Damaged moisture barrier or retinitization process?

I’ve been using .05% tret for about a year. Started out slowly 2 days a week, upped it slowly over time. My skin has never quite gotten used to it. I’ve stayed peely and it feels tight. Recently read that to get used to it you need to use it daily. Been using daily for a couple weeks now. My skin is feeling tight and oily. It has stopped flaking mostly as of today but it burns a bit around my mouth and nose. I can't tell if I fucked up or not. I have very acne prone skin and right now I’m breaking out a bit too. Can't tell if that's a normal purge or not.

My routine is vanicream face wash, LRP b5 serum, LRP toleraine moisturizer sandwiched with tret.(lipikar made me break out, so I just ordered cicalfate) I rinse my face in AM, no face wash and apply sunscreen. Any thoughts?