im dry acne prone so i need moisture yet nothing what iirritates my acne (its pretty hard) and have plenty of dark marks from the acne, i used to have alot of texture issues around the forehead and cheeks with regular inflamed spots. not only does this not clogg my pores ( im incrediblly prone to clogged pores) but this has been helping with the texture of my skin and ive noticed a significant reduction of acne and scaring with increased skin firmess . honestly this is probably one of the only retinoids ive seen this good results from in a such a short amount of time (maybe its the other ingredients like the niacinimide and centella helping but ive used other things with these ingredients and not had these results). i wake up every morning and my skin just feels firm and more even in apearance. its abit heavy but you only need a pea sized amount bc it spreads so easily. this stuff has saved my skin lol. it looks alot less reative with less spots. this is very much a holy grail for me.