think beyond the breakout
Your clients don’t need another quick fix for acne. They need a practitioner who can understand why it persists and how to clear it, for good.
You already know the language: "hormonal acne, gut health, inflammation". Now go deeper.
The skill is knowing how to test, interpret and connect the dots. Understand how hormones, the microbiome, and metabolic pathways interact to influence the biology of the sebaceous gland, to explain why those changes drive acne in your clients.
understand → investigate → interpret → connect → personalise
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You already know the fundamentals.
Now connect the systems.
Hormones
Go beyond “hormonal acne” and understand the interplay between oestrogen, progesterone, androgens, prolactin and hormone metabolism, alongside factors such as contraception and conditions such as endometriosis. Learn to consider not just what a hormone result says, but how hormone production, metabolism, clearance, and signalling can interact with the wider biological picture, and ultimately influence the skin.
Microbiome
Move beyond “gut health” and understand the gut-skin-hormone connection. Explore bile production, antibiotic impact, microbial biodiversity, Candida, nutrient absorption, deficiencies, SIBO, gut lining integrity, histamine responses, and how changes within these systems can influence nutrient availability, inflammation, hormone metabolism and the skin environment.
Metabolic pathways
Look beyond the skin to understand the relationships between insulin resistance, PCOS, CRP, SHBG, thyroid and liver enzymes. These pathways don't operate independently. Metabolic signalling can influence hormone availability; the microbiome can influence hormone metabolism and inflammatory signalling; liver function can influence hormone clearance; and all of these factors can converge on the skin.
Understand → Investigate → Interpret → Connect → Personalise
This is not about learning more isolated facts, it’s about learning how to connect and apply them.
Built for skin health practitioners who don't need another checklist. You want to go deeper.
For skin health practitioners, nutritional therapists, functional medicine practitioners, and healthcare professionals who want to:
✓ understand the relationship between hormones, microbiome, and metabolic markers in context.
✓ understand findings beyond isolated reference ranges.
✓ crave the depth of knowledge that sets your practice and transformations apart.
✓ want to become the practitioner your clients trust when nothing else has worked.
A fully booked, award-winning acne practice built on deeper science.
Most acne education teaches you what acne is. I wanted to understand why it persists in a particular person, and what to do when the obvious answers aren’t enough.
As a Medical Biochemist, I built my approach around connecting the dots: interpreting findings in context, understanding how biological pathways interact, and turning a complex picture into a clear, individualised strategy.
That became derm360º - now a fully booked, award-winning practice working with 1000+ complex acne cases worldwide.
I’m now teaching practitioners the depth of thinking behind my 360º Acne Blueprint framework, so they can move beyond generic protocols and become the root-cause expert their clients are looking for.
Shweta Patel
Medical Biochemist (MSc, BSc, DipHE)
Founder of derm360º
think beyond the breakout
CPD training launching January 2027
The full programme structure, webinar schedule and pricing will be revealed ahead of the January 2027 launch.
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