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Today’s Episode Today Adam sits down with Cassandra Bankson, a model-turned-skincare-educator who battled severe cystic acne to become a powerful voice in the beauty industry. In this episode, Cassandra reveals how one viral YouTube video torpedoed her modelling career—only to lead her toward a life of purpose and self-discovery. From exploring vegan diets and red light therapy to opening up about mental health struggles, sexuality, and body image, Cassandra spares no details on the gritty path that shaped her success. If you’re ready to embrace authenticity, ditch self-doubt, and learn the science of better skin, this conversation is for you. 🕒 TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction to Cassandra's Journey 06:00 Understanding Acne: Causes and Treatments 11:52 The Role of Sleep and Stress in Skin Health 14:55 Skincare Routines: What Works and What Doesn't 17:50 Reacting to Celebrity Skincare Routines 25:38 Hormonal Influences on Skin Health 33:25 The Journey of Self-Acceptance and Authenticity 50:00 Exploring Identity and Relationships 56:26 Navigating Core Values in Relationships 57:45 Overcoming Insecurities and Self-Identity 01:00:27 Acts of Kindness and Their Impact 01:10:38 The Importance of Authenticity 🔗 FOLLOW CASSANDRA Website: cassandrabankson.com YouTube: @CassandraBankson Instagram: @cassandrabankson ✌🏼 SUPPORT THE PODCAST 💧 Vitadrop – Use code 'TOT' for 25% off 👟 Vivobarefoot – Use code 'TOT' for 20% off 🔫 Legacy – Use code 'TOT' for 10% off GET IN TOUCH 🌍 Website: thatonetimepodcast.com 🌍 Advertise with us: partnerships@thatonetimepodcast.com 🌍 Book us: bookings@thatonetimepodcast.com JOIN OUR COMMUNITY 🎥 YouTube: Subscribe: /channel/UCP62dkT4JUozGGlk7zT1afQ 🍎 Apple: /that-one-time-with-adam-metwally/id1657317674 📸 Instagram: @thatonetime_podcast 🐦 X / Twitter: @itsadammetwally 🎵 TikTok: @thatonetime_podcast ABOUT US Each week, I dive into the lives, habits, and lessons of successful and interesting people—searching for their curiosities and extracting actionable insights for your day-to-day life. This podcast focuses on health, wealth, and wisdom. Each episode is a raw, in-depth conversation about business, marketing, health, spirituality, mindset, and more. Hosted by Adam Metwally (@meetwally), produced by Joe Fowler (@joeefowler). 🎶 Music Music by — HNNY

Full conversation drops 13 May 2025 Cassandra Bankson is an American medical aesthetician, science-based skincare educator and former runway model who first went viral in 2011 after bravely removing her foundation on YouTube to reveal the severe cystic acne she’d battled since childhood. Today she runs a million-subscriber channel focused on evidence-backed skin care, holistic health and myth-busting; consults on cruelty-free formulations (for example, her colour-changing “purple” sunscreen with Isntree); and speaks openly about mental health, bullying and LGBTQ+ visibility—turning personal hardships into content that empowers people to heal their skin and self-esteem. Each week I’ll drop a short “get-to-know-you” chat ahead of the full podcast so we can dig into the details that make our guests truly world-class. 💌 Join our newsletter (coming soon) Follow Cassandra Website YouTube Instagram Get in touch Our website Advertise → partnerships@thatonetimepodcast.com Book us → bookings@thatonetimepodcast.com Join the community 🎥 YouTube 🗣️ Spotify 🍎 Apple Podcasts 📸 Instagram 🐦 X / Twitter 🎵 TikTok Each episode is an in-depth, vulnerable conversation exploring the pillars of health, wealth and wisdom —covering business, biohacking, mindset, spirituality, content creation and more. Hosted by Adam Metwally Produced by Joe Fowler 🎶 Music: “Cheer Up, My Brother” — HNNY

