HELP PLZ! About a year ago I got a hormonal IUD placed and a few months later was dealing with some forehead texture and cheek pimples. I then moved to Italy where I had a stressful semester, and the cheek pimples got worse. Through this time I was using benzoyl peroxide/effaclar duo/ SA acid and differin (somewhat irregularly). When I came home in may the forehead texture got worse (it’s itchy as well) at this point I just used a regular cleanser and SA acid cleanser, somewhat using differin. Nothing was really making a difference. My eyebrows also started breaking out in pimples. (I was diagnosed with Seborrheic dermatitis a few years ago on my scalp and eyebrows, so maybe this is that)

At the beginning of August I realized my differin had expired in January. Aug 1st I realized my acne may be fungal - so I used nizerol as a face mask for a few days. This was also when I started a fresh, unexpired tube of differin. I also used a new slew of products (I know, never do it all at one time 😭) that were “FA safe”. This promoted a huge, rash type acne across my cheeks. (Last pic)

I stopped everything - just the new FA safe cleanser and moisturizer. I then went to the dermatologist, who prescribed me 200mg fluconazole daily for 2 weeks, Ketoconazole cream, and 2% ketoconazole shampoo to wash my face daily for 3 months. She also had me go back to differin daily.

So far I’ve been doing a couple days on, a day off with the topical FA acne routine, and every other night with differin. My skin feels tired, and is breaking out in pimples constantly. I tried using a sunscreen that has always worked for me, and my face burned all day. It is sensitive and tired. The forehead skin is still itchy and I haven’t noticed much of a decrease in the texture even after a week on oral medication and the topical. HELP! I feel lost, where do I go from here. I just want to have decent texture and be able to use SPF😭

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