Maricel’s acne triggers were her medication, diet, stress and using incorrect skincare products from the drugstore that were completely wrong for her skin and acne type.

“I couldn’t leave the house without a wearing a full face of makeup. I’ve tried everything from the drugstore but nothing worked! I learned that my lifestyle choices were actually causing me to break out...foods such as dairy, medications, stress and pore clogging ingredients in skincare and makeup products. It turns out that I was actually using the wrong products at home and it was actually making my acne worse!”

We recommended a custom skin care routine with clinical grade products without any pore clogging ingredients that was more suitable for her skin and acne type. Combined with a series of in-clinic treatments every 2 weeks. We also made additional lifestyle changes, such as switching her brand of birth control, as those with the potential for higher androgenic symptoms should be avoided for people prone to acne because they promote breakouts. We also advised her to cut back on dairy as we determined this was an acne trigger for her. We educated her on what pore clogging ingredients are, advised her to use cosmetic without any pore clogging ingredients.