i stopped all skincare and my skin hasn’t broken out in 2 weeks after but i’m worried I’m going to get wrinkles

hi. this is my first post but i wanted to try to get some opinions or help since talking to AI and searching on my own isn’t helping.

i’m 25f and have been struggling with moderate-severe acne since 5th grade. i have tried everything you can name. i went through 2.5 rounds of accutane, tried every elimination diet, did heavy metal detox, liver detox, juice cleanses, hydrated properly, i eat as clean as you could imagine, i did a gut protocol for h pylori to fix that issue (my bf had it and i did it just as a precaution) and i have been using GHKCU copper peptide along with all clean skincare. i tried it all and NOTHING has helped. my periods don’t seem to change the pattern of my breakouts either. i was on spirinolactone for about 5 months until i stopped because it was making me extremely depressed.

i’ve done laser treatments for my scarring, i’ve done all the creams prescription and none prescription. the accutane fixed the breakouts i would get on my back and chest, those never came back. but my face. it’s mostly my cheeks and jaw now.

about 2 weeks ago maybe a little less i decided to stop everything (except washing my face, i use youth to the people) and my skin hasn’t broke out. but i’m scared that i am SUPPOSED to be using moisturizer or ill actually be damaging my skin. but then i think, a lot of my guy family members or friends don’t use skincare….. so im torn between if im being lied to by big skincare who is tied in with big pharma and all that jazz to just keep making me think i need more and more and spend spend spend, or am i actually just creating this delusion that everything is evil and out to get me because honestly- that’s where i am. and i could get wayyyy more into it than that but that’s for another time.

so what do we think.

this was my most recent skincare routine:

youth to the people cleanser
hyaloronic acid on damp skin (the ordinary)
niancinimide (the ordinary)
vitamin c (the ordinary)
plant derived squaline (the ordinary)

nightly
youth to the people cleanser
hyaloronic acid on damp skin (the ordinary)
copper peptide serum (the ordinary)
plant derived squaline (the ordinary)

i have also been doing micro needling with PDRN i got from a doctor friend and have my own infrared panel.

Posted Aug 1, 2026, 3:51 AM UTC

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