Why does my skin look bad during menstruation?

If a girl has her period, it means that her body has fully developed. However, many women will report that their skin becomes very bad when they have their period. Generally speaking, menstruation is a special period for women and an important period for detoxification. Many women feel a little uncomfortable during menstruation, and some suddenly develop a lot of pimples on their faces. So why do women have bad skin during menstruation?

1. Why is the skin bad during menstruation? During the physiological cycle of women, due to the balance between estrogen (Estradiol) and progesterone (Progesterone), hormones determine the physiological and skin conditions of women. There are usually two periods when skin problems are prone to occur. One is from the onset of menstruation to the first few days after the menstrual period, which is the dark period of the skin. The next period is from ovulation to before menstruation, especially the 20th to 25th day. The skin is prone to oiliness, roughness, acne, and dullness. The key factors are psychological pressure and daily life (such as staying up late, day and night reversal, etc.) will affect the balance of endocrine. If the hormone secretion is in an unstable and fluctuating state due to improper maintenance, it is the well-known "endocrine disorder".

2. How to improve poor skin during menstruation

(1) Keep a relaxed and happy mood. The central nervous system will secrete FSH and LH through the pituitary gland and GnRH through the hypothalamus. These substances can adjust the secretion of female hormones. Therefore, the endocrine system runs through the whole body and is related to the liver meridian in traditional Chinese medicine. When you are in a relaxed and happy mood, the secretion and action of female hormones will become vigorous, making women full of vitality and beauty. Once mental tension and stress accumulate, the sympathetic nerves become overactivated, which in turn inhibits the secretion of female hormones from the central nervous system, making the skin rough and sensitive, and prone to acne, dark spots and wrinkles. This is what Chinese medicine calls liver qi stagnation.

(2) Adjusting work and rest schedules often emphasizes going to bed early and getting up early, which will affect the body's biological clock. The body's metabolism and hormone secretion have a certain rhythm. The secretion of female hormones is mainly concentrated at night, and the blood concentration at night is higher than the blood concentration during the day. If the day and night are reversed, staying up late and suffering from insomnia will also disrupt the normal physiological rhythm, causing an imbalance in the secretion of female hormones or even insufficient secretion, which will also affect the health of the skin.