My Skin Type:
• Combination (t-zone = 4, flake sometimes)
• Sensitive (5)

Skin Concerns:
1)...

My Skin Type:
• Combination (t-zone = 4, flake sometimes)
• Sensitive (5)

Skin Concerns:
1) Breakouts (T-zone)
2) Dark spots from past breakouts

Breakouts are caused by a colliding of these three changes in my skin biology;
1) My skin is over producing sebum/this sebum is stickier than usual – usually this means your sebum is deficient in linoleic acid which is a thinner oil/also called an essential fatty acid as skin cannot make linoleic acid itself.
2) Pores enter a state of hyperkeratosis i.e. they don’t shed dead skin cells normally or are over making skin cells – both lead to abnormal skin shedding aka pores are easily blocked leading to a continual cycle of breakouts
3) My skin’s bacteria balance is upset – when certain kinds of bacteria breed inside oil filed pores they cause your immune system to react therefore creating a spot to try to expel the infection