Okay, so I've had acne since 5th grade and been on like every single OTC and prescribed medicine/cream (including accutane) that exists (i'm pretty sure of this...recently my derm almost prescribed an antibiotic i've already been on, so he had to think about something else LMAO!)...so now I'm pretty cleared up except for a few painful pimples here and there and red surface scarring (nothing deep like pits or anything)...and I've had extremely oily facial skin my entire life. But this is where it gets tricky for me...after I was on accutane, which changes how much oil your sebaceous glands produce (i think?), i'm much drier overall but still oily...and at the moment i'm on an antibiotic, a cream in the morning, and Tretinoin gel at night (the generic form of Retin-A)....all of this dries out my skin and after i wash my face it feels so tight, and i wake up in the morning with my skin kinda dry and peely looking. It's disgusting, it's like i have dandruff of the face. ANYWAY, since my skin gets dry but is oily during the day, and i have to apply the products to my face, should i still moisturize? Sometimes I'll skip the cream and gel and use Kiehl's oil free sodium PCA moisturizer....but can i use it under/over the products? and i'm getting fine lines around my eyes (i'm only 19!)...which i think is due to the crap i've put my skin through over the years (and i was a swimmer my whole life, so the chlorine probably did some damage)....so i guess my main question is, should i moisturize even tho i get oily? how often, and what should i use? AAHHHHH i'm so confused, i don't wanna make it even more moist than it is lol! but i'm afraid if it gets too dry i'll get wrinkles soon....bleh. thanks!



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