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[jennymae1984]

I have oily skin, many blackheads along with sebaceous filaments on my nose and chin. I almost never have a whitehead or inflamed "pimple" so I am not worried about that but I am SO tired of all these blackheads and huge clogged pores. I don't have much disposable income right now but I do have health insurance so I have been searching my list of prescriptions that my insurance will cover and reading a lot on here and on the web to find what will work best that my insurance will cover. I wish my insurance would cover either glycolic or salicylic acids since they seem to work best for this kind of skin problem but alas, none of these are covered by my insurance. However, lactic acid is also an alpha hydroxy acid (which is what glycolic acid and salicylic acid are also) and it is covered (Yaay!). So I have narrowed it down to Azelaic acid, lactic acid, and Retin-a, as my preferred treatments. I did want to know if I should ask my doctor for all of them (in other words will all of those be safe to take together?) or only one or two of them? My skin is definitely not the sensitive kind, it can take the harshest chemicals I can throw at it so I am hoping I can take all of these. (I also have psoriasis so I think I can swing some tazorac too but 4 different topicals does seem like a lot.) I am just SO tired of my skin looking this way, I don't want to try 1 thing, it not work, try something else it not work, try the two together, maybe it work, blah blah and take months to find what will work. I know thats impatience but if I can use it all together it would be ideal. Does anyone know which of these (or perhaps all!) can be used together?