First time post here. My cousin threaded my brows for me summer of 2020, probably 3-4 times. The last time being in late Aug. 2020. By September, I started having acne-sized cystic lumps under my skin along the glabella-region of my face (where unibrow would be). I noticed any new hairs that were coming through were also infected. My 1st derm appt. diagnosed as folliculitis and I believe I was prescribed Minocycline during this visit. It healed a little over the next month, but as soon as I ran out of antibiotics it came back full force. I was then taking Sulfa antibiotics for 7 days in Nov. when I went to my PCP for an unrelated issue and expressed my concern with the chronic acne. By day 3 of sulfa, everything that was active was now drying up and peeling off. I was happy. Ran out of antibiotics and within 48 hours you would have never known it healed. I am now prescribed doxy by my derm. She wants me to take it long-term. It upsets my stomach and the first month that I took it, nothing improved so I never refilled my rx. Since I am highly allergic to SA and Benzoyl Peroxide leaves chemical burns on my skin, she did recommend to invest in sulfur-based skincare products. This helps a lot, but it isn't addressing the root problem. I also started noticing my eyebrows were filled with dandruff and the skin that was healing where cysts previously were became scabbed over and dry. I was instructed to use a dab of dandruff shampoo on my face for a few minutes and to wash it off. It does remove some of the flakes and make it temporarily feel less rough, but it comes back within 2 days. Now, I feel like anytime I get new hairs poking through my glabella, they cannot grow through the scabs so they become lodged under my scaly skin and ultimately get infected. I have topical muporicin, which was given to me by my derm. and I can't tell if it helps or contributes to the cysts. I also am afraid to use it for more than a few days at a time. EVERYTHING online says not to pluck the hairs out, but if I leave them I get painful infections. It's also notable to add that the hairs that came back after threading are thick and black, like pubes. My eyebrow hairs are extremely thin and blonde-ish.... I googled threading and supposedly hairs that were threaded are supposed to come back lighter and finer, kind of like what comes back after laser removal... How come mine did the opposite? I would have much rather preferred to keep my blonde unibrow over this acne unibrow I am stuck with. The internet also strongly suggests NOT using rubbing alcohol on the face area, but over muporicin, bactene, neosporin etc., my cysts shrink and dry up within 2 weeks if I use alcohol. If I use the others, it takes at least a month, probably closer to 2. My PMS also seems to exacerbate the acne. I keep alternating between alcohol (on cysts), vichy sulfur acne treatment (PRN), AHA and aloe vera (on the dry patches). Please note that I have been getting severe dry patches for over 6 months, and I have only been using alcohol as needed for the last 2 months and have noticed remarkable improvement, so please do not say that's the cause. ONLY aloe goes on the scales, as even the sulfur is drying to me. I do use acne spot patches by peach slices and they seem to shrink the cysts down over a few days, but I still get new ones constantly. No one seems to have a similar experience online. I've been reading up on it for months and can't find anyone in my situation. I am not used to having acne so I am extremely self-conscious and avoidant. I can't make eye contact now. I have missed parties, weddings, date nights etc. because I get so discouraged and embarrassed about my skin. People have even gone so far as to question my hygiene, which is humiliating because I am a clean person and have always taken care of myself as best as I can. I just don't have the answer and doctor's have failed to give me the tools I need to get better. Please share if you have a similar story or think you may know what is going on with me. I will take any recommendations or advice I can receive at this point I am desperate and want to feel better about myself. I feel like every ounce of my spare time goes to washing my face, treating my face, removing hair from my face. It feels obsessive to me to the point where some days I can't even focus at my work. I desperately need help. I am considering consulting with an aesthetician, but never previously having skin problems I don't know much about this field of work. I don't know if I should look into dermaplaning or laser hair removal or what to do. Has anyone ever seen threading cause this? This is bacterial and not fungal, right? Are my brow hairs growing in the wrong direction? Any recommendations on what to use to get rid of the scales so my hair can poke through again? I need someone else's input. Pics attached... I tried to show some from when it was worse before the sulfur and alcohol to where I am now using these products over the past few months. Please don't be too harsh. I am a delicate flower rn. TIA.