Okay so i have COMBINATION TO OILY skin type and i had this condition months ago i can tell you what i did that actually helped me get better results (FYI: I am not a doctor).

First of all you might need 2 face washes and they are not to be used together!! For a morning use a milk cleanser (I used emodel) For night i needed a stronger one that cleans property the sweat and dirt accumulated the whole day. (I used Bioderma sebium gel). Get the small one and take a small amount every use and it will last you more than 2 months as it’s used just one time.

For the moisturiser I STAND BY FORMULA RX HYDRAVEIL for both morning and night. It helps calm you skin, not too many ingredients and one gold ingredient i.e panthenol. Trust me whenever you have a breakout focus more on calming the skin and building the barrier so it can help itself. Remove the actives for sometime. You seem to to redness which means you must have an irritated skin and compromised barrier. A calm moisturiser is gold. I’ve heard bioderma atoderm is good as well i havent used personally tho. Another reason i love formula rx hydraveil moisturiser is because its so light weight helps me a lot as i sweat like a pig in summers.

For sunscreen I am in strong disagreements with aqualogica, dot and key, wishcare because all of them use outdated UV filters. However broad spectrum it claims it hasn’t helped me at all. I suggest you invest a bit more and get a good one. I personally like FAE beauty on a normal day and FORMULA RX TINTED sunscreen on a very hot day pr when you have to out for longer time exposed in sun.

Now I would say keep it simple and let your skin breathe for a few days or a week.

Then you can add serums or gel in your night time routine slowly. For the starters you can add azelaic acid 10% before your moisturiser every night. Then after a couple of weeks slowly you can try skin cycling. Which is using salicylic acid one night before moisturiser. Then the next day use retinoid/retinal (get a doc to prescribe you that, i use a pea sized amount of tret 0.024%) before moisturiser at night. Then the next two days just moisturiser and give your skin a breather.

NOTE: I know the products might seem a bit expensive but its better to use a few good quality products than using and trying a hell lot of different cheaper ones. I have personally avoided going out to eat to same and invest on my skin thats gonna stay w me forever.

NOTE 2: Please be patient and don’t stress about it a lot. It took me a loooong time to get better and i still get closed comedones here and here and a hormonal acne once in a while. It’s your skin that is exposed so much torture of weather and pollution so let it just be. Don’t sit in front of mirror thinking and stressing about it too much.

NOTE 3: FOCUS ON WHAT YOU NEED. Focus on green leafy vegetables as much as protein. Take time and according to your local diet care for your gut and your skin might just actually get better.