202: Weird Triggers For Acne You Probably Haven't Heard Of w/ Lacey Dunn, MS, RD, LD, CPT

The Healthy Skin Show

When you think of acne triggers, your mind might immediately go to hormones and gut health. But there are some surprising triggers for acne that might not have crossed your mind!

My guest today is Lacey Dunn. Lacey is breaking the mold in the “dietitian world” as a fitness professional, bodybuilder, and registered dietitian.

Her mission is to educate others on evidence-based nutrition by promoting a healthy, sustainable lifestyle through flexible dieting. She believes that there is no “one size fits all” approach, and that self efficacy in food choice is a driving force for fostering healthy habits and encouraging behavioral change.

Lacey is the owner of a thriving online coaching platform, UpliftFit Nutrition, as well as host and founder of UpliftFit Nutrition radio. Most recently, she released the book The Women's Guide to Hormonal Harmony: How to rebalance your hormones, master your metabolism, and become the boss of your own body.

Lacey’s goal as a dietitian is to provide the tools that people need in order to achieve a healthy, and balanced diet while simultaneously helping them to grow and thrive in all aspects of their lives.

Join us as we talk about strange and unexpected triggers for acne.

Have you ever experienced an acne flare due to any of the triggers mentioned in today's episode? Tell me about it in the comments!

In this episode:

• Can supplements trigger acne?
• Why can some nutrients like vitamin B12 and biotin cause an acne flare?
• Could your sensitivity to the nutrients improve at all as you improve or rebalance gut, hormone, or liver health?
• Why can topicals trigger acne?
• Possible causes of cystic acne
• What is DHT?

Quotes

“When we're looking at acne, for the most part, we're questioning first and foremost, what do my hormones look like? What does my gut look like? What does my liver look like? But other than that, if you have random acne out of the blue, it could be really maybe a food, but also maybe a supplement you started.” [1:32]

“When we over exfoliate our skin, we over dry our skin. We irritate it and we damage our skin lining or skin barrier. And then what happens is we have irritated, flaky, red, itchy skin that then tries to heal itself and it can erupt in acne.” [11:20]

Links

Find Lacey online

FREE 3-day meal plan

Lacey's No BS Guide to Healing Hashimoto’s and Hypothyroidism

Healthy Skin Show ep. 120 Estrogen Dominance Effect On Skin Problems w/ Lacey Dunn

Healthy Skin Show ep. 075: Why Biotin Can Mess Up Your Labs (Big Time)

Jen's appearance on UpliftFit Nutrition Radio Ep. 102- The Skin and Diet Connection- The Root Cause of Skin Conditions

The Women's Guide to Hormonal Harmony: How to rebalance your hormones, master your metabolism, and become the boss of your own body

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