AFTER fighting acne and rosacea one woman decided to get to the bottom of her skincare woes. She realized that once her boyfriend left town for five days, her face began clearing up. Redditor Ladylazaroo explained the situation in a post on the social media platform.
"My skin was clearing up super fast when my boyfriend left for vacation," she said. "My acne was healing with no new breakouts and my skin was visibly less red." However, when her boyfriend returned, so did her skin conditions.
READ MORE ON SKINCARE "I thought it was the minor change I made in my routine but I'm not sure anymore." At first, she thought the culprit could be foods containing gluten or dairy. "Could this be a case of the notorious 'boyfriend air?'" she asked.
"Now that I think about it my skin got super bad when I first moved in with him, too. Most read in Hair & Beauty "He has a beard and he says he washes it with bar soap." THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM Several Redditors commented with their own theories on why her skin reacts around her boyfriend.
Many pointed out his beard a possible trigger for her issues. "I had an allergic reaction on my face when I first started dating my boyfriend," one wrote. "[I] went to a dermatologist and that's basically what he said.
"[It] doesn't mean he's dirty, people apparently just have different kinds of microorganisms on their faces, and sometimes your skin reacts to theirs." "Boyfriend air" is a concept, mostly spread on social media platforms like TikTok, referring.