Less Stressed Life: Helping You Heal Yourself

#194 5 Types of Acne with Robyn Johnson, MS, RD

August 18, 2021
Less Stressed Life: Helping You Heal Yourself
#194 5 Types of Acne with Robyn Johnson, MS, RD
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In this week's episode of the Less Stressed Life Podcast, Christa talks with return guest, Robyn Johnson. RD about all things acne. Robyn shares her personal story of how she got started working with clients battling acne and what she uses as treatment options and protocols. She stresses the importance of finding root causes and identifying the type of acne one may have. They talk about all that's changed in the acne space and what we need to know to best help ourselves or clients.


KEY TAKEAWAYS:

  • Types of acne, categorized by root cause
  • Finding the root cause and identifying your type of acne
  • Medications/Options to treat acne
  • Topicals include medications like anti-inflammatory medications like benzoyl peroxide, good skin barrier support, topical antibiotics, salicylic acid
  • Using Birth Control to treat acne
  • Tools available to help/the right kind of support
  • Foods to support & foods to avoid
  • The Thyroid acne connection
  • Natural solutions to treat acne


Robyn Johnson is a Functional Medicine Dietitian Nutritionist. Her passion for using food and lifestyle as medicine found her after a personal battle and triumph with psoriasis. She specializes in helping women optimize their health & hormones by finding the root cause of their symptoms. Robyn runs a virtual private practice and is the co-creator of Her Hormones Academy, an online program for women who want to improve their health and hormones with food and lifestyle. Robyn believes healthcare should be individualized and that starts with each person understanding how their body works and what their body needs to truly thrive!




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Robyn starts her interest about acne
Pros and cons of using atopicals
Different actives/ exfoliants
Using Birth Control to treat acne
Types of acne
Iodine
Going off birth control
Food changes elimination
Supplements for acne