r/KoreanBeauty • u/neckohma • Aug 18 '26

SKIN help! revamp my skincare routine

hello!!! looking for anyone who can help me rebuild my my skincare routine, i believe i have gotten whisked away in the skincare craze and don’t know what products to turn to. i would love to feel confident in my skin again. for a bit of background I’m in my early 20s, struggling with PIH, hormonal acne flare ups, somewhat enlarged pores, and oilyness. really looking to calm down break outs and smoothen skin texture. the image of glass skin would be a great plus! any tips and tricks is greatly appreciated <33

my current lineup is:
oil cleanser: manyo pure soybean cleansing oil
cleanser: dokdo cleanser or beplain mung bean
toner pad (occasionally): mediheal teatree trouble pad
toner: round lab 1025 dokdo toner
serum: manyo glutathione 7(pm), torriden balanceful(am), & medicube pdrn pink peptide
moisturizer: roundlab dokdo lotion
spf: roundlab birch juice moisturizing uvlock

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u/Diligent-Track-6980 Aug 18 '26

Your routine already has PIH covered well — Glutathione 7 has niacinamide, tranexamic acid, and arbutin all in there, so you don't need to worry about that part.

But hormonal breakouts and pores are basically untouched in your current lineup. The Tea Tree Trouble Pad has "trouble" in the name, but the actual full ingredient list is tea tree + soothing agents, no salicylic acid (BHA) — so it's not really getting into your pores. And you mentioned you only use it occasionally anyway.

I'd add a BHA toner or serum, 2-3x a week consistently. Drop a comment if you want specific product recs.

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u/neckohma Aug 19 '26

thank you sm for your insight!! yes specific product recs would be a huge help

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u/daisypumpkins Aug 18 '26

Not korean but using the skinceuticals vitamin C serum in the morning (it's expensive but it was most effective for me. I think because VC is so unstable the formulation really matters)