If you notice that breakouts occur around the chin and jawline and get worse during PMS and your period, you might be suffering from hormonal acne. Though hormonal acne can occur in men too, particularly during puberty, it most often occurs in response to the monthly changes in a woman’s menstrual cycle. This is especially true during teen years, pregnancy, and menopause.
Hormonal occurs when your skin produces too much sebum, or oil, as a result of rapidly changing hormones, as per Cleveland Clinic. The excess oil mixes with dead skin cells and natural bacteria found on the skin and results in pimples, whiteheads, blackheads, and sometimes, large cysts.
It can be difficult to control hormonal shifts but small lifestyle changes can help improve hormonal acne, such as getting enough sleep, eating a clean diet, avoiding high humidity and air pollution, as well as never picking at pimples or trying to squeeze blackheads. For blackheads and whiteheads, topical creams can help. When it progresses beyond this, a dermatologist may prescribe an antibiotic and possibly a retinoid as well as birth control pills to curb swift hormonal changes. For large cystic cases, steroid injections may help.
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