Old derm told me to stop using benzoyl peroxide on cystic acne clients but I kept doing it anyway for 6 months

After a client's skin cleared up in 3 weeks once I switched to sulfur and azelaic acid like he said, I gotta ask - has anyone else had a stubborn habit of ignoring a mentor's advice only to see it work better on the 2nd try?

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aaronlee21d ago

Read something about how benzoyl peroxide can actually irritate cystic acne if the barrier is already messed up. Made sense when I thought about it after, sulfur is way gentler for that deep stuff.

kelly.robin21d ago

Yeah sulfur's one of those things where gentler actually works better somehow.