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Dr. Stacey Shillington, ND | Women's Acne Expert

🌱 Helping women 25+ clear acne at the root
For women who’ve tried everything & nothing works
20+ yrs experience | Featured in US Weekly + more
Finally clear your skin!

10/20/2026

1. Birth control pills, spironolactone, Accutane, and antibiotics don’t always address the underlying factors contributing to acne.

2. Testing can be an important part of understanding chronic acne, especially when you’ve been struggling for years without answers.

3. Congestion on your skin may be connected to what’s happening inside your body, including hormonal changes and inflammation.

4. Acne is also a nervous system situation. Chronic stress can influence inflammation, hormones, and your skin’s ability to heal.

5. Acne is a complex medical condition. There can be multiple contributing factors, including gut health, hormones, nutrient deficiencies, and inflammation.

6. Adult acne is common, but that doesn’t mean you have to accept living with it. Persistent breakouts deserve attention.

7. There is no single product or supplement that will clear everyone’s skin for good. Healing is a process that requires patience and consistency.

8. Skincare and diet are important foundations, but they aren’t always the complete solution to persistent acne.

9. If your bloodwork comes back normal but you’re still struggling with acne, it may be worth investigating other potential contributing factors with your healthcare provider.

10. If you experience acne around your menstrual cycle, hormonal fluctuations may be contributing to your breakouts.

Understanding your individual hormonal patterns can help guide treatment.

After 20+ years of treating acne, I know that clear skin starts with understanding what’s happening inside your body. 🤍

Comment CLEAR if you’re ready to stop guessing and start getting answers.

Nobody wants to talk about gas, bad breath or chin hairs. But these “embarrassing” symptoms are often the biggest clues ...
10/19/2026

Nobody wants to talk about gas, bad breath or chin hairs. But these “embarrassing” symptoms are often the biggest clues to why your acne won’t go away.

Your skin doesn’t break out in isolation. It’s connected to your gut, your hormones, your blood sugar and your stress. When something’s off underneath, your body leaves clues everywhere, not just on your face.

How many of these do you have? Be honest.

💬 Comment CLEAR to get my FREE Clear Skin Masterclass, where I teach you how to understand what’s really causing your acne and how to heal it.

10/16/2026

Read this if you’ve had cystic acne for more than 3 months.

Painful, deep, recurring acne is not normal. And it’s not just bad luck, bad genes or the wrong skincare.
It’s a warning sign.

Your skin is often the first place your body shows you that something underneath isn’t working. And while you’re busy trying the next cleanser, the next serum, the next round of meds, those deeper issues don’t just sit there. They keep building.

Here’s what I find over and over again in my cystic acne patients:

🦠 Gut infections and overgrowth like SIBO, H. pylori, yeast or parasites

🍽️ A gut that can’t absorb nutrients, leaving your skin starved of what it needs to heal

🩸 Blood sugar and insulin issues hiding behind “normal” labs

🌙 Hormone imbalances like high androgens, low progesterone or poor estrogen clearance

🔥 Chronic inflammation and oxidative stress

⚡ A nervous system stuck in survival mode

🥗 Under-eating and overexercising, even on the “cleanest” diet

Most women have several of these going on at once. Every month they go unaddressed is another month of breakouts, more scarring, and more of your confidence chipped away.

And here’s the hardest part: you can’t see what’s causing your acne in your bathroom mirror. It only show up when someone actually does the proper functional medicine testing.

You don’t need another product. You need answers.

💬 Comment CLEAR to get my FREE Clear Skin Masterclass and finally understand what’s driving your acne and how to heal it for good.

I don’t usually share this much. But I can’t talk about emotions and acne honestly without telling you where these belie...
10/15/2026

I don’t usually share this much. But I can’t talk about emotions and acne honestly without telling you where these beliefs came from.

I’ve been married twice, both times to alcoholics. One of those marriages was deeply emotionally abusive. I didn’t know what boundaries were. I just wanted to feel loved, so I accepted far less than I deserved.

At one point in my first marriage, I stopped speaking in social situations for an entire year.

I literally couldn’t.

For years, I couldn’t feel. I held onto so much resentment that I once didn’t speak to my sister for four years.

Meanwhile, my body was keeping score. Acne. Miscarriages. Four massive heart attacks.

One day, I couldn’t take it anymore. The torture of not being able to feel my own heart. The belief that being vulnerable meant failing, and that it was too scary to even consider.

I had already tried everything. I couldn’t do it on my own. So I started to pray.

And my healing began to unfold. Bit by bit. Homeopathy became one of the tools that helped me let go of what I’d been holding for so long.

I’ve been a Naturopathic Doctor treating acne since 2007. I believe in testing and treating the gut, hormones and nutrition. But I’ve learned, personally and with my patients, that the body heals faster when we stop holding what was never ours to carry.

Your skin is a mirror. What is it reflecting for you?
Which hill hit home? Tell me below.

Comment “CLEAR” for my free Clear Skin Masterclass, where i share my complete acne healing method.

If you work with me to clear your acne, some of the things I’d ask you to do might seem a little strange at first.None o...
10/14/2026

If you work with me to clear your acne, some of the things I’d ask you to do might seem a little strange at first.

None of these things alone is going to clear chronic acne.

That’s the point.

I’m not looking for one magic food, supplement or skincare product. I’m trying to understand how your body is functioning as a whole—and then your labs help us decide where we need to look more closely.

