[Routine Help] T-Zone Suddenly Oily?
Okay so due to depression I did not wash my face like ever for a long time. I started and would do the whole routine twice a day so cleanser, hyaluronic acid, moisturiser. I was told that's too much and to only rinse in the morning and do the cleaning at night, but moisturise twice a day.
But my T-Zone all of a sudden after doing this for many months is very oily. Like I genuinely just woke up suddenly and my face was SO oily in the T-Zone, it wasn't gradual. Since then it's been like so much especially around the creases of my nose bridge and on my forehead. It was never oily when I didn't wash it and I can't remember if it ever got oily when I was washing it fully twice a day.
My main questions are:
- Should I use the acid twice a day or even every day?
- Should I be using cleanser twice a day or just once?
- Should I moisturise twice a day or even every day?
- If I should only cleanse once, should it be morning or night?
- Is this from not washing properly or could it be something else considering it was so sudden? I did cut out oily stuff from my diet for a long time for unrelated reasons and that did not help.
I've read articles but they say different things so I don't even know anymore. Like one said to start washing less if your skin suddenly gets oily, but I can't find other articles talking about it.
And finally I also want to ask if I'm able to get away with not using cleanser every day. I'm kind of poor. I do blot throughout the day to manage the oiliness even after I wash.