How to treat acne before menstruation

Women's menstrual cycle is related to endocrine. If the endocrine is disordered and the balance is disrupted during this period, it is likely to be reflected on the skin, such as dull complexion, greasy feeling, easy acne, etc. In order to avoid scars, you can't pick hard on acne. So how to treat acne during menstruation?

How to treat acne during menstruation?

The menstrual period is a safe channel for women to detoxify their bodies, which can help women expel various stagnant heat and fire toxins from their bodies. Some women will develop some pimples on their faces about 10 days before menstruation, which will quickly improve after menstruation; or women who already have pimples on their faces will have significantly more pimples on their faces before menstruation, and the symptoms will be significantly relieved or even disappear completely after the menstruation is over.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, acne on the face is caused by the release of heat toxins from the body to the face and skin. If a person is under too much stress, angry, or often eats spicy food, heat toxins can easily accumulate in the body. If a person's body has abundant blood and qi, the heat toxins will automatically dissipate. For example, getting angry, sweating during exercise, and getting acne are all ways to vent the heat toxins. Because some women are more introverted and have weak internal heat points, this heat toxin and acne on the face cannot be dissipated normally. Only during the menstrual period, when the liver yin blood decreases and the liver yang qi rises, can the body's damp heat and toxic fire be expelled. Only then will the acne on the face come out from the surface of the skin. Chinese medicine calls this "toxin carbuncle".

Acne during menstruation is most common in people with a damp-heat constitution. People with damp-heat constitution usually have oily skin, easily dirty hair, bad breath, and if the pimples on their faces are scratched, small white fat particles will overflow, but there is no moisture (tissue fluid) or thick blood. At the same time, they will be accompanied by symptoms of irritability, excessive or unclean menstruation, and the color of menstrual blood will be reddish and relatively sticky.