How Do You Prevent Acne With Natural Progesterone Cream?
Adult acne is chalked up to a variety of causes, many of them related to diet and the way we treat our skin. But hormonal imbalances associated with the menstrual cycle can be another underlying — and wholly unhelpful — trigger. Progesterone cream, advocated mainly by alternative medicine practitioners, may help balance out the hormones responsible for the monthly blues as well as acne. Here’s how to use it. After tracking your monthly cycle for a month or two, decide its length and when you are likely to be ovulating. This occurs midway through the cycle, roughly 13 days after the onset of menstruation for most women — and about 15 days before the start of the next period. On Day 14 — just after ovulation — begin daily applications of progesterone cream. Calculate the correct dosage — about 20 mg a day — using the concentration of progesterone in your cream. For a suspension that is 1.6 percent progesterone by weight, or 3 percent by volume, use a quarter of a teaspoon per appl
