
When Acne Has a Hormonal Pattern
Understanding chin and jawline breakouts, premenstrual flares, androgen influence, PCOS, and treatment options.
Hormones, endocrine conditions and metabolic health. Includes: PCOS, thyroid health, insulin resistance, weight changes, acne, excess hair growth, blood sugar and metabolic health.

Understanding chin and jawline breakouts, premenstrual flares, androgen influence, PCOS, and treatment options.

PCOS is often reduced to irregular periods or “cysts on the ovaries” — but the story is far more complex. From acne and hair changes to metabolism, fertility, diagnosis and treatment, here’s what PCOS really means for your health.

A longer look at how PCOS is diagnosed, why it affects metabolism as well as periods, and which interventions have evidence behind them.

An under- or overactive thyroid changes periods, weight, mood and fertility. What the common test measures, and what it does not.