Triggers & Lifestyle

Dairy & Acne

Track if dairy is causing your acne

Sleep & Acne

How sleep deprivation triggers breakouts

Stress & Acne

The cortisol-breakout connection

Sugar & Acne

What research says about glycemic index

Gut Health & Skin

The gut-skin axis and your breakouts

Exercise & Acne

Does working out cause breakouts?

Alcohol & Acne

What drinking does to your skin

Products & Breakouts

Is it purging or a reaction?

By Location

Back & Body Acne

Different skin, different triggers

Neck Acne

Hormonal and friction triggers explained

Acne Face Mapping

What breakout location reveals about triggers

Jawline Acne

The hormonal connection explained

Chin Acne

Why you break out on your chin

Forehead Acne

T-zone oil and hair product triggers

Chest Acne

Truncal acne causes and tracking

Hormonal

Hormonal Acne Tracker

Spot patterns in hormonal breakouts

Acne After Birth Control

Post-pill breakouts explained

PCOS & Acne

The androgen connection

Perimenopause Acne

Why breakouts return in your 40s and 50s

Types & Diagnosis

Adult Acne

Understand why you're still breaking out

Fungal Acne vs. Regular Acne

What if your acne isn't really acne?

Fungal vs. Hormonal Acne

How to tell the difference

Cystic vs. Hormonal Acne

Understanding the overlap

Acne Scarring & Prevention

Prevent marks with early intervention

Treatments

Azelaic Acid for Acne

The evidence behind the trending ingredient

Salicylic Acid for Acne

Three decades of evidence on the BHA

Benzoyl Peroxide for Acne

Why 2.5% beats 10%, and other surprises

Tretinoin for Acne

The gold standard, and surviving the purge

Niacinamide for Acne

What the trials actually show

Spironolactone for Acne

What the 2023 SAFA trial changed

Light Therapy for Acne

What red and blue light actually do

Skin Barrier & Acne

When your routine makes it worse

Tracking

What's Causing My Acne? Quiz

60-second diagnostic, find your pattern

Acne Trigger Tracker

Find what causes your breakouts

Skin Diary App

Track your skin daily in 60 seconds

Why Tracking Works

The science of self-monitoring for skin

Comparisons

ClearSkin vs. Spreadsheets

A better way to track acne

Bring Data to Your Derm

Make appointments more productive

ClearSkin vs. Apple Notes

Same speed, real pattern detection

ClearSkin vs. Apple Health

The skin tracking Apple Health doesn't do

ClearSkin vs. Notion Templates

Less template hunting, more skin clarity

ClearSkin vs. TroveSkin

Triggers and habits, not selfie scoring