differentiating [SEP] among retinol creams can be a chore the stuff is what it is and retinol is good stuff if you want to turn over your skin cells the way they used to do it for yourselfthis cream has an excellent formula of retinol moisturizers and antioxidants what it also has that many others do not is a pump that keeps air and light from destroying the ingredients it is retinol which is pretty strong so patch testrecommend