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She just got married with the best skin of her life! 💍  This is really tricky acne, a combination of both inflammatory a...
06/03/2025

She just got married with the best skin of her life! 💍 This is really tricky acne, a combination of both inflammatory acne and comedonal acne in the very hormanslly-driven mouth and jaw area. Dealing with hormonal acne? Comment “COMBO ACNE” for a link to her protocol and every product she uses to get clear and keep clear. ✨✨✨

Want to know our secret to clearing skin?  ✨ Step  #1: Get a Full Consultation. One of the biggest, most important parts...
05/05/2025

Want to know our secret to clearing skin?

✨ Step #1: Get a Full Consultation. One of the biggest, most important parts of clearing is a consultation. For us, we evaluate a clients skin, get a baseline count of inflammatory lesions and amount of acne comedones and note any other conditions along with skin type, history of sensitivity, allergies, reactions, what they have tried, what’s made a client worse. Taking the time to play detective and really understand all the parts is essential to clearing success.

For this client, he flew in to see us after 5 doctors weren’t able to help him. He tried lasers (???), retinoids, accutane. Having his history, evaluating his skin, spending time uncovering everything was the most important step to clearing him.

✨ Step #2: Implement a plan for clearing addressing the main concerns and what the skin needs.

For this client we got him clear in 6 months by addressing his inflammation in multiple ways which in this case was the following:

➡️ We changed his shaving habits, moving to single blade disposable razors to reduce open cuts and abrasions.

➡️ We started him on Restorative Serum to keep his compromised skin barrier supported and accelerate healing.

➡️ We had him use our exclusive benzoyl peroxide with sulfur to reduce inflammation and support clearing and prevention of both acne and future staph.

✨ Step #3: Start customized targeted treatments once skin is preconditioned and ready to avoid irritation and purging. With acne we start treatments after 2 weeks of pre-conditioning and then begin using enzymes and then peels to bring back healthy, glowing skin.

Click follow to get more of our acne tips. 😉

After seeing 4 dermatologists over a couple years she found us.  ✨ In just 2 weeks we transformed her skin with carefull...
05/01/2025

After seeing 4 dermatologists over a couple years she found us. ✨ In just 2 weeks we transformed her skin with carefully selected skincare and . No more redness or irritation. 🌷

The secret to figuring out if you have acne or fungal acne. 💡Acne and fungal acne have different symptoms and characteri...
09/27/2024

The secret to figuring out if you have acne or fungal acne. 💡

Acne and fungal acne have different symptoms and characteristics but they can be present at the same time.

Before thinking you may have fungal acne, there are considerations to take into account. Swipe through to see how we determine fungal acne and our recommendations. We love Urea Water Cream at the start to help build barrier while also clearing your skin. 🍃

In need of help? Schedule a virtual or in-person acne client consultation with our talented team of acne clearing estheticians.😉

Serving results. Last year this client was struggling to clear his inflammatory acne and bumpy comedonal acne that cause...
09/26/2024

Serving results. Last year this client was struggling to clear his inflammatory acne and bumpy comedonal acne that caused texture issues.

We modified his routine to fit his lifestyle and had him in for bi-weekly acne program peels. In place now is smooth, balanced skin. ✨

Holistic clearing requires patience and dedication but the results speak for themselves. 🍃

The RIGHT product can do wonders for your skin. 🫶This cutie has dealt with acne her entire adult life. In just 5 months ...
09/10/2024

The RIGHT product can do wonders for your skin. 🫶

This cutie has dealt with acne her entire adult life. In just 5 months of in-clinic acne program we not only helped clear her acne but the scarring as well.

Not sure what to use? Does everything make your skin worse?

Book our 12 week Acne Program Consultation to help you clear your skin. ✨

🫶. What a wonderful review to read this morning. Natalie, thank you for trusting me. I’m so happy to have helped you cle...
09/06/2024

🫶. What a wonderful review to read this morning. Natalie, thank you for trusting me. I’m so happy to have helped you clear your skin and build up your confidence beautiful girl. 💕

Opening Skin Theory 9 years ago has brought so much joy and I love what we are able to do for our community. 🕊️

The MIST know that you might not know.Correcting these can be the difference between getting clear and staying clear and...
08/29/2024

The MIST know that you might not know.

Correcting these can be the difference between getting clear and staying clear and well…

not getting or staying clear.

✔️ Chronic jumping or switching actives can cause a lot of issues. If you are guilty of switching product often in a desperate attempt to clear, take 3-5 days off what wasn’t working and moisturize / occlude skin before trying something new.

✔️ Too strong of a product for your skin or just the wrong product for your skin. 👎 Even though a product helps others with your same exact acne, it may not agree with your skin and skin type. This can show up as breakouts beyond an initial purging stage, breakouts in areas you don’t normally breakout, small bumps, rashes and even swelling. It also often causes an intolerance to peels and treatments.

✔️ Washing your face too much or using only a gel hydrator causes more harm than good. 2x a day cleansing should be the max. Make sure to moisturize your skin. We like Face Reality Clearderma for Normal or Skin or Cranpeptide Cream for Sensitive Skin or Dry Skin. For very dry skin we like Le Mieux Sheer Hydration or Vanicream Daily Moisturizer.

Need help, book an acne program consultation to get started. 😉

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Monday 9:30am - 6pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 6pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 6pm
Thursday 9:30am - 6pm
Friday 9:30am - 4pm
Saturday 9:30am - 2pm

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