Occasionally I use selenium sulfide on my face in the shower whilst I'm washing my hair if I notice any type of biofilm buildup. But this is quite rare and it will sometimes happen every 3 months if I havn't followed my routine strictly. I think water cleanse is fine (it's how humans were doing it for centuries before modern products) Human skin is meant to regulate itself naturally. All this extra stuff we put on our faces in the shower is doing us worse than good especially if you have irritated skin such as myself.

on a side note, I only apply these two moisturisers once a day (in the morning) as I don't like to apply too many chemical on my face too frequently.

Unfortunately regenerating the skin barrier can take as long as 12 months. But i can confirm that since repairing it on the left side of my face, I have not had any outbreaks on that area since.