[Skin Concerns] Red, dry and tight, irritated face..:(

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Sorry in advance for this super long ramble/rant at myself! I'm feeling pretty stressed about my skin right now. D: At the moment, it's just quite dry and kind of tight (especially on my forehead) and redness on both forehead and cheeks.My bad skin started around two weeks ago but prior to this, my skin-type was dry (not as dry as now) and sensitive skin. I did not have constant redness, but every odd or so occasion it would go a bit red only on the cheeks. My forehead started getting quite dry and hard(?)..I'm not sure how to explain it. But there were small bumps and patches of dry skin. My cheeks started going a bit pink, but I didn't think too much of it. I think the cause was that I switched cleansers as I decided my previous one probably wasn't good for my skin cos of the fragrance. I switched it out to try out another sample cleanser I had at home which was Mer's cleansing gel (bad choice). I think I was also trying out DHC's cleansing oil to clean my makeup, which also was ultimately another bad decision. Cringing now that I'm writing this out, I sound like a massive idiot for bombarding my face all at once. :(This all prompted the worse skin I have ever experienced; it went reallyy red, feeling really hot and super dry on some days as well. Redness is on both cheeks and forehead, and blotchy redness on upper lip. However skin on t-zone and like 1cm out from my nose is soft and fine, but cheeks are dry, more rough and tight. I have experienced something like this before...redness on those specific areas of the face (which I find a bit weird?) but definitely not as worse or as prolonged as this time.I cut out all those cleansers and the cleansing oil I was using, and went back to an all natural facial soap (I had been using this for a long time previously with no problems). I tried yoghurt and honey face masks, cucumber masks, and several face masks. These masks all helped out to regain moisture in my face but the redness persisted. I've been trying to rest my face for the past couple of days. The redness has calmed slightly, but my skin feels quite dry and tight still.Short routine as of now: - Babyscent's natural soap - Babyscent's facial cream (I've been using these two babyscent products for a couple of years with no problem/no bad reaction) - Nature Republic's Aloe gelI've been thinking of seeing a dermatologist too..but right now I would appreciate any help and advice on how to replenish my skin/what products I should use to help soothe/heal my dry and red skin. Thanks for reading all of this!A few photos of the bad reactions/redness
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