Week 1: When you period starts.

Estrogen and testosterone start at rock-bottom and then steadily rise.

Week 2:

Estrogen and testosterone rise all week.

Week 3: Ovulation

Estrogen and testosterone take a temporary dive. Progesterone increases all week.

Week 4: Pre-menstrual time

All hormones take a downward plunge.

Remember that when you SEE acne is not necessarily when the acne was formed. It varies from person to person, but it can take anything from a few days to a week or two between acne "forming" and it showing up where you can see it.

Hormonal acne problems stem from one or more of the following problems:

- Too high testosterone

- Too low progesterone / too high estrogen

- Not necessarily an excess or deficiency of anything in particular, but the body has trouble responding to the constant fluctuations of hormones in general (sometimes related to corresponding thyroid problems, adrenal insufficiency, or vitamin D deficiency, all of which make it hard for the body to regulate its own hormones).

Week 1: When you period starts.

Estrogen and testosterone start at rock-bottom and then steadily rise.

Week 2:

Estrogen and testosterone rise all week.

Week 3: Ovulation

Estrogen and testosterone take a temporary dive. Progesterone increases all week.

Week 4: Pre-menstrual time

All hormones take a downward plunge.

Remember that when you SEE acne is not necessarily when the acne was formed. It varies from person to person, but it can take anything from a few days to a week or two between acne "forming" and it showing up where you can see it.

Hormonal acne problems stem from one or more of the following problems:

- Too high testosterone

- Too low progesterone / too high estrogen

- Not necessarily an excess or deficiency of anything in particular, but the body has trouble responding to the constant fluctuations of hormones in general (sometimes related to corresponding thyroid problems, adrenal insufficiency, or vitamin D deficiency, all of which make it hard for the body to regulate its own hormones).

Gotcha! That was super insightful, thank you. So do you advise against taking Calcium D Glucarate as a preventative measure (coming off BC)? I'm taking FCLO, which should also help.

Calcium D Glucarate is used to up the body's glucaric acid, which is supposed to detox the liver, lower bad cholesterol, and lower estrogen.

It would be helpful if you know you have too high estrogen and/or a liver problem. Otherwise it is not too helpful for hormonal acne.

Calcium D Glucarate is used to up the body's glucaric acid, which is supposed to detox the liver, lower bad cholesterol, and lower estrogen.

It would be helpful if you know you have too high estrogen and/or a liver problem. Otherwise it is not too helpful for hormonal acne.

Is too much estrogen the same thing as low progesterone? Confused while reading up on the subject- conflicting answers. If it's not the same thing, would increasing my progesterone help my acne if it's an estrogen-caused problem (I'm not asking about xenoestrogens, I know those are bad, I mean estrogen levels that occur in my body)?

I've ordered progesterone cream (planning to try it when it's delivered) and I'm still on spiro, would adding metformin boost my progesterone too much? Would the combination of these three things work together to prevent acne or could it make things worse? Is there such a thing as too much progesterone?

Week 1: When you period starts.

Estrogen and testosterone start at rock-bottom and then steadily rise.

Week 2:

Estrogen and testosterone rise all week.

Week 3: Ovulation

Estrogen and testosterone take a temporary dive. Progesterone increases all week.

Week 4: Pre-menstrual time

All hormones take a downward plunge.

Remember that when you SEE acne is not necessarily when the acne was formed. It varies from person to person, but it can take anything from a few days to a week or two between acne "forming" and it showing up where you can see it.

Hormonal acne problems stem from one or more of the following problems:

- Too high testosterone

- Too low progesterone / too high estrogen

- Not necessarily an excess or deficiency of anything in particular, but the body has trouble responding to the constant fluctuations of hormones in general (sometimes related to corresponding thyroid problems, adrenal insufficiency, or vitamin D deficiency, all of which make it hard for the body to regulate its own hormones).

Many times high estrogen is linked to low progesterone, because progesterone has a regulating effect on testosterone. If the regulator is too low, then the estrogen spirals out of control.

However, there are definitely cases where estrogen is high even though progesterone is normal. It really depends on the woman.

All things considered, though, it is much more likely that your progesterone is low and your estrogen is high.