowly and steadily.”
Mentioned
“Start with the sandwich method”
Mentioned
“I recently switched to Naturium retinaldehyde for the timing being.”
Positive
“This is also a good place to start to work your way up to Tret!”
Positive
“starting on the 0.05%”
Positive
“I also switched off Tret this winter to something more gentle - naturium retinaldehyde 0.1%”
Positive
“and have had no issue with near daily use.”
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