Why do I keep breaking out in the same spot?

Repeated breakouts in one exact spot are usually about touch and friction, not diet — think phones, hands, or masks resting on that area.

Breakouts that show up in the same place, over and over, tend to have a mechanical or contact cause rather than an internal one: phone screens, chinstraps, hands resting on the face while working, or a hair product/pillowcase that touches that one spot repeatedly. Diet gets blamed first, but the pattern (same exact spot, every time) is a strong clue it's contact-based.