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michmerin

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Am I purging?

So I just started skin care routine after watching James Welsh and Hyram and bought products (mostly from Cosrx) And I just noticed I have small acne bumps on my skin ( sometimes they're itchy). Am I undergoing purging or not? I have a hard time differentiating them from breakout 'cause I rarely have one. The last one I think was few months ago and it's one to two bumps. My routine in the morning: Cosrx low ph gel cleanser, Cosrx aha and bha clarifying treatment toner, the ordinary niacinamide, the ordinary natural moisturizer +HA, Cosrx rice mask, Cosrx aloe soothing sunscreen. At night it's just the same except I double cleanse with clean it Zero and minus the sunscreen?
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pratistha

Oily/Resilient

The problem can be: 1.You started all at once. Using every new product at the same time will make difficult to find put what caused the acne bumps 2. Some of the products you mentioned above have ingredients that can trigger fungal acne. So please go through the ingredients in your product and you can analyse better whats not working for you.
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michmerin

Dry/Resilient

Thank you. I'll cut it down to just cleanser, the ordinary moisturizer and sunscreen. Maybe I'll just use the toner once a week or every other week
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Kaiiixx

Oily/Resilient

I agreed with narynx sometimes using too many products in a routine could do more harm than good so try getting back to basic routine first and observe how ur skin react. Once it’s stable then u could slowly add back these products !!! 🥰❤️
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auliyaaaara

Oily/Resilient

I think so with the previous answer. Try to set back your routine to basic skincare and step up little by little. Make sure you put enough time between products you try so you can see what product that cause bad reaction on your skin. Start slowy and enjoy yout skincare time.
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skincareminimalist

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TO Niacinamide must be causing the purge as it had 10% niacinamide anf most people's skin doesnt accept that much percentage in the beginning and it is know to cause this issue on many people just try to cut down on the usage of this serum and apply it with moisturizer just one drop of it in the morning and the purge will slowly go away as ur skin will get used to it slowly. This purge will last for about 2 to 3 weeks and ur skin will start to get better after that.
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michmerin

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Okay. I'll try that after a week since I'm going back just to basic. My skin is really irritated right now. I'll just use it once a day in mixture with moisturizer right? And probably 2-3 times a week?
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michmerin

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Okay I'll try cutting it down. I guess I got too excited from starting a skin care routine 🤣
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