According to the American Academy of Dermatology , up to 50 million Americans are affected by acne annually, making it the most common skin condition. Defined as the clogging of hair follicles with oil and dead skin cells, acne usually begins in adolescence though it can extend up to adulthood. Beyond the overt physical pain and struggle of breakouts and post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, acne - and all of its forms, whether pimples, blackheads, whiteheads, or cysts - also bring about emotional and psychological effects that are beyond skin deep. A 2008 study showed that acne significantly brought more depressive symptoms, greater feelings of uselessness, lower self-worth, and decreased body satisfaction. As a former victim of severe acne, I can personally attest to all of this. We zit down today with my Acne Big Cyster, Cassandra Bankson . A professional model, medical esthetician, skincare expert, and online social media personality from San Francisco, Cassandra was first known from her viral 2010 YouTube video where she stripped off her makeup to reveal her acne, now reaching 30 million views. Struggling with acne vulgaris from age 8 to acne conglobata by age 14, she relays her journey of seeking help from 16 different specialists across the United States and Western Europe, which proved futile. Today, with over 2 million subscribers, she shares her story of overcoming acne and societal beauty ideals while educating others about the different skin products and treatments. She has been named a "rising woman of power" by Forbes Magazine, a Teen Vogue Acne Awards judge, and featured in Good Morning America, Seventeen, Glamour, The New York Post, and much more! Livestream Air Date: June 7, 2022 Cassandra Bankson: IG @cassandrabankson & YT Cassandra Bankson Friends of Franz: IG @friendsoffranzpod & FB @friendsoffranzpod Christian Franz (Host): IG @chrsfranz & YT Christian Franz Thankful to the season's brand partners: Clove , BETR Remedies , Eko , Lumify , RescueMD , Medical School for Kids , Your Skincare Expert , Twrl Milk Tea

This week's episode is a replay from one of our most downloaded episodes! Episode #246 with Cassandra Bankson aired on October 15, 2020 Cassandra Bankson is a skincare expert and medical esthetician with over 10 years of experience and with a YouTube channel and social media following of over 2 million people… but she doesn’t consider herself just an influencer. She considers herself an “Acne Warrior” on a mission to help others take actionable steps to embrace and care for their skin. Despite being bullied and made fun of for most of her life, suffering from body dysmorphia and depression, Cassandra’s remarkable mental health journey has helped her learn to love herself and spread the message that what is inside is what matters. CLICK HERE to read the show notes! CLICK HERE to watch this interview on YouTube! ---------- Love the podcast? Got some feedback you want to share? Want to request your favorite YouTuber? Fill out the YTPH listener survey HERE 👉🏼 Click HERE to download my FREE GUIDE to creating IMPACTFUL content during the Covid-19 pandemic! 👩🏻‍💻 If going from zero to 100k YouTube subscribers is something you want to experience for yourself, then consider taking the first step by watching my FREE Road to to 100k Masterclass. 💗 Ready to explode your channel? Join the Zero to Influence Bootcamp waitlist CONNECT WITH ERIKA: ✨ Instagram: @beautyandthevlog ✨ YouTube Channel: Erika Vieira ✨ Website: www.erikavieira.net ✨ Beauty and the Vlog Facebook Group

This week's episode is a replay from one of our most downloaded episodes! Episode #246 with Cassandra Bankson aired on October 15, 2020 Cassandra Bankson is a skincare expert and medical esthetician with over 10 years of experience and with a YouTube channel and social media following of over 2 million people… but she doesn’t consider herself just an influencer. She considers herself an “Acne Warrior” on a mission to help others take actionable steps to embrace and care for their skin. Despite being bullied and made fun of for most of her life, suffering from body dysmorphia and depression, Cassandra’s remarkable mental health journey has helped her learn to love herself and spread the message that what is inside is what matters. CLICK HERE to read the show notes! CLICK HERE to watch this interview on YouTube! ---------- Love the podcast? Got some feedback you want to share? Want to request your favorite YouTuber? Fill out the YTPH listener survey HERE 👉🏼 Click HERE to download my FREE GUIDE to creating IMPACTFUL content during the Covid-19 pandemic! 👩🏻‍💻 If going from zero to 100k YouTube subscribers is something you want to experience for yourself, then consider taking the first step by watching my FREE Road to to 100k Masterclass. 💗 Ready to explode your channel? Join the Zero to Influence Bootcamp waitlist CONNECT WITH ERIKA: ✨ Instagram: @beautyandthevlog ✨ YouTube Channel: Erika Vieira ✨ Website: www.erikavieira.net ✨ Beauty and the Vlog Facebook Group

In today's episode, I sit down with Cassandra Bankson to chat all about her acne journey. Inside This Episode: Cassandra's acne story and how it led to her starting her YouTube channel Cassandra's favorite sunscreens and why she's so passionate about sun care A typical day in the life for Cassandra Cassandra's favorite (and least favorite) part of her day and so much more Links Mentioned: Cassandra's Instagram Cassandra's YouTube Channel