If you’re ready to stop guessing and start figuring out WHY you’re breaking out, comment CLEAR and I’ll send you the first step.

10/13/2026

Inside-out healing is NOT a trend.

It’s the reason my acne cleared after years of struggle and why it stayed clear.

Because when you address the root causes, your skin finally has the chance to heal, and your results actually last.

1. Regulate Your Nervous System:

If your body thinks you’re in danger, it shuts down digestion, detox & repair. Calm body = calm hormones = calm skin.

2. Support Digestion First:

If you’re bloated, constipated, or reacting to food, your skin will react.

3. Stabilize Blood Sugar:

Spikes = oil production + inflammation + hormonal chaos. Balanced blood sugar is one of the fastest ways to calm breakouts.

4. Heal the Gut Environment:

Dysbiosis, parasites, yeast, and mold can all trigger inflammation that shows up on your face.

If you’re done with temporary fixes and ready to understand your unique acne triggers, my program is for you.

Comment CLEAR below to finally start clearing your skin from the inside out.

10/12/2026

Acne. Constipation. Bloating. Sugar cravings. Anxiety. Hair loss. Brain fog. Waking up at 3am.

Most women are told these are separate issues, so they end up with a cream for their skin, a laxative for their gut, and a “just manage your stress” for their anxiety.

But in my practice, they usually trace back to ONE problem: a gut that’s out of balance.

When your gut isn’t working well:

➡️ Inflammation rises and shows up on your skin

➡️ Hormones that should be eliminated get recirculated

➡️ Blood sugar swings drive cravings, anxiety and 3am wake-ups

➡️ Nutrients don’t get absorbed, so your hair and skin miss out

Here’s the thing: every woman’s version of this looks a little different. That’s why I don’t guess. I test.

With my acne patients, I use functional gut testing, organic acids testing and comprehensive hormone testing to find exactly what’s driving their symptoms, so we can fix it at the root.

Comment CLEAR to learn more about the tests I run to uncover the real issues behind your acne.

If your acne clears for a while… and then comes right back, that tells me something important:The acne may have been con...
10/07/2026

If your acne clears for a while… and then comes right back, that tells me something important:

The acne may have been controlled, but the reason you’re breaking out may still be there.

After treating acne for over 20 years, this is one of the biggest things I wish more women understood.

Acne isn’t just a skin issue.

Your skin can be influenced by what’s happening throughout the body: hormones, gut health, inflammation, nutrient status, blood sugar regulation, stress, and more.

That’s why you can try a new topical, medication, supplement, or restrictive diet and see improvement only to find yourself dealing with the same breakouts again months later.

And it’s why hearing that your labs are “normal” doesn’t always give you the answers you were hoping for.

The goal isn’t to keep chasing every breakout.

The goal is to understand the patterns and potential drivers contributing to your acne so you can build a more comprehensive plan for lasting improvement.

Because when you’ve already spent years, and probably a lot of money, trying to clear your skin, you don’t need another random thing to try.

You need clarity.

If you’re ready to take a deeper look at what may be contributing to your acne, comment CLEAR and I’ll send you the next step.

10/06/2026

Your acne location is not random.

After treating acne for over 20 years, I’ve learned that where acne appears on the face can give important clues about what’s happening inside the body.

Different acne patterns often point to different internal systems that need support.

For example:
• Jawline, ears, and neck can suggest lymphatic congestion
• Around the mouth and cheeks often points to gut imbalance or dysbiosis
• Jawline and chin frequently indicate hormonal acne and detox pathway congestion
• Forehead acne is often linked to digestion, blood sugar instability, or elevated stress hormones

Your skin is an organ, and it reflects what is happening internally.

This is why treating acne only from the surface rarely leads to lasting results.

Understanding the pattern is the first step to healing your skin at the root.

If you’d like a deeper explanation of these patterns, comment CLEAR to watch my FREE Clear Skin Masterclass.

I don’t usually share this much. But I can’t talk about emotions and acne honestly without telling you where these belie...
10/05/2026

I don’t usually share this much. But I can’t talk about emotions and acne honestly without telling you where these beliefs came from.

I’ve been married twice, both times to alcoholics. One of those marriages was deeply emotionally abusive. I didn’t know what boundaries were. I just wanted to feel loved, so I accepted far less than I deserved.

At one point in my first marriage, I stopped speaking in social situations for an entire year.

I literally couldn’t.

For years, I couldn’t feel. I held onto so much resentment that I once didn’t speak to my sister for four years.

Meanwhile, my body was keeping score. Acne. Miscarriages. Four massive heart attacks.

One day, I couldn’t take it anymore. The torture of not being able to feel my own heart. The belief that being vulnerable meant failing, and that it was too scary to even consider.

I had already tried everything. I couldn’t do it on my own. So I started to pray.

And my healing began to unfold. Bit by bit. Homeopathy became one of the tools that helped me let go of what I’d been holding for so long.

I’ve been a Naturopathic Doctor treating acne since 2007. I believe in testing and treating the gut, hormones and nutrition. But I’ve learned, personally and with my patients, that the body heals faster when we stop holding what was never ours to carry.

Your skin is a mirror. What is it reflecting for you?
Which hill hit home? Tell me below.

Comment “CLEAR” for my free Clear Skin Masterclass, where i share my complete acne healing method.

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