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Hormonal Acne - and my regrets...


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Acne treatments?!

Let me take you back to 2001. Not long after puberty hit. And my body decided that acne was my thing.


Hooray!


The worse thing that could happen to a teenager.


Someone who doesn't quite fit in yet and now is extremely self conscious of the acne appearing on my face.

I just want to disappear. Better yet. Let's make the acne disappear.


My friend told me about this medicine that he's taking and has helped with his acne. Hmmm. You mean there's relief in sight?! I'm in!


Now all I had to do was get this treatment. And all my troubles will be over surely! The trouble was. As someone under 18 I needed my parents permission. Looking back at it I wish I would have just left it alone. But man that's hard to tell a teenager to do.


Regret.


I am 38 now. And guess what. Still dealing with acne!!!


The only thing that medicine ended up doing is deregulating me. When all I needed to do was follow a simple cleansing, moisturizing and protecting routine, develop good eating habits and exercise. And find good ways of dealing with stress and sleeping enough hours.


But no. i wanted the quick fix. Like we all do. The work was just not sexy. But me without any acne on my face or back...definitely sexy. Right?!


In the last 6 months I have changed the way I look at my hormonal acne. Before getting upset and worked up I try to get to the bottom of why the acne is here. What is it trying to tell me?


And i stressing myself out thinking of my business non stop? Am i not getting enough sleep? Was my diet bad last week?


All valid questions. And all things that need to be observed before drawing a conclusion.

Take all available information and make educated decisions about your care moving forward.


We like to recommend a simple 3 step process; 1. cleanse. 2. Moisturize. 3. SPF/Protect. That's it. Coupled with an exercise routine, a good diet and plenty of social interactions and you will be on your way to feeling and looking like what my teenager self was looking for all along.









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