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🧚🏻 Begone Malassezia 🪄 🍄 Fungal Acne Skincare

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My entire life I had no idea that the occasional intensely itchy rashy acne on my face was actually fungal acne! A more accurate term would be folliculitis. It is an overgrowth of yeast that naturally lives on our skin. Some people like me are more p...
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Sprays

Summer & Winter require different levels of hydration
 
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Safe and quick moisture for fungal acne prone sensitive skin 💖
Avène Eau Thermale Spray
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For an extra moisture boost! My winter pick over the Avène spray. So soothing, hydrating, and a quick way to moisturize
Grape Water Moisturizing Face Mist - All Natural | CAUDALIE®

Barrier Cream

One for both day & night, one for a heavy seal that quite literally forms a barrier
 
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Barrier repair both for day and night. The packaging design is genius as you can use a pump instead of squeezing out the product.
Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Balm
 
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Holy Grail, forms a seal on skin to protect from outside irritants and minimizes itching. Such a difference between using this cream and not. When you start using it you’ll want to use it every night!
Cicaplast Balm B5 for Dry Skin Irritations

Active Ingredient

When flaring, use often! When not, use a few times a week.
 
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A dandruff shampoo as face wash and a mask? YES! Nizoral is the only over the counter product with 1% ketoconazole which targets the Malassezia fungi wreaking havoc on in our follicles.
Nizoral Anti-Dandruff Shampoo 1% Ketoconazole 7oz
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An affordable 10% sulfur mask that will help you draw out the excess oil and sebum
De La Cruz Sulfur Ointment - Cystic Acne Treatment

Healing Lips

Malassezia has affected even the skin around my lips before! Cracked, dry, and brutally irritating. There is one lip balm that was usable during flare ups for me:
 
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cooling and moisturizing without feeling too heavy on the lips. Helped to heal my cracked lips and looks like a gloss!
Lip Wrap Reviving Balm

Sunscreen

Mineral & Chemical options! I do recommend mineral during flare ups, but the chemical option is perfectly fine for when you can’t have a white cast
 
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the BEST physical sunscreen! It’s not greasy or irritating whatsoever, and works well under makeup
Professional Sun Block 70g | Logically Skin
 
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Such a sophisticated formula, applies thinly like a lotion, and chemical so no white cast! Make sure you get any chemical sunscreens from overseas - this link is from OliveYoung and you can use my code to get extra off: JEANY22
ROUND LAB BIRCH JUICE MOISTURIZING SUNSCREEN 50ml ...