Some of our customers who have been using their routine for 1-3 weeks start to notice an increase in the amount of breakouts they're getting. Even if they don't frequently get breakouts.
We call this purging. It can be very common - and often occours when we swap skincare routines - or we start using a skincare routine that our skin is responding to in a positive way.
The lifecycle of a breakout can be 8 weeks or more - so it can sit below the surface of the skin for a long time before emerging. Plus other issues can be present and forming in the skin - they just haven't visbility flared up yet. By introducing a skincare routine that's working - i.e detoxing and speeding up cellular turnover - many of these issues can be rapidly accelerated. They're essentially being pushed up and out of the skin as it becomes healthier.
This period will pass - and some many people it cannot be avoided - it's the first step in the skin reaching an optimum level of health.
If you do experience this - or have severe or cystic acne - please reach out directly to one of our skin consultants. There are a number of tips & tricks they can give you that can help speed you through this process quickly.