your skin is just another large organ, if it is having pimples it means there are toxins it is dealing with...if i eat even a gram tooo much of fruit sugar i get the same pimples in the same spot, right under my eyebrows and the corners of my chin...super painful!, they also occur when i am severly stressed out.........i know this is due to excess candida but i also know it is up to me what i give to my body!!!!!!!!
i also used to have extremely dry skin(doesnt help i live in high elevation desert either!) but it is smooth and requires only a little oil after a shower(once a week) and keeps soft...keep hydrated! do take in good oils, fish oils if you can! try to stay away from vegetable, seed or nut oils or keep them at a minimum(not or weekly)...i think skin brushing is a quick way to reestablish good circulation and texture to the skin
remember your skin respires...its breathes, allow it to be in the sun, wear natural breathable materials, let it expel carbon and sweat freely...do not keep that trapped next to your body with unbreathable materials!
other suggestions: neem and teatree oils internally and externally, taking a probiotic, bentonite clay with the oils externally as a drawing agent for zits, scalp issues etc........using only jojoba, similar oils and aloe on the skin for moisture....not using hot water very often on the skin, alternating warm and cold water and finishing a shower or bath with COLD water to reestablish circulation