Have acne???

Thanks for sharing  I also agree caffeine is horrible for people with acne~makes it worse.

use micheals teen and adult skin factors support for acne take it three times a day, use a oil carrier moisturizer such as almond oil or hazel nut oil, use a gentle soap nothing with chemicals try an organic soap, and spot treat with tea tree oil.  Eat good amounts of zinc and anything with burdock root in it or red clover flower Ive been free of acne since i was a teenager I am in my mid 20s now. I have followed this routine for years!

Babycheeks, does it also help with the scars?

I'm in my 30's and always had the occasional breakout. A couple years ago it got bad, and a friend suggested Proactiv, so I did the 2 month free trial. Within a week, my skin had improved...then about a month later a coworker asked what I was using on my face, as my skin looked so smooth and 'glowing'.  I continued with Proactiv for about 6 months. I tried easing back into drugstore stuff for cost reasons, but slowly pimples started to return.  My skin doesn't like products with salicylic acid, which I'm glad I've learned finally.  It works great for some, just as Proactiv works great for some as well. It's all a trial and error finding the right product/ingredients for your skin.

Jules you are so right about acne being caused by so many different things.  For me, chocolate, sugar and caffeine never had any bad effects on mine (I've tried giving up all and saw no difference - and I am always careful to wash my hands after eating the chocolate and not touch my face with the oils).

 Giving up wheat is the first thing that did wonders for mine though, I can't believe how soft and smooth my skin is!  Its so nice I'm in the process of trying to wean myself off of proactiv, which has been the only thing that worked for me for years. 

I've tried dermatologists, I don't know if mine just weren't that good but after taking antibiotics for a year and being on retin A, and none of that doing any good, I gave up on them a long time ago and don't intend to go back.  If only they had just told me not to eat breads!

Caffeine and chocolate have not had any adverse effects for me either. I am a chocoholic, and love coffee.What makes me brake out is sugar. I did an yeast cleanse, and it has helped me tremendoulsy. I have also noticed that when I don't exfoliate regularly, I tend to brake out more. Though, I have to be careful which product I use. I was using the st.ives apricot scrub renew and firm. It made me brake out. Dove has a gentle exfoliating cleanse that seema to be working very well form me. I also use meaningful beauty by Cindy Crawford. I really like it, my skin just glows, but the cleanser dosen't exfoliat enough for me. I would like to try one those peels mentioned before, I just don't which one to use, there are so many out there.  

no it does not work for scars if you want to fix scars i have a mixed oil treatment that i make from home for that but the oil used in it is VERY High but its the most effective in clearing scars. Now of course not icepick scars that needs treatment in a office.

You know Alisa, that gets me thinking, I bet sugar only causes breakouts in those that have a problem with yeast.  It would make sense since eating sugar feeds them and gets them to reproduce and release more toxins.  Just a theory though, I don't know if science knows for sure.

I have the same trouble with some products.  Tea tree oil is often recommended for acne, but it makes me break out. 

I have never tried the peels they sell, but I did have 2 glycolic acid ones done at a dermatologist when I was a teen, and had the same result by doing the same technique with a 2% salycilic acid astringent at home.  (I just used a cotton ball and rubbed it on my face for a couple of minutes until my face started to burn, then rinsed with cold water for a few minutes to cool it down...the same thing they did at the dermatologist.  You don't want to overdo it so you have serious burns, but your face will get red and be red for a day, then the salycilic acid causes the outer layer of skin to come off...you don't peel or see it coming off, you just know it does when you wash your face because your skin gets softer.  You want to be careful doing stuff like that at home though, you can burn your skin if you do it too long, and don't do it any more frequently than once a month).  The one I used to do that was the Clean and Clear acne astringent which was 2% salycilic back then (I haven't checked recently because I found a less drying routine now that I break out less...but back when I broke out bad, this kind of rough treatment was the only thing that worked).  By the way, even though it was the same line, the Clean and Clear toner is another product that made me break out.

Babycheeks, what at home remedy do you make to get rid of scars?

HI, Susan, . I agree that it is because of the yeast. I know people that eat a ton of sugar, and have gorgeous skin. How unfare is that!?

My skin is doing pretty good at the moment. I have been eating alot more raw produce over that past few days, and I can already tell a huge difference. I have a couple pimples at the moment, but I am doing the monthly thing, so I expect one or two. I'll tell what, though, it is not nearly at all like it used to be. 

If your skin doesn't like harsh treatment, the peels may not be for you then, it is definitely tough stuff.  (And that is SO unfair that some people can eat tons of sugar!...although I have to say, I used to be jealous of a friend of mine because she could eat tons of dessert and not have the problems I was getting, she had perfect skin and everything, then a couple of years went by and she got the exact same problems SO much worse than mine were...still no acne but all the internal problems.  I guess its really not a good idea for anybody to eat tons of sugar, even if it doesn't give them problems, since it may just whomp them hard down the road.  Oh well though, all personal choices.)

You know what's funny?  I used to get at least one big one during my monthly hormonal time, and since I gave up wheat, I didn't even get one small one that week!  My shock continues!  I'm glad you are finding things that work for you too!  Raw produce is excellent.

Yah, I was thinking the same thing about the harshness. I have done natural fruit peels, and its ok, so I think it just depends on the ingredients.

Yeah, you can cure so much just by getting rid of it, I can't believe more docs don't consider it more important these days now that so much more is known about it than even 10 years ago.

Tell me bout it. I have mentiond it to a couple of people I know, and no one has heard of  yeast over growth.I have heard of it being called the epidemic of our time. 

Yeah, its crazy that you can cure so much just by getting rid of it.  I guess a pH diet doesn't get docs business or money, but you'd think they'd have an urge to help people anyway.

An MD and a PA go to my church.We go to the same small groups on sunday night . Being in a small town, I know them personally. Neiher one of them has mentioned anything to me about yeast. For acne, they talk about antibiotics, and hormones. It is strange to me that I seem to know more about something then they do.

Excellent! 

Yeah, I've had that happen several times too, where the docs are just spouting their training and they're saying the same stuff I tried 10 years ago that didn't work then and they don't even know about the things I found that do work, for plenty of conditions.  Maybe one day science'll catch up.

Well, so far I really like the microdermabrasion pads. My skin has gotten so smooth!!! I had a couple of very small pimples pop up, but I think they were like white heads that were never at the surface before, and when the dead skin on top of them was taken away, they were brought to the surface, They didn't last long, though, and now my skin is starting to look alot better.

Sorry I didnt respond,but I was actually away from the internet since about May! julesyjul882007-09-25 02:34:22

Good piece of information. Thanks. 

Ive also learned that dairy and milk can be a problem with acne. YEAST DAIRY and any other allergy type of food stay away from. Eat  a lot or take a lot  of burdock root and red clover flower and itll help a lot this is why in china they got good skin. I take it all the time and I dont get pimples at all. but thats me. good luck people!:)babycheeks242008-01-08 21:08:24