“I took a hormone test to learn more about my monthly acne – these are the effective tweaks it prompted me to make”

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“I took a hormone test to learn more about my monthly acne – these are the effective tweaks it prompted me to make”

By Layla Turner

2 years ago

6 min read

We’re used to taking hormonal tests for irregular periods and PMS, but could they also be useful for finding the root cause of adult acne? Writer Layla Turner has been putting her own acne under the microscope to find out more about the link between hormonal dysregulation and flare-ups.


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