Louise Brownlie

If you feel like you’ve been doing everything right for your skin, like using the recommended products, drinking more water, trying to clean up your diet, and your acne still isn’t settling, this is for you! One of the leading causes of acne that I see all the time in clinic and which often gets overlooked is stress.

“I came off the pill… and now my skin is worse than ever.” If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. Acne after stopping birth control is one of the most common concerns I see in clinic.

If you’ve ever felt like acne medication worked for a while and then slowly stopped making a difference, you’re not imagining it. I hear this story all the time in clinic. Someone is prescribed antibiotics, a topical treatment like Tretinoin, the pill, or a combination of all three. Their skin improves for a few months. There’s a sense of relief as it seems like something is finally helping! So it’s extra heartbreaking when the breakouts creep back in.