Liz Patel of A La Glow Skincare explains why you get the same pimples in the same spots. Chin breakouts are usually hormonal; forehead and temples point to stress or gut issues. She warns against soap, which strips your skin barrier, and recommends combining purgative oils like castor with nourishing ones instead of relying on coconut oil alone, which clogs pores.
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Hello everyone, um, I am here to talk to you today about recurring breakouts, but first let me talk about who I am. I am Liz Patel and I am the founder of A La Glow Skincare, and, um, I really looked to provide solutions for— in a holistic manner, something that feeds your skin As opposed to just treats a problem. So we're going to talk about recurring breakouts today, and it's that element of always getting that pimple in exactly the same spot over and over again, no matter what you do. So I want to first cover a couple of early things that people can do to minimize them. And so If you have kids, if you have teenagers, first of all, stay away from products that, that are going to dry the skin out as opposed to really work with the skin to lubricate the pores and help them to, to purge that crap on its own. So we'll first talk about if you get recurring breakouts on your chin and your jawline. A lot of times that can be hormonal. Forehead and temples tends to be stress-related, gut health, and hair products. And cheeks tend to be more lifestyle, like what you're doing on your skin or what you're not doing. So first of all, let's talk about soap. Soap is one of those things that breaks down the barrier of your skin. So like after you wash your face with soap, And even if you haven't scrubbed or done anything, you typically end up with a tight-feeling face. And so often that is as a result of that soap just breaking down the barrier of your skin and taking away everything that is supposed to be there. And then you're trying to add all that stuff back. But what that does is just create this cycle of then your skin wants to overproduce oil in those areas. So if And I know it sounds odd, but one, with oils, like dissolves like, but it also helps to lubricate your pores in your face so that your pores can actually get rid of the stuff on their own. So then a lot of times when I talk to people who have issues with, um, with dry skin And they are using oils, they're typically using too much of what is called a purgative oil. Purgative oils are olive oil, coconut oil, castor oil. They're basically oils that the skin— that help the skin get rid of stuff, but they, they too, because of their high fatty acids, can break the mantle of your skin down. So you really want a really, really good combination of both a purgative oil, which helps to purge shit from your pores, but you also need things that are nourishing to your skin and build your skin up and help it to really be at its optimum level. So you don't really ever want to use just one singular oil. The other thing is, especially with coconut oil, coconut oil is really high in in the comedogenic scale, and so it can actually clog pores and create situations where it looks like you have dry skin even if your skin is oily because the fatty acids are literally having your skin almost over-exfoliate itself. I am going to, in this email, there will be a link to the blog article on all of this information, and it will also go into Um, like the— where this information comes from. So like the supporting information of everything that I've said. And always feel free to email me with any questions you have. Take care, have a great day.
