Your Clarity Quiz result is...

Stress-related Acne

Stress acne appears when emotional or physical stress triggers your body’s cortisol and inflammatory response. This can lead to:

• Deep, sore pimples or cysts that flare during busy or emotional periods
  
  
• Clogged pores or small bumps that appear in clusters
  
  
• Breakouts that come and go with life events, feeling unpredictable
  
  

Research shows that stress hormones like CRH and Substance P increase oil production, inflammation, and slow skin healing, making breakouts worse.

This is your first puzzle piece

Understanding that your skin is stress-responsive is the first piece of the clear skin puzzle. It explains:

• Why flare-ups happen when life feels overwhelming
  
  
• Why products and routines work sometimes, then suddenly don’t
  
  
• Why breakouts return even when you’re “doing everything right”
  
  

This clarity lets you see the connection between your internal stress response and your external breakouts—a critical insight that finally makes sense of your skin patterns.