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Can you mix Benzoyl Peroxide and Sulfur?

Same answer whichever way you searched it: Sulfur and Benzoyl Peroxide.

Fine togetherThey're fine together.

Benzoyl PeroxideSulfur

These two actually work well together, and are often formulated side by side.

Routine: You can use these together, morning or night.

Benzoyl PeroxideWorth paying for
Acne10
Efficacy9
Anti-aging4

Skip if: very sensitive, compromised barrier, pregnancy

Ask your doctor in pregnancy
SulfurSolid and proven
Efficacy7
Acne7
Anti-aging3

Skip if: very sensitive, dry, compromised barrier

Ask your doctor in pregnancy

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Which one goes first?

Either order works

  1. 1Cleanse
  2. 2Benzoyl Peroxide + Sulfur
  3. 3Moisturize

Benzoyl Peroxide and Sulfur sit at about the same step, so the order is not critical. As a rule of thumb, apply the thinner, more watery one first, then the richer one over it.

Benzoyl Peroxide and Sulfur: Fine together. They're fine together. These two actually work well together, and are often formulated side by side. Which goes first: Either order works.
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Adding Benzoyl Peroxide and Sulfur to your routine

  1. Good news first: these two get along, so there is no special order or waiting period to manage.
  2. Still add them one at a time, a week or two apart, so if your skin does react you know which one to look at.

For your skin type If your skin is sensitive or reactive, take this pair slowly: Benzoyl Peroxide is the higher-irritation ingredient here, and using actives close together magnifies that.

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Benzoyl Peroxide and Sulfur, answered

Can you mix Benzoyl Peroxide and Sulfur?

They're fine together. These two actually work well together, and are often formulated side by side.

Should you use Benzoyl Peroxide and Sulfur in the morning or at night?

Either. Benzoyl Peroxide and Sulfur are fine to use together, morning or night.

How should you introduce Benzoyl Peroxide and Sulfur?

Good news first: these two get along, so there is no special order or waiting period to manage. Still add them one at a time, a week or two apart, so if your skin does react you know which one to look at.

What else should you not mix with Benzoyl Peroxide?

Benzoyl Peroxide is best kept apart from Vitamin C (LAA), Retinol, Retinal, Hydroxypinacolone Retinoate. Introduce any new active one at a time.

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General guidance, not medical advice. When in doubt, introduce one product at a time, andhere is when to see a dermatologist instead.