We can help identify your skin type and why it might be breaking out. Hormones, medication, environmental factors, diet, stress and too harsh skincare can all cause breakouts. It’s not only oily skin that can experience breakouts. And yet most acne routines are built only for oily skin types. And even then they take an attack approach, when nurturing and rebalance is the answer.

When you remove all of your “healthy” surface layers with foaming cleansers and alcohol toners, it causes the skin to be more susceptible to inflammation and infection. Use a non-stripping cleanser to remove excess oil and bacteria and get rid of pore-clogging pollution and grime.

Apply a serum to balance the skin. B down-regulates oil. C helps skin heal and can be antibacterial too (GFYS C-Hit) and A helps slow down an over-active skin which is what’s happing in adolescence. The skin cells at the top can’t keep pace with renewal under the surface - so cells build up.

Squeezing spots can spread bacteria and create more breakouts, lax skin and potentially pigmented spots. Instead, pop on spot serum and be patient. A spot clears in 1-10 days. A picked spot is a wound and takes 30!

The wrong moisturiser can actually cause more breakouts. Oily acne-prone skin types need a light weight source of hydration, while dry skin types should opt for a richer oil-based moisturiser.