Decoding Your Acne: How Your DNA Determines Your Breakouts
Jun 12, 2025
1 min read
Updated: Jun 13, 2025
BY JOLIE GRUSON
This podcast explores the specific genetic variants (SNPs) that control acne development, including the powerful rs4133274 variant and 38,268 other SNPs that influence oil production, inflammation response, and skin repair in the 95% of people who experience acne. We reveal how genetic testing can help create personalized treatment plans that work around your DNA rather than against it, giving you control over your genetic predisposition to breakouts.
Growing up, I watched my sister scrub her face raw, convinced greasy food caused every breakout. Turns out, it was written in her genes all along. This piece finally validates what we never understood back then. Now clinics streamlining care through dermatology ehr billing services can focus more on genetics, less on guesswork.