Understanding your skin.
Understanding what's happening with your skin
At the heart of everything we make is your skin microbiome: the living ecosystem of good bacteria that keeps your skin clear, calm and resilient. When it’s balanced, your barrier is strong and breakouts, dryness and sensitivity settle. When it’s disrupted, everything shows on the surface.
Autoimmune Driven Skin Irritation and the Skin Microbiome: Why Dry Skin Becomes Inflamed
Autoimmune driven skin irritation, particularly atopic dermatitis, involves a weakened skin barrier and altered immune responses. The changed skin environment can also reduce microbial diversity and favour organisms associated with flares. Moisturising and gentle skincare can support the barrier, but autoimmune driven skin irritation can be a medical condition and persistent, infected or severe symptoms require professional care.
What Causes Pimples, Spots and Blemishes? Hormones, Sebum and Inflammation
Pimples, Spots and Blemishes form when several processes converge: increased or altered sebum, abnormal shedding that blocks follicles, inflammation, hormonal signalling and changes in the follicular microbial environment. Genetics and treatment tolerance also matter. Because spot and blemish prone skin is multifactorial, effective care often combines targeted treatment with a routine that protects the skin barrier.
Why Pimples, Spots and Blemishes Leave Dark Marks: Post-Inflammatory Hyperpigmentation
Dark marks after spot and blemish prone skin are often post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH), created when inflammation stimulates excess pigment production. PIH is flat and differs from indented or raised spot and blemish prone skin scars. It is more common and often more persistent in deeper skin tones. The priorities are controlling new spot and blemish prone skin, preventing picking and irritation, and using daily sun protection.