Hey Hey! It’s me again! Coming to you with another interesting blog post on how I beat my hormonal acne. I have been struggling with acne for the last like 5 years, just one day I completely broke out and have been struggling with it ever since.
Now throughout these last 5 years its been on and off acne. It will clear in certain stages and then come back. As of recently, I have had flare ups and to be quite honest I was so sick of it. I was sick of acne, sick of acne marks, sick of painful zits and sick of wearing a ton of makeup to hide my acne at all times. It was time for me to take action. One way or another I was determined to get rid of this acne.
I started with changing up my whole entire routine. New products, new routine the whole shebang. I tried this for 3 months and initially saw a great improvement. My skin was clearing up and looking good. Then like a light switch it went from great to really bad. Not sure what triggered it but I started getting very painful, large hormonal cystic acne. I tried everything y’all to clear it up and it wouldn’t budge. I bought new skin care products I cut back on my like 10 step skin routine thinking it may have been too much for my skin. Still nothing was working. I was so overwhelmed and so irritated. Like why was acne ruining my life again! LOL (alright not really but this is me being dramatic lol) Acne is annoying and I was so tired of it. So I decided to go rouge.
I spoke to my esthetician @herbareskinco (look her up on the gram) she gave me great tips. I started implementing them and also decided I was going to back down from dairy, start a celery juice 30 day detox and start hormone balancers. I had done all the research on google, Pinterest and YouTube. Haha! I was bringing out the big guns! This acne had to die!! One way or another! If my skin wasn’t clearing from the outside I had to attack it from the inside.
OKay! So you ready? These are the changes I made down below:
- Wash my face day and night (use a brush at night if you wore make up during the day-Brush I use is listed on my amazon store down below)
- Iced my face day and night for 30-40 seconds after washing
- Celery juice every morning for 30 days (read my celery juice blog to see how I made this/ benefits)
- Weekly visits to my esthetician for facials/ extractions (@Herbareskinco) – The best in the biz. (Pre-Covid)
- Twice weekly exfoliation (once with @herbareskinco and once at home)
- Started evening primrose oil 3,000mg / per day orally (eventually weaned to 2,000mg/ per day orally (This is what I did but you can check with your Doctor to make sure this is a good fit for you)
- Used evening primrose oil directly on face every night (topically)
- Reduced dairy intake
This is my ammunition! This is my holy grail for glowy and acne free skin! Sis, try this! If you suffer from acne and want to get rid of it as much as I did you will thank me! My skin is finally clearing! I haven’t had any hormonal acne in almost 2 months. My skin is smooth and soft as a babies butt. I think its safe to say I finally found what works after 5 years! Thank you so much to my esthetician @herbareskinco who literally saved my skin in addition to all these things I changed as well! If you are having trouble with your skin and are in the MA area this is your girl right here! If you are not in the area I highly recommend going to an esthetician and formulating a game plan that will help out your skin sis! Not only this but my esthetician has significantly helped with my acne marks as well. Sis, is out here y’all glowing and looking good! Summer 2020 I am coming for you!!!!!! We ain’t playing gamesssss!! Who is with me??!!
Here are some before and after pictures! My skin is not perfect and I will still get break outs here and there but not anything like I was experiencing in the picture to the left.
Some updated things I added and use now (Blog post was written prior to COVID)
- The Ordinary Niacinamide 10% +Zinc 1% (helps reduce redness)
- The Ordinary AHA 30% / BHA 2% Peeling solution (this is the goat!! Helps reduce acne, evens out skin tone, helps fade acne dark spots, gets rid of textured skin, gets rid of dead skin that clogs your pores)
- I use aloe vera gel everyday + night as a moisturizer
- Alba Botanica Natural acnedote deep clean astringent
- Alba Botanica Natural acnedote maximun strength deep pore wash
You can find all these goodies on my amazon store! Click down below!
Graceloveandcurls Amazon store
*I do make a small commission off products on my amazon store*
I will be posting a video of my entire routine soon on my YouTube channel! Stay tuned! Make sure you are following me on all my social media platforms down below.
Familia Casado YouTube channel
Sincerely,
Eli<3
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