01. Your breakouts follow a calendar.
Your breakouts aren't random. They follow your cycle. Same spot, same week, every month. That's testosterone spiking before your period and telling your oil glands to go into overdrive.
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02. Your skin is unqiue, your skincare isnt.
You need an approach tailored to what your body is missing. The first half of your cycle, estrogen keeps things calm then progesterone surges and that's when the jawline stuff starts showing up. Oiliness, congestion, cysts that sit under the skin, its all hormones. Every acne product on the market was designed to be one size fits all so hoping it magically works for you is like hoping you win the lottery.
03. Birth control doesn't reset your hormones.
Some women have the worst acne of their lives at 24, 27, 30 even thought they had clear skin as a teenager. Because birth control is a hormone suppressor, its not a medicine, its an off button. Coming off birth control doesn't reset your hormones, it does the opposite. Your body has to restart its hormone production, after being surpassed your body reacts with an androgen surge and your skin pays the price. It's not a mystery, its a biology problem.
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This at-home blood test is designed to help identify internal factors that may be contributing to acne. I like that the results are reviewed by dermatologists who can help translate the data in a clear way to patients. Rather than looking at biomarkers in isolation, a dermatologist can see how different markers work together and which ones may be most relevant for each individual. In general, I am a big fan of personalized wellness and think many patients can benefit from more tailored skincare.
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BreakoutLabs is interesting to me because it doesn’t just provide patients with raw data about their skin. It uses the information it collects to provide personalized insights based on their particular skin needs. The report can highlight different aspects of health and wellness, including hormone levels, nutrient deficiencies, and lifestyle factors that may contribute to skin problems like acne. This custom approach can be way better. Instead of guessing via trial-and-error, this can more effectively identify the underlying causes. For patients, this can help them make more informed decisions that may better support their long-term skin health.
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I value this test from Breakoutlabs. It can help patients identify when cortisol or other hormones are out of balance in their bodies. Once patients know what is happening under the surface, they can take a more active role in maintaining the skin’s health and longevity.
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04. Cortisol is wrecking your skin and nobody's testing it.
Cortisol. Nobody's testing it for acne and they should be. When you're chronically stressed, cortisol suppresses estrogen, amplifies androgens, and slows your skin's ability to heal. Women blame their diet. They blame their products or maybe the lack of sleep. In reality it's their stress response showing up on their face.
05. The acne keeps coming back because you're treating the surface.
Antibiotics and Retinoids work until you stop using them.. If the hormones driving the breakout are still off, the acne comes back. Every time. The problem was never the surface. It was what's underlying cause that you never checked, and you can't fix what you haven't measured.
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You get an at-home collection kit (lancet, collection device, prepaid return mailer), an 8-marker blood panel processed by a CLIA-certified lab, and a personalized report reviewed by a board-certified physician.
The eight markers cover hormonal (Testosterone, DHEA-S, SHBG, Cortisol), metabolic (Fasting Insulin, HbA1c), nutrient (Vitamin D), and inflammatory (hs-CRP) drivers of adult acne.
I've had my hormones tested before and everything came back normal.
Standard hormone panels check for clinical deficiencies levels that are medically out of range. This panel looks at functional ranges, meaning levels that are technically "normal" but still high or low enough to affect your skin. A testosterone reading that sits at the top of the normal range can still be driving excess oil production. Normal on a standard test doesn't always mean optimal for your skin.
How is this different from hormone tests my OB/GYN already ran?
Most OB/GYN hormone panels are looking for reproductive health markers estrogen levels, thyroid function, PCOS indicators. They're not designed to answer a skin question. This panel measures the specific hormones most closely linked to breakouts and markers that drive oil production and inflammation.
I'm on birth control. Will that affect my results?
Yes, birth control suppresses your body's natural hormone production, so some markers will read differently than they would off the pill. Your physician-reviewed report accounts for this and interprets your results in that context. If you're considering coming off birth control, testing before and after can show you exactly how your hormones shift.
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