Dr. Sugai Reviews: Top Moisturizers to Pair with Your Retinol! 

So great! We appreciate you highlighting our Vanicream™ Daily Facial Moisturizer!

Thanks for pointing out the clean/natural thing. The truth is that terms like medical-grade/clean/natural are not regulated terms. And yes, a lot of the clean/natural brands like to call their products "fragrance free" but that's only because they don't use synthetic fragrance but still insert essential oils, flower/fruit extracts, flower/fruit flowers or hydrosols.

Glad you mentioned Vanicream. I had a severe reaction to the retinol. So the doctor prescribed a one pound tub of vanicream. It pretty much worked overnight - after 3 days of dry, peeling, burnt skin.

Perfect video for what I need. Please release a different video about full skincare products to pair with Retinol (from cleansers to sunscreen) for Dry-Combination-Oily skin. Thanks !

Thank you Dr. Daniel! I am very new to my retinol journey. I just bought the Olay Retinol 24 night cream because I watched two of your videos discussing about it. And then this!! I was actually planning to buy the Cerave facial moisturizing lotion. Hopefully, I will see good results soon. 🙏🏽

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise with the general public. I appreciate the way you explain the science in a very easy to understand way. I was wondering if you have already addressed eye serums. Thanks!

Man I’m in my late 20s and I just never gave a damn about making my skin look better cuz I honestly never felt insecure about my skin problems. I just cleansed and moisturized and that’s it. I let my body do its thing. Plus I didn’t want to invest in a ton of skincare products because I just didn’t think it was worth it. But when I realized I’m almost 29, I had a change of heart. I decided that I needed to care more if I wanted to age gracefully. I needed to educate myself on skincare. I found this channel to be so informative and easy to comprehend. So I took the advice of Dr. Sugai and got on the retinol and Vitamin C and sunscreen bandwagon mostly from the CeraVe line. In just two weeks I noticed a difference for the better. I can’t believe it was so easy and I spent all my 20s with blackheads 😆 man I regret not starting sooner. I regret not investing in myself sooner. Teens, if you’re watching this channel, listen to Dr. Sugai! Start early and get into good habits. Your older selves will thank you!

Such a useful, no nonsense approach to disseminating helpful information.

Thank you sos much for taking the time to share your knowledge with us!❤️

I really appreciate your content. I just bought my first retinol products today, and I'm excited 😁 It's such a shame so many things contain niacinamide. My skin burns and stings when I use anything with niacinamide in it. It's the only ingredient I have been sensitive to so far 🥴 Thank you so much for the niacinamide free options. I'm going to order kiehl

Still enjoy every video you do! Thank you for taking the time to provide us with your knowledge! I have used many products that you have recommended.

This is exactly the video I was looking for. I was (still am) using a Trader Joe’s antioxidant moisturizer, I love it but I didn’t realize it has retinol in it and I don’t think it’s a good idea to be “doubling up” on retinol. I also use Differin gel. I will be trying on of the moisturizer you’ve recommended in this video, thank you so much!

Your videos are so well done and easy to understand. I appreciate you taking the time to put content out that is so useful🌟⚘

Another great video! Thank you. I'm in a dry climate and I need a good hydrating mositurizer for older women. Thanks for these ideas.

1st! Thank you Dr. Sugai!!! Love the reviews they’re very helpful! Keep em coming!!!!

Thank you Dr. Daniel for this great video! I was wondering if I can use CERAVE PM Faial Moisturizer in the morning as well.

Thank you, I enjoyed the video. I’m glad to know I picked out the right moisturizer to use with my retinol.

Thank you so much for your honesty! and making things so simple!❤❤❤

Thank you, thank you, you answered all my questions about retinoids & moisturizers, great info & recommendations!!

I really enjoy your no nonsense and fuss free videos. Thank you Dr sugai :)

I look forward to your reviews,Thanks for sharing 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Love this! Very informative.

Thank you for this video Dr Sugai. Very informative. Watching from Toronto, Canada.

Great reviews, thank you Dr. Sugai

Love this video and needed it!!! Thank you so much!!!

I love Vanicream Daily Facial Moisturizer!!!!! It's so underrated. Thanks for your videos!!!

I use the Vanicream and the CereVe PM. Both work really well. Thanks for the information!

