Post-Pill Acne

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04/27/21 • 19 min

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Here’s a secret – there is one single thing that I miss about being on the pill, and it’s how damn clear my skin was!

Like our teenage years aren’t angsty enough without having to experience the highs and lows of breakouts too. But once we make it to the other side of puberty, not all of us emerge with clear skin. Our hormones like to remind us who’s boss and often around ovulation or our periods, a few fresh spots will emerge.

In this episode, I’m breaking down how to manage your skin as you transition off hormonal birth control. We’ll cover how to identify the underlying cause of your acne and what to do about it.

Acne is a sign that your hormones happy, and there’s only so much that topical creams and lotions can do to help!

Here’s What We’re Talking About:

What to expect from your skin when you come off the pill
How to identify the underlying cause of your acne
Your skin as an organ and how to show it love
4 steps to manage breakouts

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Here’s a secret – there is one single thing that I miss about being on the pill, and it’s how damn clear my skin was!

In this episode, I’m breaking down how to manage your skin as you transition off hormonal birth control. We’ll cover how to identify the underlying cause of your acne and what to do about it.

Acne is a sign that your hormones happy, and there’s only so much that topical creams and lotions can do to help!

Here’s What We’re Talking About:

What to expect from your skin when you come off the pill
How to identify the underlying cause of your acne
Your skin as an organ and how to show it love
4 steps to manage breakouts

________________

Read the show notes, including a transcript of this episode with all links and resources HERE

DM Rachel on Instagram:
@fertilityco

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Delete your period tracking app. Do this instead.

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Truthbomb: Your phone doesn’t know when you’re fertile.

I seem to have developed quite the reputation for being anti-app. I’m not necessarily anti-app, but I am anti-crappy apps and it seems that there are a lot of them out there.

The internet is completely flooded with period and ovulation tracking apps that claim to help you to monitor your menstrual cycle and your fertile window. Here’s the bad news – most of them are nothing more than a high-tech version of the rhythm method.

Here’s What We’re Talking About:

Why I’ll always be a pen and paper girl, and why I’m anti-crappy-apps
When your tracking app can be super helpful, and when to delete it
My app recommendation (because I know you’re going to ask!)

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Why you should track your menstrual cycle (even if you're not trying to get pregnant)

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I’m not currently trying to get pregnant, so why do I care when I’m ovulating?

Why would I bother charting and tracking my fertile signs when I have no intention of conceiving?

Your fertility is so much more than making babies. It’s about eliminating the need for artificial hormones that have their own set of side effects, and relying on your own body to tell you everything you need to know to avoid pregnancy with a natural method of birth control that’s equally as effective as the pill!

You can use your observations and your symptoms to address underlying health issues before they show up as other more serious symptoms in your body. You can take your chart to a healthcare professional and figure out what your body needs to rebalance your hormones and regulate your periods.

And finally, you can use this knowledge at every stage of life – birth control, pregnancy, post-partum and while breastfeeding all the way through until menopause.

The best part? You only have to learn it once!

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