So a year ago i basically got my skin clear using a 2% salicylic wash and 5% BP which worked very well after a while. Since then idk why i've been constantly changing products and i am thinking of going back to that formula. Yet the problem i have is not so much pimples but more red marks which are all over my chin. I know salicylic acid is a chemical exfoliant but i have heard the Glycolic acid is aswell.

So my question is, can i use salycilic acid as a wash, then BP as a treatment, then Glycolic acid? Or should i not use glycolic acid everyday, but on the days that i do use glycolic, use a gentle fash wash instead of salycilic?

You could. The problem is that there's a possibility you could irritate your skin.

Leave-on treatments are more effective than washes.

You should use sunscreen with SPF 30+ if you use any exfoliating treatments.

Thanks! I think i will use the salycilic wash and BP in the morning then salycilic wash and glycolic acid at night unless anyone has any better ideas?

Make sure to put on sunscreen! glycolic makes your skin more sensitive to the suns rays.

I use glycolic acid facewash everyday and my skin has never looked better.

I still get cysts but they are slowly stopping, my red marks have gone and closed comedones too

salicylic acid was a bit harsh for my skin, not sure why. I have very fair Japanese skin which is sensitive, but gycolic acid is my friend.

Thanks for your responses. But now i think of it, the BP is the reason why i got so many red marks in the first place, so should i still use it? I still get pimples around my chin but majority is red marks

Thanks for your responses. But now i think of it, the BP is the reason why i got so many red marks in the first place, so should i still use it? I still get pimples around my chin but majority is red marks

For occasional inflammatory acne, use it as a spot treatment. If you have inflamed pimples all over, you can apply it all over, and I would suggest going to a derm at that point, because you may have to go on at least antibiotics.

I was tempted to put BP on my red marks.

I thought that it bleaches my clothes, why not my skin? and the peeling means its exfoliating right?- Wrong.

If anything, it just makes them redder, use a exfoliant treatment like the glycolic acid, it works much better.

I was tempted to put BP on my red marks.

I thought that it bleaches my clothes, why not my skin? and the peeling means its exfoliating right?- Wrong.

If anything, it just makes them redder, use a exfoliant treatment like the glycolic acid, it works much better.

Red marks themselves? No. Active pimples? Yes.

Keep in mind that redness = inflammation. You really can't halt or decrease just inflammation on the skin--inflammation means your skin is trying to heal. Orange/yellowish/brown marks = excess melanin. That you can decrease topically. Beware that in darker skin types (African-American descent) the inflammation is more brown than anything.