Thanks for responding. Do you just use water to clease? How bad was your skin prior to stopping products? I was wondering if anyone put coconut oil on their skin! (I've heard about it and obviously native island peoples did) I do use tap water once a day (shower filter takes care of the other day. It's so frustrating! I recenetly bought Aubrey organics facial care system which is soothing and gentle (has coconut oil in it!!) but haven't seen an improvement in my sking. That's interesting that your got better then worse like mine. hmmm... Food for thought!