“You should find rituals that make you love taking care of your skin,” says holistic esthetician and acne specialist Zaida Gordon, founder of the acne clinic SkintegrityLA. “In my own personal routine, I do everything I recommend to my patients.” In this episode of Clean Beauty School, mbg beauty director & host Alexandra Engler chats with Gordon about all things acne—including diet, common mistakes, her favorite ingredients to apply topically, and why you can never scrub away your blemishes. 

Show notes:

-Follow Zaida Gordon & SkintegrityLA

-Research on hormonal acne

-The dairy-acne connection

-How inflammation influences sebum production 

-Read more more about the topics discussed in this episode: Hormonal acne, stress acne, inflammatory acne, types of acne, diet-acne connection, skin barrier, double-cleanse, how to layer products, retinol, how often you should exfoliate, mineral sunscreens, vitamin C.

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