Please help me with this!

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I've had some spots - not unusual - but these are taking forever to heal. Sick to death of it. The skin is sore and I'm sooooo conscious of it. I'm 44 FFS. I should be done with this! Can anyone help? Photo attached

You sure it’s not a cold sore?

Other than that.
Moisturise loads but with an alcohol and perfume free moisturiser (I put mine on like a face mask overnight!!), try a hyluronic acid, avoid touching them (easier said than done for me) drink more water than you have ever drank in your life. Avoid using products like soap or shower gel to wash your face, anything that makes your skin feel tight is not great, I find a hot cloth cleaner to help loads when I get a break out (Aldi do a great one for £3)
If you wear make up, keep the brushes as clean as you can.
They’re all my go to tips, I have bad skin myself, so I can sympathise with getting a nasty break out. Good Luck

It looks like a mixture of PIH (post inflammatory hyperpigmentation) and PIE (post inflammatory erythema). You're going to need patience, unfortunately, especially for PIE as there's nothing but waiting it out to see that shift although I believe it may be responsive to some lasers. For both sunscreen and loads of it is primary. Wear it year-round SPF50 even if you're hanging around indoors it's the UVA rays that are the same year-round that exasperate these issues. Top up every two hours with prolonged outdoor exposure, mineral sunscreen seems to work better when it comes to pigmentation generally but in someone with ongoing active acne it may not be the best choice so a chemical SPF with a high UVA rating (go by PA++++ rather than the star system) would be a better choice.

Other than that in order of helpfulness (none of these are miracle cures and only help speed up the process) Vitamin C (SAP form seems quite effective with these but otherwise L-AA works well too), Retinoids, Acids (AHA, Azelaic, to a lesser extent BHA), niacinamide, tranexamic acid, kojic acid, and a long list of others. Would never encourage using everything and you need to cautiously introduce one thing at a time anyhow.

Thanks so much everyone

Get some vitamins for hair, skin and nails out of Holland and Barrett.

I would try some sudocrem on them at bed time.

I would go easy on putting too many products on your skin as pp said above.

Drink water, cut down on dairy.

Are you under a lot of stress?

Yes I guess so, when I think about it