By Rahel Haile, LE | The Rich Skin Society If you have spent any time researching hormonal acne, you have probably come across the same three supplements over and over, zinc, DIM and spearmint tea. They show up in nearly every "natural acne remedy" list on the internet, often without much explanation of why & how strong the evidence actually is. I want to do something different here. As someone who went down this exact research rabbit hole myself (after my own experience with

By Rahel Haile, LE | The Rich Skin Society If your breakouts seem to show up in the same spots every single month, deep along your jawline, your chin, or around your mouth, and they feel different from regular acne (more painful, more stubborn, harder to clear) you are probably dealing with hormonal acne. This is one of the most common things I treat at The Rich Skin Society, and it is also one of the most misunderstood. Hormonal acne affects up to 50% of women in their twent

By Rahel Haile, LE | The Rich Skin Society Walk into any Sephora, scroll through any skincare TikTok, or read any beauty magazine and you will find hundreds of products all claiming to clear your acne. The packaging is convincing. The before and afters are tempting and before you know it you have a skincare shelf full of products that are not actually doing what you need them to do. Here is the truth: the skincare ingredient list that's actually effective for acne is actually

By Rahel Haile, LE | The Rich Skin Society I didn't set out to become obsessed with gut health. Honestly, I stumbled into it the same way a lot of people do, through my own body doing something unexpected and forcing me to pay attention. After experiencing a bout of hair loss, I started researching to figure out what's wrong. One rabbit hole led to another, and I kept landing in the same place: gut health, hormones, inflammation, and coincidentally, the way all three show up

By Rahel Haile, LE | The Rich Skin Society June is Acne Awareness Month and as an esthetician who specializes in acne-prone skin, this month means a lot to me. Not just because of the awareness it brings, but because acne is something I've lived through personally. It changed the entire trajectory of my career and is how The Rich Skin Society came to be. So this month, I'm dedicating this blog to all things acne. We're going deep: what it is, what causes it, the different typ