Problem skin is exhausting enough.
Put down the guesswork.
We’re here to help.
You have acne?
Go on the Pill. Go on antibiotics. Take Roaccutane. Try new skincare again and again. Cut out a bunch of foods.
You have eczema?
Take antibiotics. Get in a bleach bath. Use this steroid cream. Try to stop scratching. Cut out a bunch of foods.
You don’t need more trial and error. You need clarity.
We use an integrative clinical approach to find what’s driving your acne, eczema or rashes in between, and create personalised solutions that address problem skin from the inside out and the outside in.
We understand problem skin
For many with problem skin, the journey can be long and becomes a rotation between self-research and influencers or specialists, often resulting in variations of the same generalised advice. Take this pill. Use this cream.
Rarely is there any testing done, or any meaningful investigation into the cause; your skin is treated as a surface level problem, with surface level solutions.
This usually leads to repeating cycles of problem skin, and increasing stress around how to understand and stop these cycles.
You may have:
Persistent acne that doesn’t respond long term
Stubborn acne that hasn’t been helped by general approaches
Eczema that flares unpredictably or may have been a problem for years
Acne or eczema that’s becoming worse with or without topicals
Skin that cycles between improvement and relapse
Sensitivity to topical products and/or increasing redness of the skin
Already tried things that either helped temporarily or did nothing at all
We work with patients at every stage of problem skin; from infantile eczema to topical steroid withdrawal, teen onset acne to persistent treatment-resistant acne, from rashes to rosacea. In most cases, there has been little to no structured investigation into the unique driver of the condition.
This is why our outcomes are different
We do the work to understand what is actually driving your acne or eczema and how to improve it from the inside out for long-term results; because trying to treat a long-term problem with short-term solutions just creates further dysfunction over time.
Problem skin is never random.
It has context to its environment, both internal and external.
It has patterns, which are created and reflected by your unique biochemical drivers.
Until those drivers are identified and controlled, and until the skin barrier is supported rather than suppressed and distressed, stable and long-term improvement cannot be achieved.
That’s why what we do works, and why we get such incredible results that last the distance. That’s probably also why we won the Best Chronic Skin Condition Clinic in Australia Award at the 2025 Global Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Awards.
what makes us different
Your skin is not random. It is a complex bit of biology that interfaces with your internal and external world. Holistic health addresses all of these things, where conventional medicine usually only focuses on one thing at a time.
The health of the skin, or lack of, reflects internal signalling from immune activity, hormones, environment, stress patterns - all simultaneously impacting the function of the skin barrier from the inside out.
The skin, being a semi-permeable organ, is also greatly impacted by what is put on it. Reactivity, sensitivity and even barrier degredation can occur simply from harsh and incorrect topical use. What is impacting the skin from the outside in is another piece of the puzzle.
Often, the reason results haven’t been achieved or maintained with acne or eczema is because no one has addressed all the pieces of the puzzle.
When only one piece is treated, the pattern and the puzzle remains.
We look at the full picture, and take the time to understand your life, health and skin story.
This allows us to understand your unique drivers, and when the driver is identified, treatment becomes precise.
When treatment is precise, results last.
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Skin is both biological and structural.
Some clinics focus only on the internal; the biological.
Some focus only on skincare and topical treatments; the structural.
This is reductionist. We are holistic, so we do both.
That’s why our unique combined approach of Naturopathy + Corneotherapy sets us apart, and has been the basis of our clinical framework.
Our Clear Skin Formula® follows three defined stages:
Step 1 — Initial Consultation
Fixing the skin is not just about what you’re putting on the skin, it’s about fixing the things that are internally causing dysregulation, inflammation and distress to the skin.
Our consultation process involves both holistic health and barrier-specific health assessment.
This is where we gather the full picture.
We assess:
Skin history and pattern development
Stress and reproductive hormone patterns
Digestive and elimination function
Immune and inflammatory presentation
Nervous system load and stress response
Environmental and topical influences
Previous treatments and responses
Previous pathology results
Where appropriate, updated pathology testing is recommended to improve insight. Testing recommendations are unique to your presentation - it is preferable to not have had testing done in preparation of seeing us.
This stage is about identifying and confirming your patterns.
Step 2 — Report of Findings
This is what defines our integrative approach, and informs a more precise, effective and safe treatment.
Your Report of Findings brings together the personalised education you’ve been looking for, helping to clarify:
Our clinical interpretation of your skin drivers
The internal and external mechanisms contributing to your presentation
A structured treatment strategy
Personalised prescription recommendations
Clear expectations around timelines and milestones
This is where your plan and prescription begins.
Every prescription is customised and formulated to target your specific inflammatory, hormonal, gut, immune or barrier-related patterns.
There are no generic protocols. That’s why our packages are simply 3 months of consults packaged together - we aren’t selling protocols, we’re selling personalisation.
Step 3 — Monthly Check-Ins
Skin healing happens in stages, and your treatment should reflect that too.
