Nothing wrong with giving your skin a little extra moisturizer to combat the midday dryness. Using 3 pumps of moisturizer is completely normal. Keeping your skin in balance is important for preventing irritation-related breakouts. If you are past the 4-week mark, you could also try subbing some AHA+ for your moisturizer. Supposed to be very hydrating!

Here's some info on AHA+:

http://www.acne.org/regimen-help.html#alphahydroxy

See also:

http://www.acne.org/regimen-help.html#regimen

Read the section on dry skin.

I have actually started with the AHA+ a few days ago so hopefully it will start helping with that. Thanks for the advice!

Oh good! We're waiting for AHA+ and jojoba oil to come in the mail to help with the dryness and flakes. My son's on week 7 but didn't really start showing signs of dryness until recently. Can't wait to try AHA+ for my red marks...supposed to be great stuff!