Understanding Hormonal Acne and How to Treat It
Hormonal fluctuations can play a role in acne at different stages of life, including puberty, menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause. While you can’t control every factor that contributes to acne, a consistent skincare routine with appropriately labeled acne treatments can help manage acne blemishes and help prevent new ones from forming.
What is Hormonal Acne?
Hormonal acne refers to acne that can occur alongside hormonal fluctuations. It may appear at different stages of life and can commonly affect areas such as the lower face, jawline, and neck.
Because acne can have many contributing factors, persistent or severe acne should be discussed with a healthcare professional.
What Can Contribute to Hormonal Acne?
Changes in hormone levels can influence the amount of oil produced by the skin. Oil, dead skin cells, and other surface buildup can contribute to clogged pores and acne blemishes.
While skincare products don’t control or balance your hormones, an acne-focused skincare routine can help address acne on the skin.
How an Acne-Focused Routine Can Help
Consistency is an important part of caring for acne-prone skin. Look for products that cleanse, moisturize, and provide appropriately labeled acne treatment without unnecessarily overcomplicating your routine.
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Start with Cleansing: Begin with a cleanser appropriate for acne-prone skin to remove dirt, oil, and surface buildup.
Peace Out Acne Gel Cleanser can be incorporated into your daily cleansing routine according to its labeled directions.
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Target Individual Blemishes: For individual blemishes, Peace Out Acne Treatment Dots can be incorporated into your routine according to their labeled directions.
The patches also create a protective barrier over the area to help discourage touching and picking.
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Add a Daily Acne Treatment: Peace Out Acne Serum is formulated with 2% Salicylic Acid as its active ingredient to help clear acne blemishes and blackheads and help prevent new acne blemishes from forming.
Use the product consistently and according to its labeled directions.
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Don't Forget Moisture: Moisturizing can still be an important part of an acne-focused skincare routine.
Peace Out Medicated Acne Gel Moisturizer provides lightweight hydration while 2% Salicylic Acid provides its labeled acne-treatment benefits.
Use according to the product’s labeled directions.
What Else Can support Acne-Prone Skin?
A simple, consistent skincare routine can help you care for acne-prone skin. Avoid picking or squeezing blemishes, choose products appropriate for your skin, and follow the labeled directions for any OTC acne treatments you use.
Hormonal acne can have underlying causes that skincare alone cannot address. If your acne is persistent, severe, painful, or otherwise concerning, consider speaking with a healthcare professional about the treatment options that may be appropriate for you.
What About Other Skincare Ingredients?
In addition to OTC acne-treatment active ingredients, cosmetic ingredients can support the overall look and feel of skin.
- Niacinamide: A cosmetic ingredient that can help improve the appearance of uneven skin tone.
- Hydrating Ingredients: Help keep skin moisturized and comfortable.
When discussing cosmetic ingredients, it’s important to distinguish their cosmetic benefits from the functions of active ingredients used to treat acne.
Building Your Routine
An acne-focused routine doesn’t need to be complicated. Start with cleansing, incorporate your acne treatment according to its labeled directions, and keep skin moisturized.
For Peace Out products containing an OTC acne-treatment active ingredient, follow the Drug Facts and labeled directions for each individual product.
Consistency—and choosing products appropriate for your skin—can help make your daily routine easier to maintain.
The Bottom Line
Hormonal fluctuations can contribute to acne, but skincare products themselves don’t treat or balance your hormones. What an appropriately formulated OTC acne treatment can do is help treat acne on the skin according to its labeled indications.
A consistent routine using properly labeled acne treatments, alongside gentle cleansing and moisturizing, can help you care for acne-prone skin. For persistent or severe hormonal acne, speak with a healthcare professional about additional treatment options.