purging

Is this amount of acne normal for you? Or is this more than usual? Vitamin C can definitely cause purging as I have experienced through personal experience. Start slow. Try using it only twice a week to allow your skin to get used to it. The slowly increase to three times a week when your skin is no longer reacting. So right now take a break and try using it a week later.

if this amount/severity of acne is abnormal for you, then it very well could be the vitamin c causing purging. If that's all you've implemented or changed with your routine then maybe try not using it so much and work your way up to a tolerable level. I had slight purging with vitamin c but nothing nearly like this, but all skin is different and reacts differently to ingredients.

For me it is better to treat active acnes first then when theyre gone, you can proceed with step to treat the scars