sovereignsdaughter

As an Esthetician specializing in Adult Acne and Sensitivity, acne in pores where oil glands are larger due to being located in the “T-Zone” but where pore sizes are smaller due to facial contours, is the most common problem I see in my clients, both in the salon and in my online adult acne coaching service   across the nation.   Excess oil from all kinds of hormonal changes rush into pores causing inflammation of pore linings, resulting in swelling, redness and pain. These areas of larger glands and smaller pores are located on the sides of the chin, around the mouth, the inner cheeks, and between the brows.   Sometimes, the sides of the chin will also extend to the inner jawline and lower cheeks.     These are typically called “ hormonal areas ”, to which I have quite a few responses , but I feel the most important point to make is that all acne is technically hormonal.   The difference between one breakout and another for adults late 20s on up will depen...

Do you have new jawline and neck breakouts that are bad enough to have you running to your doctor?  Don’t go making an appointment just yet… This winter is cold but the weather keeps fluctuating.  Sometimes it's humid with snow, sometimes bitter cold and dry.  Nothing else bears the brunt of freezing cold like your skin.  But you know what, while everyone is familiar with the drying and chapping effects of frigid winds, very few people take into account how the weather might affect adult acne.  What makes winter different, why would adult acne breakouts be any different than now? The answer is friction. The kind of breakouts that can be caused by friction are painful, red, hard lumps. They often occur in clusters, as you may see right now along your jawline and neck. These "papules" are commonly confused with what some refer to as "cysts" but that's not actually what they are.  Cysts are infected pimples that become so out of control, the inf...

For those of you with Adult Acne, this is real information you don't want to miss! I’m sure you’ve seen this term before.   Comedogenic.  Let's b reak it down;    comedo = an impaction of varying size containing a  mixture of sebum (fancy name for our skin’s oil) and  dead skin cells, often known as a “blackhead”;   genic = creating.    The scientific term for “blackhead” is Comedo (many, like me, say Comedone).   The start of every acne pimple is a microscopic blackhead, known as a Microcomedone, which is actually in many of our pores but doesn’t always develop enough to lead to a full blown zit.   A comedogenic ingredient makes the process so much worse, it can aggravate an acne condition, or even start one. Depending on how comedogenic something is, the resulting impaction will build up more and more, potentially creating large, dark blackheads, known as Open Comedones.   These are different from the blackheads on our t-zo...