Thank you for this video. It’s was super helpful. Can you please do one for cleansers with retinol?

Hi 👋 Just wanted to say how much I love your videos. The content you provide is very informative and explained so well forr those of us still leanring about skincare. May I ask, what are your thoughts or opinions on the Biothern Homme Supreme Force line or Biotherm Homme in general. Again, thanks for all the great content. 👍

You’re so right Dr. Listening to you and your common sense and rational approach to skin care makes for basic skin knowledge. I appreciate that especially in times when there is so much on the market it can be confusing. Ty & Mahalo nui.

I enjoy watching your videos. You always give precise information. It’s good to know I don’t have to break the bank to have a good skincare.

Thank you for saying ‘peel around the mouth’, that happened to me. I recently jumped on the retinoids bandwagon starting off at every other night. After about a week I changed to every night. I almost freaked out and went back to every other night. I do moisturize and used a little Aquaphor because the dry feeling bothered me. It only lasted a couple days. I’m hoping to try every night again and use the Retinoids sandwich. So cool!

I would love a review on Paula's choice products!

Thank you so much for the great info and all your effort. Allways looking forward for your videos :)

Thank you Doctor. These are I am looking for more information and here you are. I found your channel. Thanks

I love your videos. Thank you for the informative videos. Did you do one on Vitamin C brands? 🤔

I found you today and your videos are now my favorite for skin care. I’m 68 and just now starting a serious routine. Which moisturizer would you recommend for people that sweat a lot, like me, for daytime.

Aloha Doc! Cera Ve is perfect for Hawaii weather! As winter approaches us I am interested in trying different brands, appreciate your tips! Mahalo and have a great weekend🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🌴🌈

I love the Cerave PM lotion. I’m on my 3rd bottle and it feels so good on the skin.

I'm using the cicaplast baume B5 from La roche possay after applying retinol, so far no irritation or peeling at all, the price is affordable too.

Thank you for sharing your credentials.

I work at a store where i get “hooked up” w Kielh’s samples forever! I use it when it’s cold and dry and it is the best! CeraVe in humid days! I vary my routine according to the weather! 🥰this video is the best! Thanks!!!!

Thank you Doc,very informative as always. Thanks from Canada.

Love your channel! I have been on Retinol for years and pretty familiar with do's and dont's, but thanks to your advice have had an eye opener on correct products to pair it with

You only had to say, "If you don't know me by now, I am an insanely handsome doctor who just showed up in your YT feed." Doc, I needed this exact video, went to Dr. Drays, and watched a few of hers, but she didn't really cover this in quite this way. Plus, she talks...a LOT:) Nice to meet you, Doc. P.S. no shade to Doc Dray, she is wicked smart.

I needed to see this! I bought CeraVe nighttime cream just this afternoon!

I didn’t know you did your training in Boston! I worked at BWH for 7 years. Love your videos!

I love the cerave i have the pm and am cream. Yesterday i orderd the retinol serum from cerave. The one with that you advice. I can’t wait to use it and i will start to build up. I also wanted to say that you’re video’s are great. You give such good advice and tips. And also you don’t advice like a 10 step skincare. Thank you so much ❤

I use the CereVe PM lotion and Aveeno Calm and Restore Gel moisturizer - those are perfect for oily skin (lightweight, non greasy) and both work well all year round. Love them!!

Fabulous. Love your shop really helps thank you 😊

Great video Dr. Sugai! Thank you for the review and recommendations. I'm definitely adding the Vanicream and Elta PM creams to my wishlist. Please consider reviewing the Skinfix Barrier Triple Lipid-Peptide Cream? It's pricey but so, so good. Thank you so much for educating us and for all your hard work! Have an awesome weekend!

Thank you !!!! Very good information 🤗

Thank you so much, great help 😊🙏. Could I also extra use Aloe Vera Gel or Arnica Cream or even Vaseline to calm down the skin?

Hello Dr.. can I use both Olay retinol serum and Olay retinol moisturizer at the same time? If not, what do you recommend?

Hello Dr. Sugai and everyone, here I am again watching your video as always you shared very informative reviews. People are already making compliments on my skin and won’t believe how old I am, I just laugh and says, “it’s the Filipino bloodline combine with Spanish, American, Asian of all sorts” lol 😂 All the products in your shows I have tried and used but my most favorites are Oil of Olay 24 night moisturizer, CeraVe hydrating facial wash and all the serums you recommend. Thank so much Doc, love and hugs! 🙏❤️🤗

I use RoC retin a which causes some irritation. I was using CeraVe until it started stinging. I started using Aveeno calm and restore. Just wondering what you think of Aveeno.

