Good cleansers against hormonal acne skin?

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Hi everyone, I am seeking for advice because I honestly don’t know what to do anymore. I don’t have much hormonal acne but it tends to go around in circles. One month my skin is fairly normal and the other month it will break out again. I have tried to slowly accept it but there are days that my redness is too much that even my foundation can’t cover it.

I am taking the zoely pill for my PCOS. But I still keep getting acne.. mostly on my chin, above my lips, my right cheek and a little on my forehead. I have tried asking my gynecologist if I could go on another pill, in the hope it might help more with my acne (also for other reasons) but in short, she said another pill wouldn’t help for my problem.

I have tried so many different cleansers before. I have dry/ oily and sensitive skin. My skin tends to react to “milky” cleansers and creams with parfum in it so I avoid those.

I also don’t eat/ drink products with dairy in it because it seems to worsen my skin.

I recently went to a dermatologist and she advised me to hydrate my skin more so I have been using a hydrating cream from Sisley which seem to help but I still keep getting pimples around my chin and above my lip. I also recently got a (I believe it’s called) acid peeling treatment and started noticing my left cheek got worse after that. Right now I don’t use any cleansers, only micellar water and a hydrating cream. If I compare my acne to years ago I should be happy but I just would really like to have calmer skin for once, especially around my chin and above my lip 😩

I would appreciate any advice/ recommendations!!

Posted Apr 9, 2026, 9:13 PM UTC

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