Masks VS Exfoliating?? [Routine Help]

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i did a very quick search and couldn't figure this one out, so forgive me if this is an obvious question.The TL;DR is that i went and treated myself to a facial at a spa yesterday, and it seems like i've got a little more acne than usual in my chin area as well as blackheads on my nose. the woman who treated me said that i should be exfoliating 2-3x a week (which i'm not) and that i should use a mask either before or after (i don't remember which one she said) exfoliating as well to "really get in there and remove the dead skin". that sounds like overkill to me, so i thought i'd bring it up here.The Questions:How frequently should I be using masks?and should I be using them concurrently with exfoliators?I'll scour the sub later, but are there any masks or exfoliators you recommend? i don't care about price but i tend to prefer natural-ish productsdoes it matter if i use a chemical or a physical exfoliator? can i alternate?The Background:i tend to have pretty good skin-- like the kind of skin makeup artists always comment on as they apply makeup on you. it wasn't always like that, i suffered from some moderate acne when i was a teenager but either my dermatologist or age straightened that out. my routine currently consists of:PMremove eye makeup if i wore it (don't really use face makeup) -- clean with cotton balls and Laura Mercier dual action eye makeup remover.Wash face (I use Alba Botanica coconut milk facial cleanser and m hands)put on eye moisturizer (i use something or other from Burt's Bees)put on face moisturizer (Alba even advanced sea lipids daily cream in the summer...the night version in the winter)sleepAMrinse faceput on eye moisturizer (burt's bees thing)slap on Alba Sea Moss moisturizer SPF 15 (if i expect to be out in the sun i'll use something stronger, like LaRoche 50)i'm 95% sure the recent, minor acne breakouts are related to having gone off birth control. when i was on it my skin was REALLY low maintenance so i think i got lazy. wanna get back on it though :)thanks in advance!
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