Dr. Ruth Carroll, DNP, RN
4 min readOct 18, 2020

Ladies- Mask Acne- It ain’t cute y’all

So we all have to wear a mask now…

With public safety in mind, wearing a mask is one of the biggest recommendations right now. But this acne though! What in the world has happened to my skin? The struggle is real y’all.

People are calling it mask acne or “maskne”. We are getting acne on our chins like we are 14 years old and full of new hormones- except we aren’t 14. It is embarrassing and…