anyone here just wash with plain water?

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hi guys. have any of you guys seen results with just using plain water to wash with? personally i feel soap and other products just aggrivate the acne.
 
i break out if i wash with any soap or cleansing product, they give me horribly dry skin AND break me out :dizzy: actually not washing my face improves it greatly, and i have to use a moisturizer, but if and when i do wash it is only with water!
 
im currently on accutane, 2 months in, and have been using just water recently and moisturizer. if i feel i need to i will use cetaphil cleanser max 1 time a day, i was using it twice a day until recently and have been very dry.
 
I have been just washing my face with just a warm washcloth once a day, and it seemed to be the only thing that kept it under control. Sometimes I feel like it doesnt exfoliate my skin enough, so Ill have to wash it with my cleanser every once in a while, but I feel the same thing that it flares up my acne, I think I have sensitive skin. But I have redness in my skin so Im always tempted to put some makeup on, which I have no choice but to wash with cleanser so therefore my skin starts to get bumps and so Im just stuck between a rock and a hard spot...
 
I used to break out when I wear my face with soap regularly, just plain water or not at all. Now I still break out but not as much as I used to. I never saw a difference with the different methoRAB.
 
I only shower at night before bed (don't wash my face anytime other than that). Typically, I either use nothing or i'll splash a little apple cider vinegar on my face, which is washed off immediately. After the shower, I put on grapeseed oil (jojoba and emu are considered superior) with a few drops of lavender essential oil that I mix in. I change my sheets every 3 days. Ultimately diet is what cleared up the vast majority of my acne so far, but I think doing this has made my skin softer and toned and it has never lead to additional acne unlike washing with harsher substances. If you have dry or corabination skin, i'd advice against washing often. Drying it out only gives you wrinkles and damaged skin later in life anyway.
 
i've been told not to use chemicals on my face by my dermatologist, and its been working. he said i could use soap if i wanted but only a non-drying soap like dove which he actually recommended if i felt like going back to soap. he said that the chemicals were very bad for my skin and plain old washing my face with water is just as effective.
 
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