Razz2525

I can’t believe this but this pretty much echoes my experience. I’m a fortysomething woman with hormonal acne (right cheek and jawline only) and I was tired of my acne-fighting products always causing me to peel. Liquid foundation makes me break out so I use mineral powder bur the minute I apply it, my face starts peeling like crazy. So I thought the OCM would help return my skin back to a more moisturized state. It did for a while.., it LOVED hemp seed oil and my jojoba oil since I researched the comedogenic ratings religiously but then the cystic acne just wouldn’t heal. It’s as if I were giving the bacteria more nourishment with the oil. I had an explosion of blackheads and whiteheads, and then I got 4 or 5 cystic bumps along my jawline... at once!! So painful! I usually get one or two cystic bumps here and there around my cycle but this has been continuous. Never have I had cystic acne this bad and only one side of my face thankfully (although I just felt one start along my jaw on the left). And I sleep on my back and don’t press my cell phone against my face at all. I’m usually more sensitive to pain on my right side as well so something is giving this bacteria a field day. I can only conclude it’s the oil. Not sure what to do: the topical medications prescribed seem to work but are so drying that the peeling starts immediately. Doctor has me on aczone and Retin-A. Maybe Differin would be better (and I declined to take spironolactone, I have enough hormonal issues, I don’t need to get back on anything that’s going to mess with my menstrual cycle).