Keke Palmer details condition that left her with cracked glass skin and the TMI way shes treating it

Keke Palmer is opening up about a health battle that left her dealing with what she describes as “unbearable” and “crippling” adult acne — and a frustrating, long search for answers.“Everybody was on that glass skin and I’m over here with cracked glass,” the Emmy award-winning actress said Monday during a panel at the third annual Women’s Health Lab in New York City.“It hurt emotionally in a way that you can’t describe.”The 32-year-old told host Gayle King that she spent years cycling through doctors and treatments trying to figure out what was behind her symptoms, which also included sprouting a “beard.”Standard interventions, including two rounds of Accutane — a powerful acne medication often used as a last resort because of its intense side effects — didn’t clear her skin. Lifestyle guidance, like changing her diet and staying better hydrated, also brought no relief. “It is a very heavy thing on your mental health because [I felt like] if I do it right, I should have the results.

I’m eating right.I’m doing the things.

I’m exercising.I’m drinking water.

Why is my body betraying me?” the podcaster and television host said. Those questions eventually pushed the “One of Them Days” star to dig deeper on her own.“I remember just reaching a point where I said, ‘I got to solve this.

I’ve got to fix this,” she said.“This isn’t just acne; my body is telling me something more is going on.” After researching possible causes and taking a closer look at hormone health and her family history, Palmer went back to her doctors and asked if she might be dealing with what was then referred to as polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS.The long-term hormonal and metabolic condition affects an estimated 170 million women around the world.

It can cause a wide range of symptoms, including acne, excessive hair growth, weight changes, infertility and irregular periods.But when Palmer first raised the possibility with her d...