[skin concerns] ever since I hit puberty my face has been a mess.

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I started getting acne at the age of twelve. I'm now about to turn 21 in a few weeks and I still have acne all over my face, on my forehead, on my chin, and on my cheeks. I've tried a lot of products. Th4 first one was proactiv, I used it throughout the first years of high school. It made the area around my mouth really dry and it only seemed to make my acne worse. I also tried Neutrogena's oil free cleanser and I saw no results. I tried applying aloe Vera on my face and never saw any results, so I stopped. I bought a bar of Asepxia, and same as the others, it made my skin really dry, no results. A year ago I was using the Cetaphil cleanser, but it also made face feel really dry after. I went to a dermatologist and he recommended th3 effaclar cleanser along with effaclar duo. I tried them for about 5 months and I saw a little improvement, but it made my face feel tight and dry also. Then about 8 months ago I found out about this subreddit . I looked around and then I decided to buy the cerave foaming cleanser and cerave moisturizer. On the first day I used it I noticed a big difference, it made my skin feel really smooth and not dry and tight. The moisturizer did not make my face look shiny. I've been using those two products ever since, but I still get a lot of acne. About a month ago I bought paulas choice 2% Bha because I had read about how it was a lot of people's holy grail product and I thought it would be the same for me, but no, I started getting huge cysts on my cheeks and forehead. I knew it wasn't a purge, so I stopped using it. Last week I added the effaclar duo back to my routine, but yesterday I decided to stop using it because it made me break out all over my face.Since the paulas choice bha didn't work for me, I bought the Walgreens acne pads with salicylic acid and I've been using those only on my forehead to see how my skin reacts. I'm seeing good results so far.My routine at the moment is: Cerave foaming cleanser Walgreens acne pads Cerave moisturizing lotionSame thing for morning and night.I feel that my routine may be a little simple. What would you guys recommend I add that has worked for you.My skin type is oily, mainly in my cheeks and forehead
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