Beth, this first 6 weeks is all about calming things down, getting your foundations in place and giving your skin a better environment to heal in.

You’ve been dealing with your skin for such a long time, so I don’t want to throw a million things at you and overwhelm you. Your skin already feels reactive, red and frustrated, so the aim is to support it properly and start understanding what’s driving it.

From everything we spoke about, I’m looking at a few main areas -

• Long term acne history
• More recent redness and possible rosacea type inflammation
• Whiteheads/congestion around the nose, chin and mouth area
• Cystic breakouts
• Digestion and bloating
• Low calorie food habits and not enough nourishment
• Healthy fats and hormone support
• Stress load and nervous system regulation
• Makeup confidence and fear around making the skin worse

This plan is not about being perfect. It’s about building consistency, noticing patterns and giving your skin a bit of breathing space.

Your skin is sitting between acne and rosacea inflammation at the minute.

So rather than treating it like just acne, we need to be careful. Anything too harsh, too stripping or too active could make the redness and reactivity worse.

The goal over the next 6 weeks is to

• Calm the skin - MOST IMPORTANT
• Support the barrier
• Improve digestion and bloating
• Support blood sugar and hormones through food
• Add in more healthy fats and colour
• Stop under fuelling - ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT
• Help your nervous system feel less on edge
• Build a routine that feels realistic

I don’t think we need to rush into blood testing at this stage. I’d rather see what shifts when we get the basics in place properly first. If your skin still feels stuck after we’ve done this phase, we can absolutely look at whether bloods would be useful further down the line.

This plan is not medical advice or a replacement for your GP/dermatologist, especially with anything diagnosed like rosacea or if symptoms worsen, but it is a supportive skin, lifestyle and barrier-focused plan to help us start moving in the right direction*