Thread: Acne

I dont have a huge amount of spots, but they are there and they are annoying.

I wash my face about twice a day and shower every 1-2 days.

I've been looking for some ways to treat it and I've sorta started developing my own system. Basically it involves not drinking milk (ive notcied that if i have milk and cereal i will breakout with lots of redness and spots the next day),, drinking loads and loads of water, and often putting toothpaste on a moderatly sized spot, which dries it out and is normally gone in the morning.

My system is kind of working, but its slow and I'm not even really sure why/if its working.


Anyway the reason i made this thread;

I found this site. They have a really good plan and some good looking products on sale. But they are in the US and i dont know if i can be bothered getting the products shipped to the UK, and if its really worth it.

I could do that, or i could continue as i am and hope for the best.

Does anyone have any advice? Im sure theres lots of acne-sufferers out there with some advice

I'm glad you mentioned milk. That turned out to be the biggest contributor to my acne when I was a teenager. Even now, when I drink milk, I notice a change for the worse with my skin.

Here's what I can say:

The sun.

Get an adequate tan. In fact, let your skin burn. Your acne will shrivel up and die. On spots where I've been burned badly enough, my acne disappeared forever (7+years). Whenever I have acne and go to the beach or tanning, the acne disappears. Plus you look good with a tan. If you make sure to keep your skin in a nice tanned condition and wait it out (age-wise), the majority of your acne will cease to torment you.

I need to follow my own advice and get out into the sun more often.

You should also note that I live in Florida. So the strength of the sun is probably stronger than other places...

Don't complain about cancer. Compared to people who tan or get ridiculous exposure, a little trip to the beach or out to a pool or whatever for a couple of hours is nothing, and can eradicate your acne.

I haven't noticed this milk phenomenon... I stopped drinking milk products, mostly, for about 4 years and still had (relatively) tragic acne I'm sure there are a ton of factors. All I know is that no matter what, making sure you fry in the sun eliminates all of them...

Yea the sun is a great one. However Northern Ireland is never sunny enough to give you sunburn >_<

Originally Posted by Dizko

Yea the sun is a great one. However Northern Ireland is never sunny enough to give you sunburn >_<

Ah, bummer. Still, just trying to get out, keep your face turned up to the sun (assuming that's your target area, it isn't always ), when you are out in it, etc. can help. Even the slightest amounts.

Originally Posted by Shift

Ah, bummer. Still, just trying to get out, keep your face turned up to the sun (assuming that's your target area, it isn't always ), when you are out in it, etc. can help. Even the slightest amounts.

Thankfully it is my face. =P

Thanks for the advicesszszszz Shift.

Originally Posted by Dizko

Thankfully it is my face. =P

Thanks for the advicesszszszz Shift.

No problem Helping you, waging war against acne... we all win! Except for acne. Who doesn't matter anyway.

see your doctor fer sure, as there are several types of acne,
there are plenty of things that work, but there's no one product that works for all acne,
Proactive seems to work for a lot of people,
there's a lot of bad products out there, don't rely on claims a product makes, rely on doctors, friends family and peers, and yourself to figure out what works best -
for me, the only thing that worked was retinol-A.

Originally Posted by Ponicorn

see your doctor fer sure, as there are several types of acne,
there are plenty of things that work, but there's no one product that works for all acne,
Proactive seems to work for a lot of people,
there's a lot of bad products out there, don't rely on claims a product makes, rely on doctors, friends family and peers, and yourself to figure out what works best -
for me, the only thing that worked was retinol-A.

My doctors constantly put pressure on me to do Accutane... bastards. I almost did it, I've got a month's supply in my bathroom, but I pulled off because I think it will damage me in the long run.

Originally Posted by Black_Eagle

My doctors constantly put pressure on me to do Accutane... bastards. I almost did it, I've got a month's supply in my bathroom, but I pulled off because I think it will damage me in the long run.

its believed that doctors write prescriptions for certain drugs cause they get more $ out of it, even if it's not the best drug for the job. I don't know how that works though, so i won't comment on it.

do your research, watch out for bull@#$% - cause there's a lot of it!
and just try different things till it works. and yea, you don't wanna do something that's gonna cause permanent damage; patience is very key.

wicked signature black_eagle!

erm i have tablets i got from doctors free cuz im only 16 and go collage it wasnt workign at first but they up the dosage n stuff and lately i got some cream too its all good

Start using acne medication. It will not have visible effects for a while, but you have to consistently use your medication anyway.

