Confessions of an Esthetician - Dealing With Hormonal Acne

My skin was always pretty good, other than an occasional pimple here and there. Until 37. Oh boy!!! Did that year just do a number to my skin. I found that I was constantly breaking out. Some were these giant monsters. I just didn’t even know how to deal with it. Yes, I am an Esthetician! But this simply had never happened to me before.

I’d like to say that I handled it with grace, but I probably handled it more like a toddler. I want that product! I want to try that new treatment! I just wanted clear skin, and I wanted to have clear skin NOW!

So, after trying a ton of things, and realizing that hormonal acne was going to be different than teenage acne, I decided to start giving different types of products a longer chance. One Esthetician friend recommended that I try the Fulvic Elixir by Glymed Plus… so I did. That was a game changer for me!

Here’s what I learned during the process of healing my acne.

#1 - Some problems are internal. See your doctor and check your hormones.

#2 - Stop picking!!! (I’m speaking to me in the back.) Picking makes every type of acne worse.

#3 - Using traditional acne products probably isn’t going to work for acne that happens in your 30s, 40s, 50s, and yes … 60s.

#4 - You need to be willing to try products longer than a week to see if they will work for you.

#5 - Be open to different types of products and treatments. Calming, soothing, and yes, even hydrating ingredients might help you. Light peels and high frequency might help more than you think as well.

#6 - What works for your friend or InstaGram influencer might not work for you!

If you’ve been struggling with hormonal acne, I’m happy to see if I can help you! If I think it’s beyond what I can do, I'm also happy to point you in the direction of another acne specialist in town or Dematologist if it’s past my scope of practice.

Don’t forget to

Breathe. Let Go. Relax.

Zoey Jolley, LE