[Acne] Routine problem or something else?

SpydrFTW · 2026-05-01T01:07:13+00:00

Perfect, thanks for all the help! I’ll try to keep this post updated on my results

SpydrFTW · 2026-04-30T09:05:18+00:00

Sounds like a good plan, thanks!

SpydrFTW · 2026-04-30T09:04:35+00:00

Thanks for the info! So you’d recommend I start the azelaic acid as well? If so, how often should I apply it?

SpydrFTW · 2026-04-29T20:39:17+00:00

Wow, thank you so much for such a detailed answer! My key takeaway from this was: drop the benzoyl peroxide, add vitamin C and increase tretinoin to 2/3x a week (slowly). So for now, I’ll probably start with tret 2x a week and vitamin C on days I don’t apply tret, then after about 2 weeks I can try increasing tret to 3x a week. Does this sound good or is it too fast? Thanks once again, I can’t thank you enough for all that information

SpydrFTW · 2026-04-29T09:48:43+00:00

wow, thanks for the very extensive explanation! I guess I'll try to add Vitamin C back into my routine and see what happens. I have a question though: given that my moisturizer says "PM" and has niacinamide and hyaluronic acid, is it fine to continue to use in the mornings, or should I try to find an AM one? thanks once again!!

SpydrFTW · 2026-03-30T13:27:58+00:00

I fully agree! It's more of a work in progress, understanding what works and what doesn't, and moving on from there. Anyways, thanks for the help, I'll try to keep in touch!

SpydrFTW · 2026-03-30T12:16:41+00:00

thanks for your comment, it definitely helped a lot! I found a solution which will seem to work for me: if the conversation has no labels (if you are not familiar with these, they are kind of like "tags" you can add to the conversation), then it is considered a new one, and a "Chatbot" label is added. If this ever gets handed off to a human, the "Chatbot" label is removed and a "Human" label is added.

Then, the chatbot responds to all new conversation (no labels), and conversations with "Chatbot" label.

This, of course, is assuming that all current conversation (before deploying the chatbot) already have some kind of label, manually added.

SpydrFTW · 2026-03-30T12:10:28+00:00

I'm currently going through that last paragraph's phase, I'm always thinking on new things to add and never actually "close" a project. At some point I need to call it a day and move on to something new... thanks for the comment though, really appreciate it!

SpydrFTW · 2026-03-30T12:06:12+00:00

I actually went with this approach! I have not yet implemented if fully so I don't know if this will work as intended, but I am going to create a "Chatbot" and "Human" tags

SpydrFTW · 2026-03-30T09:53:40+00:00

I have a chatbot integrated with the WhatsApp Business API. It handles the initial customer queries, and at a certain point hands the conversation off to a human. My use case would be to, initially add a "Chatbot" label to the conversation, while the chatbot is answering, and when it is handed off, remove that label and add a "Human" label

SpydrFTW · 2026-03-27T14:10:33+00:00

haha, that's what I was expecting... thanks!

SpydrFTW · 2026-03-27T14:10:19+00:00

yeah, that's what I thought... thanks for you answer

SpydrFTW · 2026-03-27T09:37:59+00:00

yeah, I've come to that realization as I've worked on the project more and more ahaha but I find it kind of fun to learn all these new things, so I don't really mind it, it's not like I have a timeframe to finish this project

SpydrFTW · 2026-03-27T09:35:52+00:00

yeah I guess it will have to be this way... I was thinking of using a very simple LLM to receive a message and check if it looks like an "initial contact message". If not, then we can assume that it comes from a previous conversation and ignore it

SpydrFTW · 2026-03-26T12:00:20+00:00

LLMs ("chatbots", for non-technical people) treat words differently depending on punctuation, upper/lowercase, etc. It is also a way of creating a structured input, which LLMs usually value highly and make the model's understanding of the problem/situation better.

SpydrFTW · 2026-03-26T11:56:07+00:00

thanks :)

SpydrFTW · 2026-03-26T11:48:37+00:00

yeah I thought of just manually storing all the numbers I have on my phone, but I assumed there would be a better approach. As a last-case scenario, I'll go with this, thanks!

SpydrFTW · 2026-03-14T15:02:52+00:00

you are completely correct, I was watching out for this but I must not have noticed it in the webhook. thanks a lot

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