Acne Tips

i am new to the group so i haven’t read many of the messages yet. so
i’m sure it’s something all of you have heard or experienced
yourself, i apologize. i just need to vent a minute. i’ve been
battling this horrible breakout the past 4 months now, i know, cry
me a river only 4 months right! i’ve dealt with acne for years but
it’s always been super mild up until 4 months ago. i feel i’m going
to lose it any day now. i believe that acne is the worst possible
thing anyone could possibly experience in life. truly and honestly!
i hate going out in public, so i’ve become as much of a recluse as i
can be. i’m married and that makes it even harder trying to explain
to him that the acne is causing anxiety and depression. and he’s
there trying to understand something he’s never experienced himself.
also just the fact that i have to let go of my pride enough to just
talk about it in the first place with him. i cry everytime i talk
about it with him. luckily i don’t have to have a job so i don’t
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i am wondering if anyone knows if it’s okay to be on differin while
pregnant? i’m not currently pregnant but i am trying. i’m worried
that i won’t be able to use the differin anymore if i become
pregnant. anyone with any knowledge let me know! thanks

britt

I stongly believe that acne has more to do with what is going on
inside rather than on the outside. Professionals are so quick to
sell you a bunch of products and doctors are there to proscribe
medication. That stuff will usually work for a period of time and
usually come back. Everything is a lifestyle and if you examine what
you eat and how your body feels after you eat then you can cure
almost about anything. Your body will tell you what it needs to heal
itself. I had acne for a long time and tried various products but I
have found that it usually came back. What I decided to do was get a
book on Herbs and research what herbs and vitamins would help cure
acne. I cut out Caffine, laid of the sugar, ate a lot more fruits
and vegetables and tried as much as possible to stay away from
processed foods. The most important thing of all is to go to the
bathroom on a regular basis. If you eat 3 meals then the next day
you should get rid of three meals. If you aren’t then that food is
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Hi, I am new and my name is Donna. I read through some of the
posts, but I am not sure if I am in the right group.

I am 47 years old and have had extremely oily skin all my life. I
started getting blackheads on my nose at age 9 and have never
stopped. My pores are enlarged. My skin is so oily that my
eyemakeup washes downward, and i have to continually blot the oil on
my skin.

Sometimes, the oil literally beads out of on my nose and
looks…uhg…awful.

I have seen dermatologists who tell me there is not much that can be
done. Accutame was considered, and used for three months, but I had
complications with it. It did work, though, but my skin became very
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Does anyone know of any good sites or information about treating acne from the
inside out? So far I have been treating acne on the surface and trying to cut
back on my sugar and cafeen intake. I would like to work on the inside too.

Thanks for the help

What I do is I use a face wash and and the repairing lotion. So far it is
working pretty good. It is actually working better than the whole set, so if
your thinking about buying the set just go to ebay.com and buy just the lotion.
I use the foaming Continuous control acne wash and continuous control acne
cleanse from clean & Clear. the cleanser it is a creme I use it at night and
you just put it on your face, wait 30 seconds put the repairing lotion on and
your pimples are smaller by the morning! Just thought you might like some
ideas. But the creme is 10% benzel peroxide.

well for one thing, i’ve noticed that this particular writer has repeatedly only
mentioned this product/website. the point of this group is to have an exchange
of information, not a bombardment of it. there are many solutions that people
make, not only one, so, to have the same product and website come up time and
time again, becomes annoying, and stops being helpful.

one of the messages that included a mary kay product, also mentioned others from
different brands, which indicates that her information or experience is not
partial or biased to just one type of product or product company. the fact that
this women has mentioned the same website multiple times without basically
changing anything of what she said since the first time indicates, to me, that
she is doing more than just sharing information with us! (i doubt that users who
write about a product, whether in praise or rejection of it, would really write
about it again and again…) when there is a posting, it stays on the board, so
if you really want to find it, it will be saved in an archive - there is no
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A friend of mine sells Mary Kay and I have tried some of their products. The
one product I highly recommend is The Clarifying Mask. I chose the Formula 3
version because I have very oily/combination skin and love it because it
cleans your pores as well as exfoliates dead skin cells. (Without any harsh
scrubs to make your skin even redder!)

Also: Their "Satin Hands" hand cream is wonderful. It’s not greasy and
really helps if you have dry hands/cuticles. I have to wash mine a lot
because of my line of work and it is the best I’ve ever tried. (And I’ve
tried many!)

The best facial wash I’ve found so far is Neutrogena Fresh Foaming Cleanser.
It has no Salycic Acid or Benzyol Peroxide and is gentle. A good natural one
is Aubrey Natural Herbal Facial Cleanser. It comes in 3 types: Oily, Dry and
Combination. I bought #3.
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Trudi

Why are you yelling at her? There are several others who have put down the same
information with the same website when replying to others. This is a place to
help people, and if the stuff works, put it down. I just saw TONS of posts for
Mary Kay products, which contain animal by-products, but it works for someone
now so they put it down.

You and a few others are the only ones left on this board complaining about your
skin, still, saying you have tried everything. Well, maybe it is time you tried
something else.

Don’t be so hasty and judgemental about others.

Jessica

PLEASE STOP SELLING TO US
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