Monthly reviews allow us to:
Assess response and progress, which informs escalation or refinement to treatment
Modify prescriptions as physiology shifts, reducing prescriptive support as skin improves
Progress from stabilisation to deeper pattern correction
Adjust skincare as barrier integrity improves, reducing or increasing actives depending on treatment aims
Ensure momentum without overwhelm
Ensure dietary and lifestyle elements are being addressed for long-term stability
The minimum amount of time we expect patients to work with us is 3-6 months, as we aim to achieve a minimum of three healthy skin cell life cycles during treatment, which takes a minimum of 3 months. The less complicated your presentation is, the less time it takes to achieve stable results.
Our packages bundle the basic consultation and topical support needed for 3 and 6 months of treatment to simplify the process.
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If you have acne or eczema or something in between, we can help.
We work with all recent onset and chronic skin including:
teen acne
males with acne
persistent and recent onset adult acne
acne in perimenopause
perioral dermatitis
eczema of all forms (discoid, nummular, hyperkeratotic, lichenified)
people on medications for eczema but still suffering (eg Dupixent, antibiotics, topical steroids, oral steroids)
people on medications for acne but are still suffering (eg the Pill, hormonal or copper IUD, mini-pill, spironolactone, antibiotics)
people who have tried everything (but this) with no results
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You can look forward to:
Sharing your whole story, and getting some clear feedback on patterns
Testing that provides clarity in treatment
Evidence-based answers and approaches, personalised to you
Honest, realistic advice
We consult 100% online, allowing us to service Australia and the rest of the globe*.
For our signature 1:1 support, the process will look like this:
Book your initial consultation
Complete intake forms and upload photos
Complete your initial consultation via video
Follow instructions from practitioner for further testing or to send through additional information
We then review your results and collate this information with everything we have learned about your and your skin journey, to create a structured plan specific to your needs and goals.
We deliver all this information to you in our second consultation, the Report of Findings. This is when your personalised prescription beings, which may include a combination of customised topicals, internal supplements and dietary/lifestyle advice and education.
We track skin changes month to month in our holistic process, and once every 3 months in our topicals-only service.
*We do not currently service the USA outside of educational resources and retail products available via the shop.
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We offer our signature 1:1 process, which can be booked appointment-by-appointment or in a 3-6 month package option.
We also offer a topicals-only service, which focuses on optimising topical support alone with our medical-grade customised skincare.
Experts in skin don’t just do the 1:1 well, they try to help the whole world.
We are the home of our best-selling internals, E/FA Pure and Formula S2. If you are on the fence about getting help, we have made these items so that you can help yourself.
If you are still figuring things out for yourself, at least let us lend a helping hand in education.
We have a lot of free educational resources on both acne and eczema, from blogs to Masterclasses, to help you understand what sorts of drivers there are, and how to identify them.
We’ve even made a personalised appraisal that will tell you those things as well, and go into deep questioning on red flags we look for as clinicians. We designed this to help make this journey easier, in any way that we can. We understand problem skin. We hope all we know helps you understand it a bit better too.
● GLOBAL HEALTHCARE & PHARMACEUTICAL AWARDS WINNER 2025 BEST CHRONIC SKIN CONDITION CLINIC IN AUSTRALIA
● GLOBAL HEALTHCARE & PHARMACEUTICAL AWARDS WINNER 2025 BEST CHRONIC SKIN CONDITION CLINIC IN AUSTRALIA
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We recommend foundational support when there is a mild or recent onset skin problem. We made the support we couldn’t find; our best-selling E/FA Pure and Formula S2.
Things like high EPA omega-3 is essential to support the skin barrier function, and to reduce inflammation that impacts skin function.
Marine collagen, zinc, hyaluronic acid and all the other vitamin essentials are mixed into our Formula S2, to provide safe and effective everyday skin nutrition (even whilst breastfeeding).
Sometimes mild means it’s a more basic problem; deficiencies, barrier stress, poor diet. If this is the case, the basics of skin nutrition can go a long way.
Our Something Else Skincare range offers topical support that you can access without a practitioner. That means it’s not medical-grade, but it’s a great place to start if you haven’t even started with improved topicals. Our skincare is designed from our extensive experience treating acne and eczema, and is proven by patients.
We' worked very hard to create meaningful options that you can help yourself with where your skin is maybe not in a place of causing you enough problems to invest a lot into a comprehensive 1:1 process.
Hoenstly, we prefer you have at least tried skincare that is preferable to your skin type and condition, and have supplemented with the basics like high EPA omega-3 prior to booking with us.
We cater to the complex, but trust us, we have simple solutions too.
Mild concerns:
Start with our Skin Essentials Bundle
Optimise your topicals with Something Else Skincare or a topicals-only consultation
Learn more about your presentation with our free Masterclasses
Learn more about your drivers with our free Skin Appraisal
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What are you waiting for?
Book your initial consultation with us so that we can start the process as soon as we can.
We accept new patients on Tuesdays, and once a month on Friday.
If you have questions about our process or need some clarity on how we can help, please book a free discovery call so we can understand the nuances and hesitations you have, and if we are the right fit. We have worked with people of all varying presentations, and have extensive experience in topical steroid withdrawal, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, hyper-IgE syndrome, Grade 4 acne, infections, and erythema.
Put down the celery juice and the Facebook group. We can help.
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Emily is available for 1:1 professional mentoring for skin specialists and therapists.
If you are interested in our Clear Skin Formula process and certification, clinical education or stocking our products, please email us at help@acneandeczema.com or check out our Stockists page.
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