Hello! I have oily and acne-prone skin. I started using Differin gel last week and now my skin is dried out and peeling. To cope with that, I’ve been using hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, and snail mucin twice a day, and I use the Facetheory Supergel oil-free moisturizer once a day. I use a few drops of each. I also use a little bit of a face mist I made myself with green tea, rose water, cucumber water, and glycerin - I use this to dampen my skin before the snail mucin and hyaluronic acid. Doing all this has helped the peeling and dryness, but now my skin still feels a bit sticky after an hour of applying these products. By the end of the day, my skin does feel drier again but fortunately not as dry as before and the peeling is kept mostly at bay. My question is whether I’m accidentally overdoing the moisturizing. By using these moisturizing products to combat the dryness and peeling, am I accidentally undoing all the work that the Differin is doing? Or is it okay because the Differin is combating oil and I’m using oil-free moisturizers?
Sorry for the long post and sorry if this is confusing! Thank you so much in advance!