Originally Posted by Dizko

I dont have a huge amount of spots, but they are there and they are annoying.

I wash my face about twice a day and shower every 1-2 days.

I've been looking for some ways to treat it and I've sorta started developing my own system. Basically it involves not drinking milk (ive notcied that if i have milk and cereal i will breakout with lots of redness and spots the next day),, drinking loads and loads of water, and often putting toothpaste on a moderatly sized spot, which dries it out and is normally gone in the morning.

My system is kind of working, but its slow and I'm not even really sure why/if its working.


Anyway the reason i made this thread;

I found this site. They have a really good plan and some good looking products on sale. But they are in the US and i dont know if i can be bothered getting the products shipped to the UK, and if its really worth it.

I could do that, or i could continue as i am and hope for the best.

Does anyone have any advice? Im sure theres lots of acne-sufferers out there with some advice

My face was pretty bad. I looked like a chocolate pizza . Then I bought three products that changed my skin. Palmer's cocoa butter soap, Palmer's cocoa butter stick, and Palmer's cocoa butter creme. I used the soap twice a day, and I used the stick all over my face and let it stay on (and rubbed it in) about 1 - 2 hours before bed. As I got up to go out during the day, I'd use the cocoa butter creme on my face as a lotion. My acne cleared up 80% in about three weeks. This includes acne scars. Now I'm 98% acne free with a nice complexion. You can view current pics in the pics thread in DV favorites. Hope this helps.

I find it interesting that you say that Jeff because I've used cocoa butter, exact same brand, my entire life (my mom's been using it since before I was born, and honestly smelling like chocolate is awesome) and it seems to neither hurt nor help my acne. I haven't really kept track of any scars.

[to anyone]: drink plenty of (filtered) water (avoid tap); half your body weight in ounces. (I weigh about 130lbs, so I drink at least 65oz of water every day.) avoid junk food like death. eat plenty of fresh, raw, (preferably organic) foods a day (fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, fish, etc. plenty of everything).

do not brush your teeth with fluoride toothpastes.

"organic" toothpastes can be expensive, you can easily make your own with coconut oil, baking soda, and stevia (you can also add an essential oil like peppermint, spearmint, tea tree, whatever you like). I've been using such toothpaste for the past few days (sans essential oil, though I'd like to get some) and I love it, it tastes great. but definitely avoid fluoride, in water (it's put in tap) and toothpaste. I've read up on fluoride and (including being an industrial waste that they pawn as a tooth decay fighter so they can get rid of it- and make money off it at that) it has caused an allergic reaction (acne breakouts) in some people.

it isn't necessary to avoid all dairy products, the ones you want to avoid are any that have been pasteurized, homogenized, and come from a farm where the animals have been given hormones and fed on a non-organic diet. in other words, you should avoid all but organic, raw dairy products. (here's a list of places that have raw milk, at least in the States: http://www.realmilk.com/where1.html actually, this website here hails raw milk as the "king of foods for acne sufferers" so it might be worth looking into.)

get enough sunlight, but not so much that you burn, and avoid sunscreens (from the same site: http://www.absoluteacneinfo.com/guide/sun-acne.html ) (it seems like people today are being told to avoid the sun as if it's deadly. sunlight is very good for your skin, it's when you get too much that it's bad. the truth is, your body needs sunlight, not getting enough can cause everything from acne to depression. and, if you ask me, I think sunscreens cause cancer more than the sun does...at least with how people go about it these days.)

get plenty of exercise.

there is a whole plethora of information on natural acne cures, just google it, "natural acne cures/remedies/treatments." I've been using this one:

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/natur...home-remedies/

and I posted links to a couple articles above from this one: http://www.absoluteacneinfo.com/ (I haven't read all of this one but it looks good)

whatever you do, don't go buying a prescription drug before you try all of this. and give it plenty of time. I'm very anti-pharmaceutical. yeah, I'm biased, biased towards giving people real health information instead of trying to sell them drugs. how much money would the drug companies lose, if instead of telling people they need to buy such-and-such drug, all they need is to eat healthy, get exercise, and drink water? a lot. :|

just...whatever you do, for the love of god, don't buy this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZQs8FSg4E

it's complete and utter crap. the pharmaceutical industry is trying to make everything a "medical condition" so they can convince you that you need a drug to treat it. so they can line their pockets with your cash! don't buy into their bullshit. :(