azelaic acid vs mandelic acid

azelaic acid vs mandelic acid when to use separately or together for the past six months instead of azelaic acid but I think my skin is finally ready to use both in the same routine the main reason why I stopped using azelaic acid: 1. main skin concern = texture, not redness I wasn't really dealing with hyperpigmentation anymore, I was dealing with closed comedones 2. certain parts of skin felt irritated (also due to weak skin barrier) Sometimes irritate my skin especially around my nose I would get like contact dermatitis, a little bit of rashes here and there When your main concern is those closed comedones on the side of your face and your forehead, I don't think azelaic acid is the best ingredient to tackle that problem whatsoever But this is the result of switching over to mandelic acid for six months These are the top four mandelic acid products in my opinion in a decent price range And mandelic acid fully addressed my texture, I'm bringing back azelaic acid to address redness/inflammation and some pigmentation But instead of jumping straight into the anua azelaic acid serum which is 10% azelaic acid, we're going to start with the experiment 3% and work our way up TLDR: AM = azelaic acid == redness/inflammation PM = mandelic acid == texture AM: azelaic acid == redness/inflammation PM: mandelic acid == texture And when you have oily skin type like me, you do need that daily exfoliation but the gentle kind Let me know if you have any questions, I'm so excited to see the monthly results