u/Confident_Bath1956

I've struggled with hormonal acne for years and I feel like skincare is only half the puzzle I've tried so many products but the real chaos is keeping track of everything underneath. My cycle, my labs, new supplements, diet changes, stress it all affects my skin but I can never actually connect the dots because the info is everywhere.

Do you keep any kind of log? Like do you track your cycle alongside your skin, or keep notes on when you started a new product vs when you broke out? Some people I've talked to use Google Sheets, some just take photos, some do nothing and just try to remember 😅

Has any system actually helped you figure out a pattern or finally explain to a dermatologist what's going on?

I've had hormonal acne for years and I feel like I'm constantly trying to connect the dots (my cycle, my labs, what I'm eating, what skincare I'm using, stress levels, new medications) but it's all scattered across my phone, random notes, photos of breakouts I took 'for reference' and never looked at again.

Do you have a system that actually works for tracking this stuff? Like do you keep your lab results somewhere organised, or track your cycle alongside your skin? Has it ever actually helped you figure out a pattern or get a doctor to take you seriously?

i get so anxious before appointments that by the time i'm actually sitting there i forget literally everything. like i spend weeks noticing symptoms, thinking "i need to mention this" and then the doctor walks in and my brain just... empties

last time i drove home and remembered like 4 things i forgot to say and just cried in the car lol not lol actually

i've been thinking maybe i should start writing stuff down or use some kind of app but idk where to even start. do you guys have any system for this or am i the only one who turns into a completely different person the moment a doctor looks at me 😭

like i have results from 4 different doctors over 6 years and they all use different reference ranges and half of them told me my TSH was "normal" while i felt absolutely horrible

i started a google doc to try to organize everything but it's a mess and i never know what to bring to appointments or what's actually relevant

last week i saw a new endocrinologist and she asked about my levels from two years ago and i just sat there like 🙃 i knew i had them somewhere but couldn't find them in time

how do you guys keep track of everything?? is there a system that actually works

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