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Dr. Stacey Shillington, ND | Women's Acne Expert

🌱 Helping women 25+ clear acne at the root
For women who’ve tried everything & nothing works
20+ yrs experience | Featured in US Weekly + more
Finally clear your skin!

09/09/2026

If I could go back and talk to myself in my 20s, I wouldn’t tell her to buy better skincare.

I’d tell her to understand her body sooner.

Because after treating acne for over 20 years, and going through my own health challenges, I’ve learned that symptoms are often signals. And when we only try to suppress the symptom, we can miss what the body is asking us to pay attention to.

These are 7 things I wish I had understood earlier:

1. Stop avoiding the sun completely.
Healthy light exposure plays a role in circadian rhythm and vitamin D. I wish I had understood the difference between intentional, appropriate sun exposure and excessive UV exposure.

2. Don’t just supplement low iron. Ask WHY it’s low.
My ferritin remained low despite supplementation. I needed to investigate what was contributing to it rather than continually trying to replace what my body was losing or not utilizing well.

3. More exercise isn’t always better.
I thought pushing harder meant I was healthier. But when your body is already under significant stress, constantly adding intense exercise may be another stressor rather than the solution.

4. Bloodwork is valuable but it isn’t always the whole picture.
Looking at symptoms, history, hormones, gut health, nutrient status and other appropriate testing can help us understand patterns that a basic blood panel alone may not explain.

5. Eat consistently enough to support your body.
Skipping meals was normal for me. I didn’t understand how much nourishment, blood sugar regulation and metabolic health mattered to my hormones, nervous system and skin.

6. Take your nervous system seriously.
I spent years worrying about what other people thought of me and living in a constant state of internal pressure. Healing required more than supplements. It required changing the way I lived.

7. Stop treating acne like the enemy.
This one changed everything.

I learned to ask: What is driving the inflammation that is showing up through my skin?

Your answer may involve hormones, gut imbalances, nutrient deficiencies, metabolic health, stress or several factors working together.

Comment CLEAR and I’ll show you where I would start.

Most women with acne are doing this every single day and they don’t realize it’s keeping their skin stuck.I see this all...
09/08/2026

Most women with acne are doing this every single day and they don’t realize it’s keeping their skin stuck.

I see this all the time in practice.

Women investing in good skincare trying to do everything “right” but their skin still isn’t improving the way it should.

And when we take a closer look? There are a few things that need to go.

Once these are removed, the skin often becomes less reactive, less inflamed, and much easier to heal.

If you’re ready to stop guessing and actually move your skin forward…

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09/07/2026

After treating acne for over 20 years, l’ve learned this: The problem isn’t just the breakout, it’s what the breakout is telling us.

If you experience any of these, your body may be dealing with deeper inflammation:

• Acne scars - Ongoing inflammation damages collagen, making it harder for your skin to heal.

• Dark marks that linger - Post-acne pigmentation is another sign inflammation is still active.

• Painful cystic acne - This often points to deeper root causes like gut imbalances, hormones, immune function, or detox pathways.

• The same breakout keeps coming back - Your body may not be clearing inflammation or healing efficiently.

• Certain foods always trigger breakouts - Food is often the trigger, not the root cause. The underlying inflammation is what makes your skin react.

Acne isn’t just a skincare issue.

It’s often your body’s way of telling you that something deeper needs attention.

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09/04/2026

You’ve probably spent years trying to fix your acne on the surface.

New cleansers, scrubs, serums, and antibiotics…hoping this time it finally works.

But here’s the truth no one tells you: acne doesn’t start on your skin. It’s a message from your body. Your gut, hormones, blood sugar, stress, and detox pathways are the real players behind stubborn breakouts.

Inside-out healing is NOT a trend.

It’s the reason my acne cleared after years of struggle and why it stayed clear.

Because when you address the root causes, your skin finally has the chance to heal, and your results actually last.

If you’re done with temporary fixes and ready to understand your unique acne triggers, my program is for you.

Comment CLEAR below to finally start clearing your skin from the inside out.

Not because these supplements are “bad.”But because acne-prone skin is extremely sensitive to shifts in hormones, oxidat...
08/27/2026

Not because these supplements are “bad.”

But because acne-prone skin is extremely sensitive to shifts in hormones, oxidative stress, and sebum chemistry.

Here are a few that can quietly trigger breakouts in some people:

ďťżďťżFish oil - if the oil is oxidized or PUFA intake is already high, it can increase lipid oxidation in the skin.
ďťżďťżBiotin - high doses can compete with vitamin B5 and increase oil production.
ďťżďťżVitamin B12 - can shift the skin microbiome and trigger inflammatory breakouts.
ďťżďťżWhey protein - strongly increases IGF-1 signaling, which stimulates sebaceous glands.
ďťżďťżAshwagandha - in some women it can increase androgen signaling, which can worsen hormonal acne.

This is why acne rarely improves with generic supplement stacks.