With so many skincare trends online, how are you to know which ones are good and which aren’t? My guest this week is one of social media’s most-followed skin care influencers. A certified medical aesthetician and nutritionist with millions of followers, she has her finger on the pulse of skin care and beauty. So should you do ice facials? What about at-home microneedling? How about using ginger to remove blackheads? And what does she think about the Hyaluron pen? On this podcast, we dish the dirt on skin care trends that are dangerous, don’t work, and just need to go away. Please join me and Cassandra Bankson as we reveal The Five Worst Skin Care Trends. Link: cassandrabankson.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cassandra Bankson is a skinfluencer, medical aesthetician, and entrepreneur with more than 10 years of experience as a skincare expert. She runs a YouTube channel where her content, skincare advice, and acne story inspire over 10 million viewers every month. She also has a social media following of more than 2 million people online. Cassandra is a pro at explaining incredibly complex concepts, terms and processes in an easily digestible and understandable manner. She is also an incredibly smart entrepreneur and charismatic business woman with a multi-pronged business model. She considers herself a positive influencer and encourages people to embrace beauty from the inside out. She posts educational and entertaining YouTube videos online, such as: Reacting to celebrity routines, ‘Before and after’ Instagram posts (that show how pictures are filtered and Photoshopped), Q&A’s with other dermatologists and experts, and Skincare ingredient deep dives to help people choose the best products for their skin. Contact Info: Cassandra Bankson https://www.youtube.com/cassandrabankson @cassandrabankson (Instagram) Julie Berman - Host www.womenwithcooljobs.com @womencooljobs (Instagram) Send Julie a text!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I absolutely LOVE being the host and producer of "Women with Cool Jobs", where I interview women who have unique, trailblazing, and innovative careers. It has been such a blessing to share stories of incredible, inspiring women since I started in 2020. If you have benefitted from this work, or simply appreciate that I do it, please consider buying me a $5 coffee. ☕️ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/julieberman Thank you so much for supporting me -- whether by sharing an episode with a friend, attending a LIVE WWCJ event in Phoenix, connecting with me on Instagram @womencooljobs or LinkedIn, sending me a note on my website ( www.womenwithcooljobs.com ), or by buying me a coffee! It all means so much.

Have you ever thought about hiring a manager or an agent? You’re going to want to listen to my interview with Cassandra Bankson, who had a cautionary tale about hiring a manager. Cassandra put her trust in the wrong person who didn’t have her best interests in mind and whose values did not align with her own. If you’re looking to hire a manager, make sure that they align with your core values, and for your own protection, make sure they aren’t controlling your finances. Make sure you interview several candidates, ask for references, do a background check, and figure out if they have values that align with yours and if they share the same goals as you. The more stories like Cassandra’s are told, the less likely it will happen to another creator. What did you think about Cassandra’s story? Let me know! ----------- Love the podcast? Got some feedback you want to share? Want to request your favorite YouTuber? Fill out the YTPH listener survey HERE 👉🏼 Click HERE to download my FREE GUIDE to creating IMPACTFUL content during the Covid-19 pandemic! 👩🏻‍💻 If going from zero to 100k YouTube subscribers is something you want to experience for yourself, then consider taking the first step by watching my FREE Road to to 100k Masterclass. 💗 Ready to explode your channel? Join the Zero to Influence Bootcamp waitlist CONNECT WITH ERIKA: ✨ Instagram: @beautyandthevlog ✨ YouTube Channel: Beauty and the Vlog TV ✨ Website: www.erikavieira.net ✨ Beauty and the Vlog Facebook Group

Have you ever thought about hiring a manager or an agent? You’re going to want to listen to my interview with Cassandra Bankson, who had a cautionary tale about hiring a manager. Cassandra put her trust in the wrong person who didn’t have her best interests in mind and whose values did not align with her own. If you’re looking to hire a manager, make sure that they align with your core values, and for your own protection, make sure they aren’t controlling your finances. Make sure you interview several candidates, ask for references, do a background check, and figure out if they have values that align with yours and if they share the same goals as you. The more stories like Cassandra’s are told, the less likely it will happen to another creator. What did you think about Cassandra’s story? Let me know! ----------- Love the podcast? Got some feedback you want to share? Want to request your favorite YouTuber? Fill out the YTPH listener survey HERE 👉🏼 Click HERE to download my FREE GUIDE to creating IMPACTFUL content during the Covid-19 pandemic! 👩🏻‍💻 If going from zero to 100k YouTube subscribers is something you want to experience for yourself, then consider taking the first step by watching my FREE Road to to 100k Masterclass. 💗 Ready to explode your channel? Join the Zero to Influence Bootcamp waitlist CONNECT WITH ERIKA: ✨ Instagram: @beautyandthevlog ✨ YouTube Channel: Beauty and the Vlog TV ✨ Website: www.erikavieira.net ✨ Beauty and the Vlog Facebook Group

