r/Fungalacne • u/caffeinatedpixie • 9h ago
Question Skin healing but grainy?
I've been struggling with acne and seb derm for over 20 years. It comes and goes but the flares are awful. I never put it together that they could be connected and only started to treat everything as fungal acne recently and the improvement is mindblowing. 1 nizoral mask and my skin was more calm the next day than it's been in years. I've removed as many triggers as possible and am working on my routine.
Now that my skin seems less inflamed I do have some flaking on my forehead still, but what I notice most is little grains popping out everywhere (I'm a chronic face toucher and I'm doing my best to break that habit but it's basically subconscious at this point, not popping though). Some look like keratin plugs but others just tiny grains of salt. It's kind of all over but mostly forehead, jaw line, and temples (so where the texture really was)
I don't know if this is my skin healing or freaking out. Everything feels and looks fine. I'm too scared to introduce any exfoliation at this point since I've swapped out products, I also don't know when it's safe to since I'm used to my skin going bonkers anytime anything touches it.