@nutritionwithcalle: Acne girlies- tell us your story!

KB :

I struggled with really bad chronic cystic acne that went from my face all the way down to my sternum. I went to so many different specialists and tried multiple rounds of antibiotics, clindamycin, spironolactone, metformin, and a glp1, and nothing really helped. I honestly felt gaslit by so many providers because I knew something else was going on, but nobody seemed to be looking at the bigger picture. I was also dealing with excessive weight gain, chronic inflammation, and other symptoms that I felt were all connected. I eventually started getting laser treatments to help with some of the deeper scarring, which actually did help, but I was still having recurring cystic acne flare-ups. The biggest change happened when I started focusing on healing my gut. I pretty much lived off lentil soup, prebiotics, probiotics, and homemade fermented yogurt for a few months. I was actually fermenting my own yogurt to get a higher concentration of live cultures. I also started taking zinc and Pepcid, and that’s when I finally started seeing a noticeable improvement in my skin. It’s just crazy to me that after trying so many medications and seeing so many specialists, the only thing that really seemed to make a difference was focusing on my gut health and working with someone who practices kinesiology/ holistic medicine.