My Achalugo.

Pimples all
Over your face. But
Look at you my darling, running down fried plantain that was deep fried in vegetable oil or groundnut oil.

Then again, you have tried so many things. Salicylic acid, Azelaic acid, zinc.

Tomorrow you will say skincare doesn’t work and that they lied to you. But know this, skincare starts from within.

But look at what you are eating this early morning, lots and lots of fats that will mess with your hormones and make things worse.

Let me tell you how your body hormones works, When you’re ovulating, estrogen is at its peak. That’s good. Estrogen = healthy, glowy skin. Estrogen gives your skin a beautiful radiant glow and, with the help of progesterone, keeps testosterone at bay.

But, once the ovulation phase is over, the levels of estrogen and progesterone dip way down. Without these soldiers blocking the way, testosterone has a field day.

Now high enough to wreak havoc, testosterone tells your skin cells to pump out that sebum like there’s no tomorrow.

The extra sebum mixes with dead skin cells, clogging your pores and erupting in all kinds of acne: pimples, blackheads, whiteheads. You name it, it’s there.

By the time you period starts, acne has firmly set up camp on your face (it’s particularly fond of your chin). And this is hormonal acne. Most women have hormonal acne, and hormonal acne can lead to worse kind of acne if not well taken care of.

Watch what you eat. It triggers your hormones too!

Take coffee, carrot juices and zinc lots of kales, spinach and celery. Apply lightweight and oil free moisturizers. Treat with salicylic acid at 2%.

Roasted and grilled foods with less oils are way better.