Cassandra Bankson is a skincare expert and medical esthetician with over 10 years of experience and with a YouTube channel and social media following of over 2 million people… but she doesn’t consider herself just an influencer. She considers herself an “Acne Warrior” on a mission to help others take actionable steps to embrace and care for their skin. Despite being bullied and made fun of for most of her life, suffering from body dysmorphia and depression, Cassandra’s remarkable mental health journey has helped her learn to love herself and spread the message that what is inside is what matters. 📝 Click HERE to check out the show notes! Love the podcast? Got some feedback you want to share? Want to request your favorite YouTuber? Fill out the YTPH listener survey HERE 👉🏼 Click HERE to download my FREE GUIDE to creating IMPACTFUL content during the Covid-19 pandemic! 👩🏻‍💻 If going from zero to 100k YouTube subscribers is something you want to experience for yourself, then consider taking the first step by watching my FREE Road to to 100k Masterclass. 💗 Ready to explode your channel? Join the Zero to Influence Bootcamp waitlist CONNECT WITH ERIKA: ✨ Instagram: @beautyandthevlog ✨ YouTube Channel: Beauty and the Vlog TV ✨ Website: www.erikavieira.net ✨ Beauty and the Vlog Facebook Group

Cassandra Bankson is a skincare expert and medical esthetician with over 10 years of experience and with a YouTube channel and social media following of over 2 million people… but she doesn’t consider herself just an influencer. She considers herself an “Acne Warrior” on a mission to help others take actionable steps to embrace and care for their skin. Despite being bullied and made fun of for most of her life, suffering from body dysmorphia and depression, Cassandra’s remarkable mental health journey has helped her learn to love herself and spread the message that what is inside is what matters. 📝 Click HERE to check out the show notes! Love the podcast? Got some feedback you want to share? Want to request your favorite YouTuber? Fill out the YTPH listener survey HERE 👉🏼 Click HERE to download my FREE GUIDE to creating IMPACTFUL content during the Covid-19 pandemic! 👩🏻‍💻 If going from zero to 100k YouTube subscribers is something you want to experience for yourself, then consider taking the first step by watching my FREE Road to to 100k Masterclass. 💗 Ready to explode your channel? Join the Zero to Influence Bootcamp waitlist CONNECT WITH ERIKA: ✨ Instagram: @beautyandthevlog ✨ YouTube Channel: Beauty and the Vlog TV ✨ Website: www.erikavieira.net ✨ Beauty and the Vlog Facebook Group

Cassandra Bankson is a model and online personality with 1M+ YouTube subscribers. She has been featured on Good Morning America, Today, and The Anderson Cooper Show, among other international television shows. She has been featured in magazines including Vogue, Seventeen, Glamour, Forbes, In Touch Weekly, Us Weekly, and the cover of Reveal Magazine and newspapers The New York Post, The Sun, and Pleasanton Weekly. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider to rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes less than 60 seconds and it really makes a difference. Rate, review, and subscribe at HardyHaberland.com/iTunes .

Cassandra Bankson is a model and online personality with 1M YouTube subscribers. She has been featured on Good Morning America, Today, and The Anderson Cooper Show, among other international television shows. She has been featured in magazines including Vogue, Seventeen, Glamour, Forbes, In Touch Weekly, Us Weekly, and the cover of Reveal Magazine and newspapers The New York Post, The Sun, and Pleasanton Weekly. Go premium and get access to exclusive membership-only content at https://hardyhaberland.com/membership/

In this week’s episode I’m chatting with Cassandra Bankson, one of the most influential young women in the world today. Cassandra shares her story of rising above bullying, self-doubt and depression to becoming a brave confident beacon of light. Listen and learn how she rose above her fears and insecurities to help others. During our conversation, Cassandra will share her journey as well as unfold her own Personal Mission Statement.