Hormonal shifts are usually responsible for the oiliness and breakouts that may accompany the perimenopausal years. Rather than trying to combat them (waging war on your skin) with harsh cleansers or topical blemish potions (which really only serve to dry out the skin or suppress what the body is trying to do to remedy the situation), nourish your body holistically to help it work through metabolic changes with grace.
In addition to our Blessed Recovery Tea, which assists the body in all sorts of hormonal shifts, slight nudges to your food habits, along with embracing your changing hormones, can reduce skin troubles. First, find order in your food. Eat real, varied, ample (though not always perfect!) meals, leaving enough time for good digestion between them when possible.
If you currently snack all day or deprive yourself for most of the day and then binge later on, see what happens if you sit down and eat three complete meals (or possibly even four, if you feel it necessary). If you are past the childbearing years and only want two meals a day, that’s probably fine, but don’t do it because you feel pressured by society to eat less. If you have spent the last two (or even three) decades trying to control your food intake, it may take some time to learn to trust your body to tell you how much you need.
If this is hard to do, either because you are a grazer or because you have trained your body not to feel hungry, start nudging yourself toward these meals by increasing the amount of energy-giving foods (read: calories) in each meal until you aren’t hungry between meals. The nuances of this process may vary from person to person, and if you need more guidance, there are many professionals who look at food from this nourishing perspective, including Brooklyn Herborium’s holistic practitioners.