Bikini-clad Georgia Toffolo details her 15-year struggle with severe acne and admits she's baffled as to why it flares up at home

Georgia Toffolo has opened up about how she has struggled with acne for 15 years and revealed she has begun journaling about it in a bid to cure it for good.

The former Made In Chelsea star, 31, shared her confusion over how much her skin improves when she is away on holiday compared to back at home.

Georgia said that she was even more baffled by the fact that she indulges in plenty of bread and ice cream while away, which she thought would make things worse.

Sharing her thoughts in a new Instagram video, which was also shared to a social media page dedicated to her skin journey, she said: 'Everytime I come on holiday why does my skin become the best it's been all year, I genuinely cannot understand it. 

'I've had severe acne for 15 years. Every time I go away, Italy, France, my skin settles down. Then I come home and within a few days it starts all over again.'

Admitting it is beyond her how there is such a difference, she said: 'Same face, mostly the same products, completely different skin. And here's the bit that makes absolutely no sense. On holiday I eat all the bread, all the ice cream. 

'I barely think about my skin care. I am much less strict than I am at home. Somehow, every single time my skin looks better.'

Georgia said she thinks she may have been approaching the issue incorrectly, and said: 'And for years, I've been asking, what is the right product? But maybe I've realised that I've been asking the wrong question.

'Maybe the biggest clue to my skin has never been in a bottle. So, I started carrying this around with me. Every single flare-up, every single good day, every single random theory.. pattern, because I think if I write this down enough, maybe I'll eventually understand what's really going on. 

'And if you've ever gone on holiday and just been like, why can't my skin stay like this? I think we are asking exactly the same questions. So I'm putting all of my note over on untitled skincare. It's no perfect routine, no perfect answers. It's just literally my notebook and a woman who is completely determined to figure this out.'

Earlier this year, Georgia revealed her natural skin as she shared an insight into her acne battle in a candid social media post in February,

She admitted she has 'spent more on foundation than some have on rent' while discussing her updated makeup routine. 

Georgia, who has always been open about her skin, has suffered from spots and scarring since she was a teenager and has said that it has always been her 'biggest struggle'.

In a video shared to Instagram, she showed her followers how she covers breakouts and 'quietly outwits it' with a number of products. 

Georgia explained: 'I’ve had problematic skin for 15 years. So when a breakout appears… I don’t spiral anymore.

'I’ve learnt the hard way that panicking makes it so much worse. Throwing every product at it? BIG NO. Calm skin behaves better than cross skin.'

She continued: 'When it comes to covering. Less is always more. Start small and build slowly.

'The goal isn’t to plaster it into submission. It’s to quietly outwit it. It took me a long time to realise this is just my skin, and that’s okay!!!

'What I actually use: Erborian UK CC Red Correct, Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Foundation & Concealer and Burt's Bees Tinted Lip Balm (a bright lip is a distraction tactic).'

Georgia previously told the Daily Mail that her stint on I'm A Celebrity was the start of her 'weird little journey' in embracing her natural skin, as makeup is not allowed in the jungle. 

The star, who went on to win the show in 2017 before taking on the All Stars edition in 2023, said: 'I was really nervous about doing that.

'And it was so weird. I thought that my skin would have been a lot better, but it wasn't.

'Over the years I've figured out that, actually, all of the tests that I've had, everything I've tried skin flare-ups, very connected to stress levels.'

She previously said she didn't feel totally herself on the show without her 'war paint'.

Georgia said: 'My skin was something that made me feel less than confident, really. I had a bit of light trolling when I came out of the jungle.'

However, the star said that by discussing her skin publicly since then, she has been able to overcome some of her insecurities. 

She added: 'But I did this amazing feature on This Morning and it was really simple: I just took off my makeup.

'I was so worried about what people would say about my acne. But I just carried on. I looked down the barrel of the camera. 

'I said some of the nasty things that I've read across socials, and it had such an impact.' 

The NHS reports that the majority of people stop experiencing acne in their 20s, but in three per cent of the population, it can persist over the age of 35.