What clears acne is understanding what your skin is actually reacting to.

Inside my 1:1 Clear Skin Program, we use advanced testing and clinical pattern interpretation to identify the real drivers of your acne and create a personalized strategy to heal your skin from the inside out.

Save this post so you remember what to review if your skin suddenly worsens.

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These habits might seem simple, but they matter.Before we start working on hormones, gut health, nutrient deficiencies o...
08/26/2026

These habits might seem simple, but they matter.

Before we start working on hormones, gut health, nutrient deficiencies or deeper root causes, we need to create a foundation that allows the body to heal.

But lifestyle is only the first layer.

If your acne still won’t budge, testing helps us understand what’s actually happening underneath the surface—so we can stop guessing and start working on what your body needs.

Clear skin isn’t about doing more. It’s about doing the right things in the right order.

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08/25/2026

Most people hear insulin + acne and immediately think: insulin resistance.

But after working with hundreds of acne patients and reviewing their labs, I see three very different insulin patterns:

1. Insulin is too high.
The classic insulin-resistant/PCOS pattern. Higher insulin can amplify IGF-1 and androgen signalling, increasing oil production, congestion and inflammation.

2. Insulin looks “normal.”
Fasting glucose and insulin can look beautiful, while the way the body handles food throughout the day may tell a different story. This is where I start looking deeper at post-meal regulation, gut health and inflammation.

3. Insulin is very low.
Sometimes this simply means excellent insulin sensitivity. But in an under-fuelled, over-exercised or chronically stressed woman, very low insulin can be part of a bigger low-energy picture—often alongside low estrogen and progesterone and poor skin repair.

Same acne.

Three completely different metabolic patterns.
And three women who should NOT receive the exact same acne protocol.

This is what functional testing allows us to uncover: not just that you’re breaking out, but why your body is creating the conditions for acne in the first place.
I’m going much deeper into this next.

Comment CLEAR SKIN and I’ll show you how we investigate the root causes of acne and what the healing process looks like.

08/25/2026

These are the signs that your body is healing and your skin is just about to get clear for good:

1. You go through your day without feeling like you are 3 months pregnant. No bloating, no gas, only slipping into your favourite jeans and having them fit like a glove.

���2. You p**p first thing in the morning effortlessly. No coffee, no laxatives, no uncomfortable feeling of fullness. A complete morning elimination means your liver cleared bile overnight, your gut motility is functioning and your body is detoxing properly.

���3. You wake up before your alarm without feeling like you have been hit by a bus. No pressing snooze.

���4. You fall asleep within 15 minutes and stay asleep until morning. No 3am wake-ups. No racing thoughts. No ‘trying to get back to sleep’

���5. Your period comes on time, without warning. No cramping, no bloating, no getting upset that the lid wasn’t put back on the peanut butter properly.

���6. Your nails are strong and your hair isn’t falling out.

���7. You can automatically remember the name of that girl who used to live next door to you. And you don’t search for words when you are having a random discussion with your friends.
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8. You handle stress without falling apart. Someone cuts you off in traffic and you don’t spiral.

���9. You stop feeling hangry and getting a headache if dinner is served a little late. Your metabolism is finally operating normally.

����10. Your anxiety fades into the background. You know that you have got this situation and you see the whole picture - you no longer hyper-fixate on that one thing.

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Your acne is giving you information.It’s telling you to look deeper.Because when acne keeps coming back despite everythi...
08/21/2026

Your acne is giving you information.

It’s telling you to look deeper.

Because when acne keeps coming back despite everything you’ve tried, there is often something internally that hasn’t been addressed.

Inflammation. Hormones. Gut imbalances. Nutrient deficiencies. Detox pathways. Your nervous system.

Your skin may be where you’re seeing the problem but that doesn’t mean your skin is where the problem started.

Comment CLEAR and I’ll show you what your next step can look like.

08/20/2026

The painful breakouts. The bumps that never fully went away. The dark marks that took months to heal. The woman who stopped wanting to look in the mirror.

She didn’t need another acne cream. She needed us to understand WHY her skin wasn’t healing.

Here’s some of what we did first:
Beef liver — nutrient + iron support
Vitamin D3/K2 — immune + skin support
Digestive enzymes — improve digestion + nutrient absorption
P5P — replenish low B6
NAC — antioxidant + glutathione support
Phosphatidylcholine — cell membrane + healthy fat support
Gut + gentle drainage support — rebuild before eradication

We also added an anti-inflammatory, protein-rich diet, healthy fats, stable blood sugar, morning sunlight, daily movement, nervous-system healing and individualized emotional/homeopathic support.

And we did not immediately attack everything we found on her GI-MAP.

First we supported digestion, nutrient status, the gut barrier, detoxification and nervous system.

Then, when her body was ready, we moved into targeted eradication.

Because healing acne isn’t just about killing microbes. It’s about rebalancing the body from within so the skin has what it needs to heal.

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