Ok I have a question. I actually have battled a form of ocd most of my life, dermatillomania, aka CSP aka excoriation disorder.... There really is NOT enough help out there for it, or products or product recommendations specifically targeted to EXTRA sensitive, raw, or broken* skin, that really needs extra TLC to help heal up and beat the odds when sometimes we’re unable to avoid re-damaging the skin. Anything to help speed skin healing... also things to help guard against or treat infection (just plain antibac ointment i guess?) Things to help prevent & treat scarring as well. All of this would be helpful. 🙏✌️ (ps. for me personally i live in Cali & its extremely arid here so... there’s that too. Almost? Maybe? too dry to use hyaluronic bc it might pull moisture out of the skin bc there really is no moisture in the air here 🏜😕 I’m not 100% sure if it helps me here or not 😕)

Thank you for sharing this highly valuable information

Love your videos!!! So informative and helpful. I am pairing my Kiehl's microdose retinol with their ultra facial cream, it stings quite a bit when the cream goes on.. Is it the alcohol in the cream? Or should I dial back in the retinol? Im on week 3 of using the retinol, from using it once every three days to every other day. This week I tried every night, and it stings a bit esp after putting on the kiehl's cream. Sorry abt the super long message!

Thank you for the very helpful information!

Thanks Doc I appreciate you so much!!!

I use OTC retinol and learned about using the right moisturizer the hard way. One night I used Eucerin after my retinol and immediately felt the burn. Sure enough, I checked out the ingredients and that particular moisturizer had AHA in it. Lesson learned. Thank you for all you do..

LaRoche posey Tol. Sensitive (oil-free) is excellent for acne skin . Mild, light, and had niacinimide too.

I was trying to find reviews on aveeno's calm and restore on RU-vid to use with retinol. Couldn't find much . I have sensitive skin and was wondering if aveeno would be a good option to use with vitamins c serum and retinol. Bought vitamin c serum and olay retinol moisturizer after watching your videos lol .maybe in the future you could give your thoughts about aveeno products. I did order the calm and restore as well as the sunscreen with soy to help with age spots . Appreciate your honesty and help with affordable solutions for skin care .I'm 37 and just starting a skincare routine so your videos have been very helpful.

Solid recs as always 🤙🏼🤙🏼

Thank you for recommending Kiehl's. GREAT PRODUCT!

Thank you Dr. Sugai! 😊

I love your smooth voice 🥰 so calming

Hi Dr.Sugai! Can you make a video on postpartum hairfall?

Can you do a video on moisturizer for senior dry skin?

Hello, Dr. Sugai, is it safe for skin prone to redness to use Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream with retinol as it contains salicylic acid? Thank you 🙂

Hi! Watching from Abu Dhabi .Can you please recommend the best body moisturizer. Thank you so much

I just ordered the kiehl's moisturizer to try since colder months are coming. Hopefully I like it!

If you would choose among the 4 that you've mentioned, which would you get to pair with your retinol at night?

I m so glad i found your channel. Thank you

Love your videos!!!!! Why do you wait an hour after washing your face in the evening before you apply the tretinoin?

I'd love to find a dermatologist like you where I live.

I thought you shouldn‘t combine salycylic acid (is in Ultra Facial Cream) with Retinol?

Love CeraVe and Vanicream!✔

I just bought CeraVe PM Moisturizer before this video came out. Love from Philippines 🇵🇭

👍Thanks Dr. Sugai for giving a heads up on good products to use, as I do have sensitive skin. This video saves me time in searching and testing out different products on my skin, and helps to learn the key ingredients to look for in a good moisturizer.

Hey Doc 😊 can you please do a video on how to use adapalene on the body 🙏 thanks so much. Love from the Philippines🇵🇭💖

Shout out to the sunscreen still on the side of your face from the summer time sunscreen video!

Can you pls review the Bio Oil gel? ☺️ I wasn’t aware it even existed

Great video Dr. Sugai! I am using the elta md moisturizer with tretinoin. I feel it pills a little. Should I wait longer to apply the tret? Or am I using too much? Thanks.

