Tfw your freakishly sensitive rosacea-addled skin (honestly I think it may also be some sort of cumulative irritant contact dermatitis as well) cannot even handle the ointments and creams meant to help it due to the inactive ingredients that irritate your skin and, to make matters worse, natural skincare products are just as bad due to the oils in them. (Oils are especially bad for people who, for instance, have fungal acne because the type of yeast that causes it (malassezia) feeds on oils and long-chain fatty acids.)
I am now having to wash my face with rose water and soothe it with green tea & spearmint tea ice cubes, of all things. Based on studies it seems like sulfur, seabuckthorn extract/oil, mandelic acid, azelaic acid and even ivermectin are all very promising treatments, but I'm going to have to formulate my own serums in order to try them due to the aforementioned problem with irritating filler ingredients in those things.
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