68. Surprising Acne Triggers, Pore-Clogging Ingredients, and How to Get off Birth Control Without Effing up Your Skin

In this episode, Sam sits down with Danielle Gronich and Kayleigh Christina, both of whom suffered from severe cystic acne for years, healed completely, and later became the co-founders of CLEARSTEM. They walk Sam through the process of working together to heal Kayleigh's acne in just EIGHT WEEKS using a combination of dietary and lifestyle changes, supplements, and topical treatments, which begs the question: HOW? Don't worry—we tell you. Listen to this episode if you want to actually achieve perfect skin by healing from the inside out—not by effing up your hormones or suppressing surface-level manifestations of internal stress. Key moments: 03:25 Why they didn't seek investors 06:32 Both founders’ severe acne journeys 15:17 Most common acne triggers 17:44 What we’re getting wrong about hormonal acne 18:58 How our supplements cause hormonal acne 20:37 The sugar-free sweetener messing with your hormones 22:55 Things you would never expect to give you acne…but do 26:52 The most important thing to do before you buy food or products 27:36 Why Biotin is the scam of the century 28:57 The top pore-clogging products + ingredients 31:03 The FREE tool you can use to check the ingredients in your products 35:18 The top lifestyle + dietary changes you can make RIGHT NOW to help your acne 37:33 How to transition off Spironolactone and birth control Join WHOOP. Use code CAPSLOCK for 15% off at CLEARSTEM: https://clearstem.com/ Follow along: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/lifeincapslock⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.tiktok.com/@lifeincapslock⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@lifeincapslock⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Threads: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.threads.net/@lifeincapslock⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices