S04E06. Client Journey: Hailey on Hormonal Acne, Gut Health, and Why Intermittent Fasting Backfired

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If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing everything right and still breaking out… this one’s going to feel very familiar. In this week’s Keep It Clear episode, we sit down with Hailey to unpack her long acne journey that started in middle school and followed her well into adulthood. She tried the antibiotics, spironolactone, harsh topicals, “natural” high-dose supplements, intermittent fasting, and clean eating. Some things worked for a while. None of them addressed the full picture.

In this episode, we get into:

• Hailey’s adult acne timeline, including antibiotics, spironolactone, harsh topicals, and why she wanted a more holistic acne plan.
  
• What her HTMA (Hair Trace Mineral Analysis) suggested about stress patterns, digestion, and why intermittent fasting was not doing her any favours.
  
• The gut side of acne, including low stomach acid, constipation, H. pylori, and why some people need more than one gut protocol.
  
• The mindset shift that helped her stop spiralling, build real self-care routines, and feel supported instead of doing it all alone.
  
• The “quiet wins” that matter, like better sleep, more diverse meals, steadier energy, and tools to handle the random pimple without panic.

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