Breaking Out with PCOS? Let’s Talk About It (feat. Ali Grean, PA-C)

The PCOS Podcast by A Cyster & Her Mister

PCOS Weight Loss

Health & Fitness:alternative Health, Nutrition, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

5 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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#281: Acne with PCOS isn’t just frustrating—it can feel downright defeating. But what if the solution goes beyond drugstore products and outdated prescriptions? In this episode, we sit down with board-certified Physician Assistant and skincare expert Ali Grean! Together we explore the deeper root causes of acne in women with PCOS, how to approach healing from the inside out and outside in, and what to look for when choosing a provider or clinic for acne treatment. This episode is for you if: - You’ve tried every acne product and still feel stuck in a breakout cycle - You’ve been offered the same prescriptions over and over—and want something different - You’re looking for a trusted guide to help you treat PCOS-related acne without compromising your hormonal health Download The Cysterhood App, the largest community of PCOS women learning to lose weight & reverse symptoms with daily meals & workouts designed for PCOS! What’s Your PCOS Type? - Take the quiz! PCOS Supplements + Tea (https://ovafit.org/) Tallene’s Fav PCOS friendly products (https://www.amazon.com/shop/pcos.weightloss?ref=ac_inf_tb_vh) CONNECT WITH US: Website (https://pcosweightloss.org/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/pcos.weightloss/) Tik Tok (https://www.tiktok.com/@pcos.weight.loss) Pinterest (https://www.pinterest.com/pcosweightloss/) While Tallene is a Registered Dietitian and Sirak a Personal Trainer, this podcast provides general information about PCOS. It is not meant to serve as fitness, nutrition or medical advice related to your individual needs. If you have questions, please talk to a medical professional. For our full privacy policy, please click on the following link: (bit.ly/PCOSPrivacyPolicy) Links included in this description may be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that we provide, we may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! Thank you for supporting our channel so we can continue to provide you with free content each week!

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0:00.0	what's happening when we get a pimple. So the root of the cause is that we have an overproduction
0:04.8	of androgens and that can be from being in the puberty age or it can be PCOS or it can be
0:10.4	environmental toxins. And the androgens cause us to make more oil. And we have more oil in the pores.
0:17.3	The pores become kind of stingy. And all of us, whether with acne or not, we're having our skin cells turn over every month.
0:23.6	So when we have these dead skin cells, even dirt, on the surface of the skin, and the pores are really sticky, those dead skin cells get trapped.
0:31.6	Dr. said you got B-COS. Now go on, girl, just lose some way.
0:38.3	Till I took the symptoms into my own hands and reversed them naturally.
0:44.3	So I became a dietitian and how my sisters feel the best they've ever felt.
0:52.3	Take a step in my direction if you want to move them wrong and take control of yourself.
0:59.6	Join her sister and a mister.
1:05.5	Welcome everyone to another episode of a sister and her mister.
1:09.1	Today we have Ali Green. She is a dermatologist,
1:13.6	my new dermatologist at Newport Cove Dermatology. Thank you so much for joining us.
1:19.0	Welcome. Thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited to be here. I heard a lot of great things
1:24.0	about Thailand's first experience. Like I just want to say first off before we get this podcast
1:27.4	started, she had mentioned like, wow, like when when she came back she was like that was the most
1:31.4	thorough like a one-on-one session i've gotten before doing laser and like that you guys explained
1:37.1	everything to her about like what's going on what's the problems and how to tackle it and she had
1:42.0	mentioned like before like usually you just go in and they just, like, do whatever, right? So I just wanted to send an appreciation your way for that. Oh, that means so much to me. It's so important for someone to feel like they've been heard and listened to and also know all the steps and what's expected, especially when it comes for, comes to like a laser treatment or any type of procedure.
2:06.3	Yeah, especially because a lot of the procedures cost money and you want to make sure that what you're doing is going to be effective. So I've been to a lot of different places like
2:11.2	what are they called? They're like beauty like, I don't know, just like clinics.
2:17.6	Yeah, med spa. That's. I'm not going to med spa.
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