How I Cleared My Adult Acne Before My Wedding: My Skin Journey with Louise Thomas

After a relatively easy skin experience during my teen years, I first started to experience acne in my early 20s. After trying various different products, I went to the GP who prescribed antibiotics. These would work for a while, and then each time the course ended, the acne returned, stronger antibiotics were prescribed, and so the cycle continued.

In 2013, I started planning our wedding, a day I'd been imagining since we'd met 10 years before! At this point I had been really struggling with my skin for a few years, and had spent literally thousands of pounds on skin care, trying different contraceptive pills, herbal remedies, homeopathy, and an incredibly restrictive diet. I then came across Louise speaking at a skin health and nutrition event. I vividly remember laying on my bed later that week writing an email to her about how much my skin was controlling my life, with tears streaming down my face. I was on the verge of cancelling our wedding photographer and videographer because I couldn't bare to look at myself in the mirror never mind in photos!

Every photo of me was edited and smoothed, to the point that when looking for a raw "before" photo I simply couldn't find one. What I did find though were dozens of examples like this one, where I'm holding something in front of my face to cover the "worst" areas of my skin. 

From the reply to that very first email, Louise was life changing. Knowing she was a fellow acne sufferer helped me to trust that she really understood what a huge issue this was and how much of my life was becoming dominated by my skin. 

I began seeing her for facials every few weeks. We slowly worked on regaining my skin health and getting a simple, but robust skincare routine in place. Not only did my skin begin to change, my mindset did too! Taking the time to really look after my skin, and let someone else see it make-up free, really helped me to slowly stop obsessing over it, and to stop demonizing it too!

The biggest change for me was the introduction of red light therapy. As the wedding drew closer, my skin continued to calm, and remain so! I had a course of "Louise Thomas's Super Facials" in the weeks before the wedding, and can now happily say that I'm so proud to have our photos displayed in our house - something I never believed would be possible! 

Louise and I have stayed in touch since, and I've enjoyed many more incredible, luxurious, relaxing, treatments over the years to maintain my skin health. She is a true skin expert, and the warmest most passionate person you could imagine to put your trust in.

Ready to begin your own skin journey? Founder and Skin Health Therapist Louise Thomas-Minns offers in-person treatments alongside a team of highly qualified skin therapists at two beautiful Skin Lounge locations in Norwich, UK. With over 26 years of experience, Louise has developed her exclusive 3D philosophy – a unique blend of scientific, nutritional, and holistic approaches – to help you get the very best out of your skin. Each treatment is designed to restore, rebalance, and truly support your skin health in a calming, results-driven environment.