Before we go anywhere, I just want to say that PMS is NOT normal! If you’re struggling with pre-menstrual symptoms, no matter how mild, it is your body’s way of telling you something isn’t right! PMS symptoms, whether it’s moodiness, acne, sore boobs or sugar craving, it can all be put down to one hormone, progesterone. Or more accurately, lack of progesterone! For women, progesterone is important for the regulation of menstruation. Your body produces progesterone when you ovulate. If you ...
Hormone Testing
My acne blood tests show normal, what does this mean?
This is a great question and causes so much confusion over hormone-related acne! Unfortunately, blood tests can be pretty useless when it comes to working out which exact hormones are the issue. The reason basic blood panels don’t give enough information is because a blood test takes a single snapshot of your current hormone profile. Not only does this snapshot change every single day, for some hormones like cortisol it changes multiple times throughout the day! This makes it very difficult ...
Acne Q&A: How to Balance Hormonal Acne Naturally
I recently asked my Instagram followers to send me their questions on hormonal acne, so in today’s video, we’re talking about skin and hormones and I’m sharing the best ways to combat hormonal acne naturally and effectively! https://youtu.be/YTdc5v9tFZk Acne Q&A: How to Balance Hormonal Acne Naturally In this video, we cover the following questions: Which hormones are responsible for acne?What’s are the signs that my acne is caused by hormone imbalances?How long should I stick ...
Q&A: Balancing blood sugar, hormonal acne, ‘bumps’ and gut health
So on Friday morning I asked my social media followers to ‘Ask Me Anything’ and I would compiled all the answers into one blog post for you to enjoy. Turns out, there were quite a few questions and I had to split the questions into two separate blog posts! In this post we’re covering the root causes of acne; digestion, blood sugar and hormonal imbalances whereas the other post is more focussed the skin care questions. This blog post will cover the following topics: hormonal acne ...