I too have had fairly problematic skin for most of my adult life! Last Autumn I suffered with Dermatitis on my face (really red and sore). I stopped using all products on my face and just washed with water and used a cream suitable for Ezcema. Hey presto - the dermatitis cleared up and so did the spots! I recently read that you only need to cleanse once a day and wash your face with water for the other. I think if you do too much to your face, you strip it of the natural oils etc and it just sends it hay wire. At the moment I am only using a Neutrogena scrub every other day and E45 as a moisturiser and my skin is better than it's been for a long time. Less, is definitely more!