[Routine Help] [Acne] New to SCA and would really appreciate some pointers/advice

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Hello SCAI have lurked on this sub for at least a year now. My first SCA inspired purchases were CeraVe SA Face wash and the CVS brand of CeraVe lotion. Those switches alone really helped my acne. Even though I still had acne problems, they were less sporadic and I knew what to expect.While lurking over Christmas Break this year I threw out anything I owned with a "scrub" and picked up the Stridex red box. I have closed comedones all over my chin and sebaceous filaments all over my nose. I was really hoping this BHA product would help, but it was really drying.After reading about grits I bought 100% mineral oil (My grit tally is a total of 2) and THEN I started using the stridex again because I thought the OCM would help reduce the drying. This actually worked out pretty well and I thought I started purging. In the past year, I've usually had 1 to 3 pimples at a time, most took at least 3 weeks to fully form, come to a head, then heal. Since OCM + stridex I've had 4 to 6 pimples at a time, but they are fully forming or healing within a week or so. It has been over 3 weeks and is still the case, but the most frustrating thing is that I have noticed absolutely 0 change to the closed comedones on my chin. The new pimples have not been on or near my chin, mostly on my cheeks, where I've rarely had problems in the past.So my real question is... is this purging and should I just wait longer? Is there another option for my chin or do I just need to continue what I'm doing?Also, I don't have a highly developed skin care routine and noticed that a lot of people have serums or toners. Are these products things I could possibly incorporate to reduce some of the drying from the stridex?I would love a routine critique with maybe some possible additions that would help my specific problems.I'm a US based college student, so while I have access to a bunch of stuff and this is a priority of mine, I'm also pretty broke all the time.Okay my current routine:AM:CeraVe SA cleanserCVS brand CeraVe style lotionMy primer has an SPF 15 in it ( I should probably be doing something more with a sun screen, but I hate how my face feels when I'm wearing them)PM:Mineral OilCeraVe SA cleanserStridex Red boxCVS brand CeraVe style lotionThank you all so much for helping me really take control over my face and how I look. While I'm not super happy about the process, I hope that clear skin in the end will all be worth it.
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