Dr. Samantha Ellis

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934 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 22 Apr

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I think people assume that just one intervention or one modality will be completely curative.

And typically the goal with acne is to reduce the intensity and frequency of breakouts, but we can't always get someone to never break out again.

And I also think that there's not always an alternative.

Sometimes people come in and they say, I don't want to do antibiotics.

I don't want to do birth control.

I don't want to use high strength retinoids topically.

And there's only so much we can do when we have certain restrictions on how we can treat it.

It's a kind of a deeply stigmatizing skin condition.

And I think that's why people feel so strongly that they shouldn't have it.

We associate it with being a teenager.

Some people associate it with poor hygiene, which it has nothing to do with hygiene.

I totally understand that.

But also I understand being a grown adult and being like, hey, I'm out of my acne phase.

There's no reason I should have pimples on my chin and just being confident in your skin.

and what you're putting forward to the world every day, I understand why people are bothered by it.

What's the Dr. Sam protocol for acne scarring?

I would say it really depends on how intense someone's acne scarring is.

If it's just discoloration, like redness and brown spots, a lot of people will call acne scarring.

But to me, a scar is something more permanent.

That pigment is transient.

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