If you don’t already know you do now; anxiety and stress can do a number on your skin. Anxiety and Hormonal Acne Excessive anxiety can in fact have a major impact on your skin. And the worst part is, the more you stress and obsess over it the worse it will continue to get. Anxiety has also been known to specifically cause hormonal acne. Hormonal acne occurs along the jawline and also near the neck. To make matters worse, hormonal acne can result in painful cystic acne. It is important that you don’t pick at your cystic acne. This can interfere with the healing process also as you are placing bacteria onto the pimples when you are touching them. It is also important that you try not to obsess over your acne in the mirror as this will make you want to touch your face more and then result in picking. The good thing about this is that your skin can go back to normal once your anxiety is reduced. Getting to the root of your anxiety will be important in reducing acne on your skin since anxiety does link to breakouts. It takes about a month to 45 days for your skin to regenerate new cells and skin. So, you can expect to gain better results after a month that’s if your anxiety becomes reduced and more manageable.
Aside from reducing your anxiety and stress something you can do before coming to visit us at Mederm Esthetics & Laser clinic is not touching your face, not picking your skin, using a cleanser and moisturizer for your skin every morning and evening, and if you are experiencing pain due to your cystic acne try icing the area to numb the pain. Also, you can apply tea tree oil to the affected area if you have any. But remember to not use it excessively as it can try out your skin resulting in more breakouts. Only apply a
small amount to the affected area.
Treating Hormonal Acne
In terms of treating your hormonal and anxiety acne, there are treatments that can be done as well as making sure to keep up with a consistent skincare regiment. Here at Modern Esthetics & Laser Clinic, there are many treatments that we do to treat acne. For example, blue light therapy, chemical peels, and facials. In addition, we also cater to acne scarring. The hard thing about dealing with hormonal acne is once the acne is healed you are left with the scarring. But don’t fret as acne scarring is a common issue we cater to here at our clinic. We treat acne scarring with microneedling. You will be happy to know that micro-needling is an effective treatment for treating acne scarring. It is important to keep in mind that you won’t gain results if you are continuing to experience anxiety and stress. It is important to reduce your anxiety in order to get your skin better and balanced. While you are working towards this you also want to have a consistent skincare regime. We recommend using products from AlumierMD, Environ Skincare, EltaMD Skincare, and PCA Skincare. Some active ingredients that help fight acne in our products are benzoyl peroxide and salicylic acid. The products contain no toxins, parabens, and are fragrance-free. All of these skincare products can be purchased directly from our clinic. Feel free to ask us any questions you may have regarding these products and we will be happy to answer them.
Come Visit Us!
We know how bothersome, unappealing, and even painful hormonal acne can be. So, come visit us today for a free consultation. Our skincare experts will be happy to put your hormonal acne to rest. We make beautiful skin happen here at Mederm Esthetics & Laser Clinic in Concord. We want you to walk around confident and happy with your skin and remove any anxious feelings surrounding your skin. We know how acne can destroy your confidence and we want to help eliminate that. Once you get your anxiety controlled it is much easier to reduce your hormonal acne and get you closer to beautiful, radiant, and glowing skin.