[Acne] dry flaky skin over pimples that won't heal for months
Dry skin over acne and the acne won't heal for months
I am unsure of how to explain it but I get this deep seated, often painless acne on my cheeks. The skin above it will get dry and super thick and the pimple won't heal for months. I do use the 30%aha and 2%bha peeling solution from the ordinary 1-2x/week, i use a foaming cleanser with salicylic acid, I use zink containing medical cream for spots, aside from that I use a daytime urea containing moisturizer with spf.
I used retinoids and they did not do a difference and since summer is approaching I stopped applying retinoids and will continue in the summer.
I did notice that the acne eventually heals if I pierce it with a needle (I use blood sugar needles) and use hydrocoloid patches. Often there is hair trapped in the pimple too, meaning I often do have to squeeze them.
I have around 3-5 pimples like that at a time, the rest of the acne are just simple closed comodones that heal off by themselves after a short time.
I am on cyproteronacetat (androgenblocker) which has overall helped but not stopped the acne