Sudden change in skin type

I have always had very, very oily skin prone to blemishes and spots, but that had just started get better. Over the past two days my face has become so dry, it's even starting to flake

It looks quite red, and it stings so much when I try to put any moisturiser near it. I have also had a bad outbreak out spots which are very sore and tender under the skin.

I have made no changes to my diet, and the weather's not changed here recently... Anybody got any ideas what could have caused this and what i can do about it?

M xx

I have always had very, very oily skin prone to blemishes and spots, but that had just started get better. Over the past two days my face has become so dry, it's even starting to flake

It looks quite red, and it stings so much when I try to put any moisturiser near it. I have also had a bad outbreak out spots which are very sore and tender under the skin.

I have made no changes to my diet, and the weather's not changed here recently... Anybody got any ideas what could have caused this and what i can do about it?

M xx

Jamie is probably right, but I will just mention that I once had something similar happen to me when I put a particular moisturising lotion on my face - the next day my skin became very sensitive and stung when I put anything on it other than water. It also went from being oily to extremely dry. The weird thing is that I had used the same cream on other areas of my body and had no reaction to it. I think this is called contact dermatitis, but having never studied dermatology I can't say for sure. Anyway, it completely resolved after two days of being left alone, so maybe if you give it a few days and stop putting anything on it (if you are currently) it will just get better?