08/11/2026
Remember when you were a teenager and you had a big event. You were so excited to go with your friends and have photos taken, but you woke up in the morning to a big pimple winking at you in the mirror?
Now fast forward 30 years. Have you ever seen a similar wink before a big event, or even after?
The hormone shifts that sabotaged our completion as teens, also sabotage our complexions in perimenopause. But just like when we were teens, we can balance those fluctuations as adults. Adult acne is real but doesn't have to be a part of growing up, at any age.
A couple simple things can stop adult acne. Trust me, I'm living proof. When I vear away from these habits for more than a week, the breakouts happen.
1. 2 tablespoons of ground Flax seed every day.
- Estrogen excess controbutes to acne and binding the receptors with phytoestrogens in ground Flax, keeps your body's stronger estrogen from causing trouble.
2. Avoid processed sugars.
- I am a sugar addict. I cannot resist a warm chocolate chip cookie or hot fudge brownie sundae. Indulging more than once a week triggers excess insulin in my body which signals other hormones in excess, and then a breakout happens.
3. Monitor and regulate stress.
- Just like a big test or first date contributes to teen acne, work deadlines or full calendars contribute to adult acne. Do something nice for yourself to remind your body that it's safe and not constantly running for its life.
4. Reduce or eliminate alcohol consumption.
- This one can be hard, especially living in WI, where Old Fashioneds are made better than anywhere else in the world and where Packer games must be paired with Miller Light. As we all know, the liver is needed to clear alcohol, as well as a lot of other things we don't need, such as excess hormones. See a trend?
Try introducing these habits into your life and let me know if you notice a difference, both in appearance and how you feel.
Also, if you're interested in learning more and want personal guidance, join me at the Recalibration Retreat in Sedona, September 15-19, 2026, where I will share personal experience and formal education about hormone balance and traversing hormone changes.
https://recalibration-retreat-sedona.netlify.app/
