On 6/22/2016 at 11:16 PM, jbjustine said:

I've been on the regimen for about 4 weeks now and have been struggling to keep my skin moisturized.

I use about 2.5 pumps of the moisturizer in the morning and 3+ pumps at night but my skin still feels incredibly dry and tight. I also have dry patches/flakes all around my nose, cheeks, chin and mouth area (it's pretty bad!)

To combat this, I tried using Ponds dry skin moisturizer  (which I used before the regimen) during week 2 and while it relieved the dryness, it stung really badly. So I switched to adding jojoba oil to my moisturizer and that hasn't helped at all either. My skin is still dry, if not drier, than before. I already have dry skin and the BP has made my skin drier than I thought possible. It seems that anything I do will not relieve the dryness or take care of the dry patches!! 

Any suggestions would be so greatly greatly appreciated!!
(also I'm really tempted to exfoliate the dry patches away with the st.ives apricot scrub or something! Is that too bad for my skin to even consider? I can't take the dryness anymore and my resolve is weakening please help!!!)

Thank you!!!!
 

Hi jbjustine, 

Since you are 4 weeks into The Regimen, now would be a perfect time to incorporate the Acne.org AHA+ to your regimen. 

The Acne.org AHA+ speeds up skin cell turnover and exfoliate your skin. This will help with the flakiness.

You may start off by using 50/50 of the Acne.org Moisturizer and AHA+ and apply this mixture every night. 

You may also begin with only a pea sized amount of the Acne.org AHA+ and use it every 2-3 nights. Gradually ramp up the volume until your skin can tolerate the full dose of AHA+. 

If you are still experiencing dryness, you may use the Acne.org Moisturizer as often as needed until your skin has adjusted to the Acne.org Treatment. You may also add 5-6 drops of the Jojoba Oil to your Moisturizer for added moisture. 

I you need any further assistance, please let us know.