the root cause of acne can be complex which is why it is important to think about the whole body

the skin can’t just be thought of as a single organ - the skin is influenced by your diet, your hydration levels, your internal nutrient status, your ovarian, pancreatic, thyroid and adrenal hormones, your gut, your liver, & your kidneys

it is also influenced by your environment, lifestyle and the topical products that you use

when you work with me, we evaluate the health of these body systems

we also prioritise testing and not guessing

common misconceptions about testing:

many people come in with previous blood tests, or the thought that things have been investigated and are ‘fine’ or ‘normal’

not many people know that hormones need to be tested on a particular day of their cycle,

or that stress/exercise, medications, supplements and/or illness could affect their results,

or that a ‘normal’ result does not ‘rule out’ that cause, it means you need to dig deeper if you still have symptoms,

or that there might be other markers your practitioner hasn’t ordered to fully investigate your symptoms,

or that the reference range that is on your blood test is a statistical average of a population and not a reference range for optimal function,

or that there are many other functional testing you can do with me, such as saliva hormone testing, hair mineral analysis, stool microbiome mapping, skin microbiome sampling

naturopathic acne treatment is using diet changes, lifestyle changes, environmental changes and short term herbal and/or nutritional interventions for long term results.

ready to heal your skin naturally? Book a consultation with acne naturopath, Rebecca Gunning today and take the first step towards clear, confident skin!