Fight Cystic Acne With Nontoxic Spot Care

“Really being able to help more people with their skin is very exciting to me.  When I get testimonials from people who have tried the product, it confirms that this is what I should be doing.” – Nga Tran, SKIN SOCIETY®

Cystic acne occurs when acne is under the skin and develops an infection.  It gets puffy and red and can really hurt.  You have to “babysit” your cystic acne for it to come to the surface and release.  Nga describes how she would develop keloids in her 20’s, where her skin scarred and raised where she had a breakout, if she didn’t watch it very carefully and take care of it.

SKIN SOCIETY® Cystic Acne Spot Treatment is designed to speed up the process of bringing acne to the surface.  It can be used on any type of acne, but the ingredients reach under the skin, which means that we can use it at the first sign of a breakout.  Sometimes it will help it go away in 1-2 days, or it will expedite the process so that it will come out faster than it would have.

Nga recommends continuing to use the spot treatment until we’re healed because it will help prevent scarring.

The SKIN SOCIETY® Clarifying Gel was developed for oily or congested skin.  It helps with natural exfoliation, preventing breakouts.  Also because it’s an exfoliant, it helps with smoothing and clearing out the skin too.

After looking and not finding a product that worked for her, Nga decided to develop her own.  We joked because she didn’t just try an at-home DIY idea, she found a factory with expert chemists!

Nga actually started with Google.  She began looking for a California-based lab so that she could see the facility, meet with them, and know that they’re a legit, transparent supplier.  She also said that it was very important to her that they have a low carbon footprint and support her local economy.

By the time Nga approached her factory, she knew exactly what she wanted.  She wanted a product for the big breakouts (the spot treatment) because she felt that was something that many people need help with.  She also wanted an everyday clarifying gel because that was something that she personally needed.

After researching, Nga knew that she wanted to combine natural and science-based ingredients.  She says this was important to her because although she would love for everything in it to be natural, it wasn’t effective at fighting acne.  So she looked for a clean, safe combination of the two.

She says this wasn’t actually that difficult to do because she had already done such deep research.  She knew what she wanted and because the lab was so good at what they do, they were able to make it pretty seamless.

Nga wanted to use Amazon to sell her product because it’s a platform that already has an established audience.  She says the process to be approved was long, but luckily not too difficult because she was working with her lab to create the product.

Topicals is a gated category on Amazon, which means it requires a higher threshold of approval than some other products.  Nga mentions some of these things: proof of a legitimate company, brand registration and trademark, lab certification documents, and FDA-compliant labels.

Skin care is not regulated, so it’s important to make sure that we’re working with an FDA-approved lab.  This will verify that the product we are using was created in a clean, sanitary place where people are treated ethically and make a living wage.

Nga talks about how it was very important to her to use glass bottles so that they were recyclable or reusable.  She said this unfortunately is not possible with all products, but she was able to get glass bottles with a plastic dispenser.

She mentioned a great “simple idea”, which is to reuse the bottles as travel size containers for moisturizer, etc. when we’re on the road.

Of course it is worth trying SKIN SOCIETY® if you struggle with acne.  Nga also shared these helpful tips about developing a skin care routine.

1. Use a cleanser, wash face daily
2. Use an astringent or toner (helpful, but not necessary)
3. Use an exfoliator (really important)
4. Use a spot treatment or acne gel
5. Moisturize your skin
6. Always make sure to wear spf
7. Always cover up with a hat when out in the sun.

FDA now requires that the ingredients be written large enough to read them on the label.  We can go to the EWG (Environmental Working Group) website and enter each ingredient to see if it is good, natural, safe, synthetic, unsafe, etc.

Although something is marketed as “natural”, it may not be truly made from all natural ingredients.  Nga talks about how you need a preservative to make sure that a product stays safe and does not have contaminates in it or breakdown.  She talks about how there are natural and synthetic preservatives, and EWG can tell us the safety level of each one.

Some of the ingredients in SKIN SOCIETY® products:

• Glycolic Acid (AHA) – derived from sugar cane, a good exfoliant
• Lactic Acid (AHA) – another good exfoliator
• Tea Tree Oil – helps with inflammation
• Aloe Vera – general healing properties, soothes the skin
• Niacinamide – vitamin B3 synthetic clean ingredient