Any tips for treating hormonal acne without drugs?

[ChateauMargot]

I'm TTC and since coming off the pill I've had some quite serious breakouts of cystic acne on my neck and jaw line. I can cover it up reasonably well with skin-friendly makeup, but to my eye it's still quite noticeable and is really starting to get me down :(

I realise that there's only so much that topical treatments can do, as the problem doesn't appear to be cleanliness or diet (I eat healthily, drink lots of water and try not to indulge my sweet tooth as much as I'd like to) but rather a hormonal imbalance that I'm coming to realise may also have something to do with PCOS.

That said, if anyone has any suggestions I would be HUGELY grateful! Will be 30 before long and still have the skin of a teenager - gaa!

Oh, Margot, I have a terrible feeling of déjà vu and, as much as I hate to shatter your illusions, I swear my mother said exactly the same thing to me before I fell pregnant. She lied. Let's hope you will be luckier, though!

Being pregnant last time did make my skin better, after an initial stage of bleurgh skin in the first trimester or so.

This time around (I'm 16+ weeks now) it's been better overall but just a bit bad at the moment. I'm expecting that later in pregnancy it will be better.

Hope that gives you some light at the end of the tunnel, OP!

ybf

Thanks, NSPukey!