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I’ve majorly messed up my skin barrier from inflammation in my body then also doing tons of topical things to mess it up. Including a botched laser treatment at a med spa (never again at a med spa).

I stripped everything back to just vanicream lotion and vanicream liquid soap once a day just at night. Nothing else. Not even sunscreen because it burned and broke me out, just a hat and staying out of sun. I have been doing this for two months with no improvement my skin is getting worse actually. (Lotion is great face wash isn’t)

Realized that this face wash was stripping my skin. I didn’t even realize because it was supposed to be the most gentle.

My skin is so inflamed, red, dehydrated, horrible texture, oily, etc.

Should I:

try caveman till my barrier heals
try Aveeno Calm and Restore wash once a night

Am I cooked?

I’ve damaged my skin so much over the years from lack of knowledge, pregnancy, hormone problems, etc. including botched laser sessions that also left me emotionally scarred too cause wtf😭

My face is dry, oily and pretty sensitive.

This is what one left with. I’ve been using a salicylic acid was a few times a week which hasn’t done anything so I just stopped using that lol and if anything dries out my face so much. Nothing to help acne. I’ve tried glycolic acid but the next day leaves my skin like an oil slick and after a few weeks irritates my barrier.

The only thing that’s worked for me WONDERFUL in the past was SkinBetter oxygen wash morning and night. Transformed my skin in the past. I’ve never found anything like it since😭 I’m working with a doctor for my overall/physical health so hopefully it helps my skin.

Routine right now: vanicream wash and lotion once at night. Nothing in am. Sometimes sunscreen (I have a hard time committing because I’m scared my pores will get even worse)

How do I fix my skin? As you can see in the pictures every pore is toast.

Caveman regime?

Desperate for help [Routine Help]