Best Acne Podcasts: Treating Breakouts Through the Ears

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. Last year at 43, I had the worst of my life. Swollen welts the size of quarters decorated my forehead, painful scarlet bumps emerged on my chin, and ugly comedones oozed near my nose.

As a frequent dermatology patient, I’ve often had to tweak my skin care products and prescriptions. But when my carefully curated mix of over-the-counter treatments and prescription topical and oral medications stopped working entirely, I needed a new strategy.Desperate for advice, anecdotes, and answers, an internet search turned up an acne and diet-focused episode of , a functional medicine podcast.

When the host, , mentioned offhand that he got pimples after eating coconut, I connected his comment to the shredded coconut I had been adding to my morning oatmeal for .

While eliminating coconut didn’t cure my bad breakout, acne podcasts turned out to be another solution for me entirely.I started binge-listening to the best acne podcasts ranging from scientific to woo-woo, including board-certified hosts who cover prescription medicine and clinical treatments, nutritionists who discuss gut health’s role in acne, to beauty experts who give tips on cosmetic cover-up tricks for pimples and the hyperpigmented aftermath.