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Hi, so for ages I had really bad skin and had to wear foundation every day to cover it up. But I really hated to wear foundation and wanted to stop wearing it as I thought maybe it was the cause of my spots. My skin did clear up a lot and I stopped wearing it, covering the remaining spots with concealer. My skin was still bad and would get massive spots and as soon as they disappeared another would come.
I decided to try a different face wash as I thought maybe it was the face wash I was using. No change. And another face wash. Two weeks later, no change, in fact even worse. So I decided to remove using it completely. A few weeks later my skin was COMPLETELY clear. Since then I haven't washed my face, using only 'simple' brand moisturiser, face wipes and toner which don't cause my skin to go crazy. However, their face wash does make me break out so I don't use it but I may try one with even less ingredients from that line some time.
The other day I tried yet another face wash and my skin has gone crazy again. I like the feeling of washing my face but it just makes it worse. I don't consider myself to have sensitive skin- or maybe it's just my face? I can use hair dye fine without any problems.
My question is, would it be really bad not to wash my face with soap? Would it cause some sort of build up of dirt and make it worse at some point? I still wash my face with water and exfoliate lightly with a cloth but is it necessary to use soap? I remember my biology teacher saying how skin products are a load of rubbish and that our skin looks after itself naturally with its own oils. So would it be okay to not wash my face with soap?