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Hormonal acne.

 ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐™—๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™˜๐™.โฃ โฃ This type of acne is caused by hormonal fluctuations & is often related to your menstrual cycle, usually (though not always) appearing right before or during your period. It can also be caused by Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - PCOS - ( ๐ŸŽต ๐™ž๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™ข๐™š ๐™๐™ž, ๐™„โ€™๐™ข ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™—๐™ก๐™š๐™ข ๐™ž๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™ข๐™š ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ ๐ŸŽต ), pregnancy, menopause & increased androgen levels.โฃ โฃ Hormonal acne is characteristically on the lower half of the face around the chin/jawline and is often very angry, very inflamed, very sore and very stubborn to treatโ€ฆItโ€™s also a bloody nightmare to cover with makeup as itโ€™s not like your normal breakout (texture, inflammation, blah blah blah..)โฃ โฃ Iโ€™ve got a beast at the moment that will not be hidden and it bloody hurts..โฃ โฃ I had clients in my studio today and when this hormonal disaster hit my face I was bloody gutted, initially thinking โ€œ๐˜ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜”๐˜œ๐˜ˆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ...

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