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My skin used to be oily combination skin, but I used this "Sea Breeze" stuff on my face and left it on overnight. Well, I ended up having some major skin problems after that; I woke up with a red face, I felt like my pores were bring killed and were shriveling. Yeah, it sucked.

About three years later I still suffer from dry skin but It's not as bad. I don't have oily skin. Year-round, my skin is basically the same, except the summer it's a little better because I'm out in the sun more.

I'm Californian and I now live in Indiana so that may have a toll on my skin too. I'm almost never out in the sun, and sometimes in the summer. I never sunburn and I try my best to take care of my skin. I use"Skin so soft" by Avon as my moisturizer and St. Ives apricot scrub mask. The scrub mask was working the first couple of days but it doesn't any more.
It seems like I don't use enough moisturizer; last night I put a crapload on and that didn't help at all.

Usually my skin is driest right after I wash it and pat it dry. I try to keep some of the moisty water on my face just so it'll keep hydrated.

I don't know what I can do at this point to help my skin; I don't scrub too hard or use too much wash, I wash my hands before I wash my face, I PAT it dry…

Somehow I end up having acne scars too. I've tried using aloe vera but it just dries up my face. I tried mixing it with Skin So Soft too. :/

If someone could save me, please, that would be amazing.
Right now, I have acne. It seems like when that acne goes away, it pops up in another area.