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Back to Episodes68. Surprising Acne Triggers, Pore-Clogging Ingredients, and How to Get off Birth Control Without Effing up Your Skin
Description
In this episode, Sam sits down with Danielle Gronich and Kayleigh Christina, both of whom suffered from severe cystic acne for years, healed completely, and later became the co-founders of CLEARSTEM. They walk Sam through the process of working together to heal Kayleigh's acne in just EIGHT WEEKS using a combination of dietary and lifestyle changes, supplements, and topical treatments, which begs the question: HOW? Don't worry—we tell you.
Listen to this episode if you want to actually achieve perfect skin by healing from the inside out—not by effing up your hormones or suppressing surface-level manifestations of internal stress.
Key moments:
03:25 Why they didn't seek investors
06:32 Both founders’ severe acne journeys
15:17 Most common acne triggers
17:44 What we’re getting wrong about hormonal acne
18:58 How our supplements cause hormonal acne
20:37 The sugar-free sweetener messing with your hormones
22:55 Things you would never expect to give you acne…but do
26:52 The most important thing to do before you buy food or products
27:36 Why Biotin is the scam of the century
28:57 The top pore-clogging products + ingredients
31:03 The FREE tool you can use to check the ingredients in your products
35:18 The top lifestyle + dietary changes you can make RIGHT NOW to help your acne
37:33 How to transition off Spironolactone and birth control
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