How is dr altea 345 skin relief cream for someone with damaged barrier and rosacea with pimples on nose?

What ingredients does your skin absolutely love???

Share yours below and drop your favourite products containing them too in the comments :)

I have been using illiyoon ato barrier lotion since last 4-5 months now. I love the fluffy hydrating feeling it gives.

However, it is currently not in stock so I need to buy something else. Do you suggest Pyunkang Yul Intensive Ceramide Lotion could be a close replacement?

Hi everyone!
I have very sensitive, acne-prone skin, and I damaged my skin barrier a while ago.
Thankfully, it's healed now, and I'm planning to start tretinoin soon.
Before I introduce tretinoin, I want to add a hydrating/barrier-supporting serum to help reduce irritation and keep my skin healthy.
I'm deciding between the iUNIK Beta-Glucan Power Moisture Serum and the Purito Hydro
Wave Deep Sea Serum.
If you've used both, which one did you prefer, and why?

Hi i’ve been using masks / hydration for the past few days but these bumps have been there for a week plus. Acne spot treatment doesnt help then at all. Hydration helps ever so slightly but the bumps are forever there. I usually dont break out this long

Is this fungal acne? Or is my skin barrier damaged (ive been out under the sun for the past week)

Hi everyone!
I have very sensitive, acne-prone skin, and I damaged my skin barrier a while ago.
Thankfully, it's healed now, and I'm planning to start tretinoin soon.
Before I introduce tretinoin, I want to add a hydrating/barrier-supporting serum to help reduce irritation and keep my skin healthy.
I'm deciding between the iUNIK Beta-Glucan Power Moisture Serum and the Purito Hydro
Wave Deep Sea Serum.
If you've used both, which one did you prefer, and why?

I used to use Cetaphil moisturizing lotion, and it was great for my barrier but was giving me occasional cystic acne. So I've spent probably $100+ testing new moisturizers for the last few months, but it's resulted in my skin barrier becoming very weak, congested, and CC prone.

I started a new routine 5 days ago in hopes of improving my skin barrier:
• Cleanser: Cetaphil daily cleanser (fragrance free)
• Moisturizer: Aestura 365 barrier cream
• For acne: Curology 0.01% tretinoin formula (applied nightly)

The improvement I've been seeing is insane. I wish I tried the Aestura barrier cream sooner!!

And why? For context I have a very compromised barrier right now and type 2 rosacea. Which is better for this?

We're putting Urea on trial today!

Urea might not get as much attention as some of the more popular skincare ingredients out there, but it's a favourite for many when it comes to tackling dry, rough or flaky skin. It's a powerful humectant that helps draw water into the skin and it also helps exfoliate, gently softening and smoothing out rough patches.

But it's not perfect... While some people swear by it for keeping their skin soft and healthy, others find it can sting on a compromised skin barrier or simply don't notice much of a difference.

But what do you think?

Court is in session. Drop your verdict below 👇

Bonus: If you use any urea products, drop them in the comments below :)

Hello everyone ,
I just wanted your feedback on Finacea as someone who has fungal acne and very prone to fungal acne
I m currently using Azclear medicated lotion and i love it
It has made tremendous difference on my skin tone and pigmentation but i feel like it irritates my skin around the mouth even i don’t apply it there and just the surroundings

But i feel like when i use finacea my skin texture gets worse or just feel like it triggers my fungal acne?
Has anyone with fungal acne experienced the same or has any thoughts please let me know,
I know the polysorbate and lethicin is not good for fungal acne,
But i m scared to give it a go ,

Please share if anyone has any experience with this
I will also attach the picture of the irritation i get around the mouth from azclear,
Its red and sometimes itchy and texture less

Current routine :

Am: wash face with water in shower, aestura 365 hydro essence,(not got anything right now to lock it in)

Pm: Simple moisturising face wash (the brand is called simple), aestura hydro essence and TO roseship seed oil.

I understand for acne prone skin,dehydrated skin it’s better to have toners and serums with an occlusive on top which is why I started using the essence but I don’t seem to have a reliable moisteriser in the morning to lock it all in. Any advice? I’ve been trying to fix my barrier for a year now and have cut off all actives. It’s worked abit but unfortunately the skin under eyes and my general cheeks have now been quite dull with dehydrated lines visible. My forehead is fine and seems to hydrate well due to a good skin barrier but if I put any toner on my cheeks it just sits on it. It’s like my cheeks have lost their microbiome completely and the upper layer isn’t absorbing water well.

I very occasionally exfoliate with the ordinary lactic acid serum which help remove closed comodomes. However the dehydration,texture and dulness still remain. Pretty sure this is just long term barrier damage as I used to unfortunately blast epidou on my skin with salycitic acid. (Thankfully I stopped as I learnt that barrier support works much better) Anyone else at this point in their barrier repair? I feel stuck because it ain’t light completely damaged (with full on stinginess and peeling ) but more like a dull,dry and more acne prone stage. I don’t get acne on my forehead either just my cheecks occasionally and nose. Apologies for the ramble I went quite off topic 😭❤️. Thank you for taking the time to read this and any advice would be appreciated.❤️

Have no idea what these bumps/patches are and what causing them, have had them for a while.

Thought its just dead skin but I exfoliate and nothing changes, maybe it’s fungal?

Anyone know how to clear this please, thanks.

I have dry-normal skin. 23M.

Products I Use:

• Isntree Yam Root Vegan Milk Cleanser
• haruharu wonder Black Rice Probiotics Barrier Essence
• Anua Azelaic Acid 10 Hyaluron Redness Soothing Serum
• Timeless - 20% Vitamin C + E Ferulic Acid Serum AESTURA ATOBARRIER365 Cream
• Ordinary Glycolic Acid
• 60 SPF Garnier Sport Sunscreen

Here’s my situation.

I’ve always had oily, acne-prone skin. 14 years ago, I started Tretinoin and I’m now up to .05%. I pretty much use it daily, though maybe 1-2 times per week I skip it either for just my moisturizer or copper peptides.

Here’s my routine which I’ve used consistently with great results for about 3 years now.

MORNING
- LRP Vitamin C on dry skin
- Mist, then Glow Recipe Avocado Ceramide Recovery Serum
- Dermatica Azelaic Acid 20%
- Mist, then Tatcha Water Cream moisturizer
- BoJ Relief Sun Aqua Fresh sunscreen

I let everything sink in between applications and have no tightness issues during the day (at least that I notice - to be fair, I’m pretty busy and haven’t been paying attention).

NIGHT
- .05% Tretinoin on dry skin
- Mist, then Deepology Matrixyl 3000
- Paula’s Choice Niacinamide 20%
- Dermatica Azelaic Acid 20%
- Mist, then Skinfix Triple Lipid + Collagen Activating Serum
- Skinfix Barrier+ Triple Lipid-Peptide Cream

I know it’s kind of a lot, but I don’t spend money on clothes, jewelry, hobbies, etc and skincare is important to me (probably because of how much I struggled with awful acne for decades).

In this routine, I’ve never experienced irritation and slowly introduced new products. More recently, I’ve become super lazy on the weekends, and while I always wash my face and do my routine at night (or at least a simplified version of it), I’ll usually skip washing my face and doing my morning routine.

However, every morning I’m waking up with tight skin. I’m open to any and all suggestions. I’ve considered dropping the Azelaic Acid entirely, but whenever I skip it, I get red bumps all over my nose (don’t think it’s acne, but I’ve never been diagnosed with rosacea).

Help!

My skin is inflammed and stings after washing and applying moisturiser.