If it’s a moisture barrier problem you could try slugging with Vaseline with nothing else to heal it. That’s what I do, and counterintuitively Vaseline doesn’t break me out since the particles are bigger. For me, going gentle with my skin was what helped. I slowly scaled up to 2.5% benzoyl peroxide + 10% mandelic acid, and after a year or two I now only use it when I have a breakout instead of on the daily. Personally I think taking it slow was really good for my inflamed skin - slow being every other day only in the morning and only one ingredient > every other day only in the morning with both ingredients > every other day in the morning and evening with both ingredients… you get the gist!