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DenStorePoelseOP•

So I've started to experience acne which I cant really understand, as my skin has been decent for the last few years, with just a pimple here and there, particularly in the winter, less so in the summer. My skin has never been great and I took isotretinoin for 6-8 months, I can't really remember, when I was 20, it cleared it up quite a bit which was nice.

I am trying understand what I should do to clear this up my current problems. Yesterday I started using basiron (benzoyl peroxide 5%), though I'm not expecting much as I tried it before isotretinoin to no avail. I have relatively dry skin, I have to moisturize after I have washed my face otherwise my face feels really dry. What are your thought on just using a cleanser in the night and then instead of the micropeeling gel using an acid exfoliant twice a week?

Routine:

Morning: Cerave hydrating cleanser or La Roche-Posay Effaclar gel, The Ordinary moisturizer + HA

Night: The same as in the morning.

Days I workout (3 times a week): I use La Roche -Posay micropeeling gel (2% salicylic acid) instead of the other cleansers.

For the last year I used La Roche -Posay micropeeling gel every morning and did nothing in the night. I worried that doing that made my skin dryout too much, so in september I started to use another type of cleanser instead most of the time. I'm tempted to start tanning as my summertime skin is basically free of pimples/acne and I wonder if a light tanning session here and there could provide the same relief.

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DenStorePoelseOP•

I use sunscreen in the summer. As I live in scandinavia, where the sun rises after 0800 and goes down before 1600, with the sky being overcast in between, during the winter I don't use it unless I have to be outside for a prolonged period.

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SlouchyGuy•

Continue with BP for a month or two to if it reduces acne. If it won't work, try Adapalene - over the counter retinoid, less irritating then tretinoin, as effective, since retinoids worked for you.

Generally oral isotretionin causes permanent decrease in oil production, might not have been enough for you, so topical retinoid might work

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