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Skincare throughout the cycle
The condition of your skin depends on the phase of your cycle! If you want to tackle blemished skin, it helps to align your skincare with your menstrual cycle. Since your hormones change over the course of your cycle, your skin changes too.
Hormones vs. skin: in 25 seconds you will find out why spots appear more often around your period, and how your cycle influences your complexion. Curious?
Spots during your period: how can blemished skin best be cared for?
At the start of the cycle, during menstruation, the skin is sensitive and rather dry, and it struggles to retain moisture.
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Skin condition in the 1st half of the cycle
After your period, the condition of your skin visibly improves. Most women now feel at their best in their own skin, both physically and mentally.1 The skin’s moisture and oil balance evens out.
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Skincare from ovulation onwards
In the second half of the cycle, after ovulation, skin problems frequently occur:
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How can you spot the connections between your skin and the phases of your cycle more quickly? The cyclotest mySense app can help you observe your skin and also supports you in getting to know your cycle. What do you need to do? Simply track your ovulation symptoms.
Why does the skin change during the cycle?
Your complexion is not always the same, as you have surely noticed. Even if you do not change your skincare, your cleansing routine or your eating habits, the appearance of your skin still changes. That is down to your cycle, because it influences your skin.
Hormonal shifts over the course of the female cycle affect blood flow to the skin, sebum production and the skin’s moisture levels. In addition, blemished skin gets worse, as do many chronic skin conditions such as
The main culprit is the female sex hormone oestrogen, although progesterone also plays a part. Depending on the cycle phase, these hormones can affect both the skin in general and the fluctuating activity of numerous skin conditions.1 By the way: these two hormones also affect your libido and your sporting performance.
Link between hormonal changes and the complexion
The link between blemished skin and oestrogen levels
As you can see in the chart, oestrogen levels are very low at the start of the female cycle and rise gradually until ovulation. After ovulation, the oestrogen level drops abruptly, rises once more to a medium level shortly before the end of the cycle and falls back to a low level a few days before the period.In research on the woman’s cycle, it has been established that oestrogen in high concentrations suppresses sebum production. So when oestrogen levels are high, the sebum and oil content of the skin tends to be low. Oestrogens also improve the water-binding capacity of the uppermost layers of the skin.1
The link between blemished skin and progesterone levels
Progesterone levels are very low until shortly after ovulation, then rise steadily and fall back to a very low level by the time your period starts. Progesterone inhibits the breakdown of collagen, which is responsible for making your skin look healthy and firm. A poorer complexion is therefore the result of a drop in progesterone levels. Since around 70% of women complain of mild acne on the face before their period starts, the hormone progesterone is likely to influence blemished skin as well.
It has also been found that in women with acne vulgaris (ordinary acne), the skin gets worse in the week before the period (PMS).1
What helps against blemished skin?
Natural home remedies and creams help against spots and their cause, bacteria. You can also prevent blackheads and spots with a healthy diet. In this section you will find out which practical tips have proven their worth.
Home remedies that help against spots
With these simple care tips and home remedies you can take action against blackheads and spots:
Which product helps against blemished skin?
Alongside home remedies, there are also a number of products that can support your blemished skin as it regenerates:
What influence does the right diet have on spots?
Blemished skin is also linked to your diet. Fatty foods may be tasty every now and then, but they encourage the development of acne. A little tip: cook for yourself rather than buying ready-made meals. That helps not only your skin but your whole body.
Milk is also considered a cause of acne.2 Sugar is likewise said to trigger blemished skin.3 Where possible, you should therefore not consume dairy products in excess and keep your eyes open when choosing your food, as it can often be the trigger for redness. Fruit, by the way, is a great alternative!
Make time to relax
Stress can also be a factor in skin blemishes. However, it is one of the factors that are easy to influence, and tackling it is effectively a facial treatment that brings relaxation too. To avoid blemished skin, it is therefore also important to restore your emotional balance.
Off the pill? Spots, no thanks!
Finally free of hormones! It is hardly surprising that the skin reacts to the hormonal transition with spots and blackheads. The reason is that many of the skin’s defence processes are controlled by hormones. When the body tries to get its own hormone production back under control, it may in some cases release more testosterone. That is why most women who come off the pill sooner or later struggle with the same problems as in their teenage years:
The condition of your skin can also cause emotional distress, though. So what can you do when your pores and sebaceous glands are playing up?
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Preventing blemished skin after coming off the pill
Skincare for blemished skin
Being well prepared is half the battle here: if you get your skin ready for the transition before you come off the pill, it may not turn out quite so bad.
Regular facial cleansing every morning and evening helps the skin. Naturally, make-up and similar products should always be removed regardless of skin type, as they can clog the pores. Such blockages often serve as a food source for bacteria.
Coming off the pill: which treatment for blemishes?
If spots and blackheads do appear after coming off the pill, one iron rule applies: do not squeeze!
Squeezing is a battle you are bound to lose, and in the worst case you will be left with scars. Cleanse the affected areas and wash them with an antibacterial solution. Also worthwhile:
With the right skincare you can avoid spots and other blemishes without having to put up with the side effects of the pill.
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