Do you also recommend 1st aid beauty ultra repair cream or skinfix?

My daughter and I LOVE everything Vanicream. The only thing that is helping my issue on my legs.

I’ve been using the Olay Retinol for a week and I’ve never seen my skin in such distress. I’m peeling and sensitive. I don’t see how this is an everyday product, it feel like a chemical peel. If I used this product everyday I won’t be able to use anything else. I feel it’s better as a treatment rather than an everyday product. As soon as I get my results I’m going right back to my hyaluronic acid, where the moistures at!

He is just great! 🤩

I did a aloe Shea butter sweet almond oil and glyserin, after dermplaning vit c hydralonic acid, so good it my skin takes it up better 😊

Thank you for this video. Could you please help me decide if Cerave Renewing Night Cream is non-comadogenic and suitable for combination skin? Thanks.

I'd like to try to vanicream, but concerned about no niacinamides; I currently use cerave. What will I be missing out on without niacinamides in vanicream?

I love this video, but now I’m confused! Is hylauronic acid in a cream ok to use when you start a retinol? I’ve heard yes but also no as it can push the retinol in deeper to the skin and increase irritation. Can you advise? Thank you!

Thanks Daniel

Thank you!

I like that you included an option without HA (kiehls), it’s so hard to find products without it anymore. I find that having every product in my routine having it causes irritation in the form of redness around my nose, cheeks, and high forehead. Not only that, but it tends to backfire for me in drier climates, generally in the winter when it’s dry where I am. But it’s a little pricey. The illiyoon ceramide soothing gel is the product for me. Simple ingredients, no HA or essential oils, very cheap, large tube of product, works well for oily skin, has squalane for actual emollience.

I am officially HOOKED to your channel; so many of the products you recommend have either been in my repertoire or on my wish list, and I just like your studied, no nonsense, science-based approach, backed up by your real life experience USING them all. ON OUR BEHALF lol. Could you recommend a simple AM/PM product duo for my 85-yr old mom, with somewhat sensitive skin, who has NOT really been on any consistent or serious regimen her entire life? If it contained a mineral sunscreen in the am, that would be ideal (as I'm not sure how she reacts to chemical or hybrid sunscreens). She has all the 'issues' you'd expect at her age and of someone who has not sufficiently focused on anti aging: laxity, crepiness, sporadic dark spots, lines, wrinkles.... So, I don't know which ingredients would most benefit her without the side effects/irritations discouraging her from sticking with it.... She does NOT like to admit that she cares about such things, and feels it best to focus on one's inner beauty (though she IS GORGEOUS, for what it's worth) but she has reluctantly shared with me that she would like some 'help' selecting a few products to address her most pressing concerns. She has no illusions about achieving dramatic results, but if I could just find something to moisturize her skin and perhaps mitigate SOME of the damage, while staving off NEW damage, that would be great. I've been considering the restore and renew am/pm from No 7 but know she'd 'feel' comfortable with an Olay product since she's familiar with the brand name. Not sure that even their 24 retinol/peptide that you reviewed would be suitable as she might become irritated, but I know the Olay line as assorted actives/ingredients and maybe one of the others could be a good starting point for her. I'm almost tempted to just get her that Vanicream you reviewed, and that I have subsequently placed in my Amazon cart. I also stumbled upon this body cream which any say is great for seniors with fragile skin, needing barrier boosting and strengthening: Cetaphil Restoring Body Lotion with Antioxidants for Aging Skin, Great for Neck and Chest Areas, Fragrance and Paraben Free, Suitable for Sensitve Skin 16 oz. Bottle and think I might just get that for body, but could definitely use some help devising an am/pm facial regiment. Thanks for any help / thoughts...🙏🙏🙏

I like this. You do not need to break the bank to maintain your skin

Thanks for yr video. It alll be nice if you can a full photo of very reviewed product. It's hard to pick the name

So does hyaluronic acid not cause extra sensitivity while paired with Differin gel? I was using the neutrogena hydro boost (with HA) while doing the retinol sandwich. Now my face hurts.. Red, irritated, and soo sensitive. And that moisturizer is burning my skin everytime I used it! Maybe it’s the fragrance & dye in it that is causing this pain. But I was told hyaluronic acid can cause extra dryness?