I will maybe just add a little bit more about who I am briefly as we move into this talk and why I decided to talk specifically about teen hormones, acne, and PMS, integrative strategies for balance.

I am an integrative pediatrician with a background in integrative health in general, but a real special interest in East Asian medicine.

And so part of the talk this evening will focus on some of that as foundations to think about and also some treatment strategies.

So let's touch on the realities of teen health.

About 85% or up to 85% of teens will experience acne at some point.

And PMS, premenstrual syndrome, affects up to 40% of menstruating teens.

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And then the last two that we'll touch on is a pretty well-known topical botanical, and that's tea tree oil.

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I will maybe just add a little bit more about who I am briefly as we move into this talk and why I decided to talk specifically about teen hormones, acne, and PMS, [laughs] integrative strategies for balance.

I am an integrative pediatrician with a background in integrative health in general, but a real special interest in East Asian medicine.

And so part of the talk this evening will focus on, um, some of that as foundations to think about and also some treatment strategies.

So let's touch on the realities of teen health.

About 85% or up to 85% of teens will experience acne at some point, and PMS, premenstrual syndrome, affects up to 40% of menstruating teens.

We'll touch on what that means in terms of physical symptoms, but these issues really can impact kids and teens in multiple ways, including confidence, mood, and social wellbeing.

So I was wondering if you could both talk about that a little bit.

So

again, thinking about how these hormones have these everyday effects in the body, we can think about androgens.

And one androgen that we're all very well familiar with is testosterone.

There's another form of testosterone as well called DHT or dihydrotestosterone.

And these androgens activate what are called sebaceous glands or oil glands within the skin, and that affects oil production, which is one of the key components to acne production.

We also see hormones, what we call cyclic hormones, thinking about the menstrual cycle, estrogen and progesterone, and think about how those regulate the menstrual cycle and how these hormones can affect mood and fluid changes.

And what we'll touch on when we touch on PMS is how estrogen and progesterone how these hormone changes, how they change throughout the cycle and how that really contributes to the development and the symptoms of PMS.

to minimize interaction risk.

So

again, thinking about how these hormones have these everyday effects in the body, we can think about androgens.

And one androgen that we're all very well familiar with is testosterone.

There's another form of testosterone as well called DHT or dihydrotestosterone.

And these androgens activate what are called sebaceous glands or oil glands within the skin, and that affects oil production, which is one of the key components to acne production.

We also see hormones, what we call cyclic hormones, thinking about the menstrual cycle, estrogen and progesterone, and think about how those regulate the menstrual cycle and how these hormones can affect mood and fluid changes.

And what we'll touch on when we touch on PMS is how estrogen and progesterone how these hormone changes, how they change throughout the cycle and how that really contributes to the development and the symptoms of PMS.

to minimize interaction risk.