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Hormonal acne? TRY THIS.
I suffered for YEARS with severe hormonal acne. I'm talking huge, painful red cysts on my chin and jawline throughout the month and even worse before my period. The only thing that worked in the past to keep it away was the pill, but I didn't want to deal with the bad side effects anymore.
So I tried EVERYTHING to get my skin to calm down: no makeup, almost no skincare products, Differin, evening primrose oil, probiotics, diet change, drinking more water, expensive derm visits, etc.
As you can imagine my self esteem suffered badly and I would cry myself to sleep thinking my skin would always look this bad. I noticed people looking at my massive breakouts when talking to me, which made me feel even worse.
As a last resort I decided to try spearmint tea. There was a study done in Turkey that showed promise of its effects against hormonal acne as well as other symptoms of PCOS (which I haven't been diagnosed with, but I suspect it).
I started drinking one cup a day and let me tell you. Within 3 days I stopped getting new breakouts. After a week my existing cysts started to clear. And now, 2 months later, my skin is completely clear!! It's nothing short of a miracle. My confidence is back and my skin finally looks healthy again!
If you have the same problem with hormonal acne that I did, do yourself a favor and try this tea before anything else. For me, the most effective treatment also happened to be the cheapest and easiest. All I had to do was swap out my sleepy time tea ;)
February 2020 · Grocery and Gourmet Food · verified purchase