If you’ve been struggling with acne for a long time, or have just woken up with your first pimple; this blog is for you. It’s important to understand all the aspects that can contribute to acne formation, from the skin barrier to your ovarian hormones to your sleep schedule! Let’s dip our toes together into the world of acne and how it develops.
Trying to find the reason for hormonal acne can be very frustrating, especially if you have normal periods that come right on time. Usually acne is blamed on testosterone and a PCOS-like picture, but there’s so much more to it than that. In this blog we’ll cover how to tell if your acne is hormonal, and some of the complexities behind the hormones to blame (hint: it’s not just testosterone!).
Helping your skin doesn’t have to break the bank. The foundations of healthy skin start with what we put in our bodies, and what we put on our face. Let’s explore how you can use your everyday habits to help support your skin instead of hinder it, and why expensive skincare items aren’t really that necessary.
For some of us, ‘acne’ might be a few pimples on our face, that we get when we’ve been bingeing on Netflix until 2am instead of getting beauty sleep. For others it might be cystic, painful eruptions which cover their face, neck and back, resulting in nodules and scarring. There’s a big difference, right? So I thought we should talk about it!
Parenting bambinos can be, at times, a tough gig. Adding eczema into the mix can complicate things even more. When the little ones can’t tell you what’s wrong, and how much pain they’re in, when their skin is cracked and bleeding, when they don’t seem to get relief from anything you do for them….it can be devastating as a parent.
The good news? There are steps you can take to help minimise your infant’s eczema severity.
You’ve probably heard us talk about the importance of fish oil for skin health many, many times. I mean, we even went out and manufactured our own brand of fish oil packed full of high-quality omega-3s. That’s how much we believe in the power of fish oil for glowing skin!
Let’s break down just why good quality fish oil is SO important to skin quality, because education is power, girl, and once you know why it’s so valuable for your skin, you might not ever go a day without it. (ps. We don’t!).
You’ve probably heard of histamine before in the context of hay fever and allergies. It’s that little chemical that triggers non-stop sneezing when the pollen season hits. Or the one responsible for the headaches you get after eating MSG at the local Chinese restaurant. Or the one responsible for that itch that just won’t stop. Histamine can be at the heart of skin conditions - let’s take a deeper dive into how it works.
So you’re thinking about taking the oral contraceptive pill (OCP) for skin support? For some people with acne, the OCP works as a magic little pill, getting rid of their pimples like a magician and her wand. But you know there’s no such thing as a magic fix, right? And whilst it might look like magic from the outside, there’s a lot of things going on behind the scenes that at first look, aren’t clearly obvious. Let’s dig a bit deeper to find out how the pill can, and can’t work, for skin support.
If you’ve got a teenage son, or if you’re a teenage boy yourself, you need to read this!
For too long we’ve taken teenage acne for granted, normalising it to the extent where it’s just ‘something that everyone needs to go through’. This is especially true in teenage males where over 80% of males will experience acne in puberty and, socially, there is less awareness of establishing good skin care routines (and we’re not talking about rubbing men’s Nivea on your face after the shower – that is not helping!).
The reality is that there are things that can be done to help reduce acne occurrence AND severity in teenage boys. Ready to find out what they are?
Psssst… hey, girl! How’s your skin doing? If your skin has changed over the holidays, for better or worse, your body might be very clearly telling you what your drivers are, and I bet my bottom dollar (or my last RAT) that your gut has a hell of a lot to do with it. Gut health and skin go hand in hand; let’s take a hot sec to just a few reasons why and what you can do to help yourself and your skin!
Eczema is such a unique experience; some cases are severe and very hard to manage, whilst others can be very mild and easily prevented or treated. There is something to be said here for the type of eczema each person is experiencing, the individual factors that may be aggravating it, and the severity or progression of the disease in determining how effective natural treatment will be. But, what can be done for those with very severe eczema where I know natural treatment is not going to give fast benefit? Let’s talk about the new conventional treatments for severe atopic dermatitis/eczema. I know it’s not that common for a Naturopath to talk about other medication options, but at the end of the day, it’s important to be transparent and realistic about what is achievable with natural treatment in severe cases.
How wonderful it is to have reproductive autonomy! But one of the side effects that people often don’t realise can be a flare of your acne, or the onset of acne for those who are steroid-hormone sensitive. Read on for what you need to know about the emergency contraceptive pill and how it can affect your skin.
So, you’ve got acne or eczema and you’ve done your research and tried everything under the sun. Yep, I hear you. This is a common phrase I hear in clinic. But I’m here to tell you that you don’t have it go it alone. And in fact, you shouldn’t go it alone. Here’s the top 3 reasons you should seek help from someone that knows what they’re doing, and give up the endless self-research that’s not paying off.
Hey, girl. Whether you’re on the Pill, coming off it or thinking about going on it, I wrote this blog for you. Many women are put on the pill (otherwise known as the OCP - oral contraceptive pill) in their teenage years to regulate any sort of anomalies that may occur in the menstrual cycle and it’s becoming more and more common to be told to go back on the Pill for problems with your skin (that have likely been caused by the Pill). In a world of information that can feel overwhelming, let’s get some clarity on what you need to be aware of if you’re taking the Pill or thinking about it for your skin.
