Months of recurring acne in the same spot on my face and one panicked Google search later, I landed upon face mapping—i.e., a millenniums-old Chinese medicine practice that links the location of skin ...

Now, this isn’t to say that the acne face map should be dismissed entirely. In fact, “we do see certain trends that may ...

This concept is known as acne face mapping. But how helpful is an acne face map? Learn how it works and what your breakouts might mean. Facial acne mapping has roots in traditional Chinese medicine.