You shouldn't have to be "brave" to go for a treatment. Accutane is very serious stuff that shouldn't be gratiously promoted just like that. I would only take it on the recommendation of a dermatologist, not from a forum like this.
How I cured my acne
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Sadly, modern research has shown that foods have little to no impact on the presence of acne. Foods do affect the quality of your body and therefore the quality of your skin. Acne, or comedones, form when bacteria, which are naturally present on your skin, become trapped in a pore or enter through some fissure in the skin. These bacteria feed on your dead skin cells, so changing your diet has little impact on their activity, and trigger an immune response which causes your white blood cells to attack (pus). Products like accutane, which is an extremely potent form of vitamin A, work by decreasing the production of sebum, while greatly increasing cellular regeneration. Unfortunately, the particular form of vitamin A that is used for accutane can be dangerous. People with relatively milder forms of acne can get a lot of the same results from topical applications of vitamin A as retinol, retinoic acid, or other similar products contain "retin...". You should avoid any strong exposure to sunlight without a broad-spectrum sunscreen, but I recommend that everyone wears sunscreen anyway.
To be so important, skin is so commonly misunderstood. I recommend treating your skin gently and learn to recognize what your skin is trying to tell you. For example, your skin responds to overly warm environments with sebum, its natural oil. This oil covers your skin to prevent it from drying, and consequently forming cracks, and also makes your skin slightly acidic to keep the bacteria at safe levels. When people wash their faces with hot water, take hot showers, and use powerful soaps which strip away their skin's protective oils, they give the bacteria on their skin a free pass to enter. The best thing to do for your skin is cleanse with a gentle cleanser, use a non-alcohol based toner, and use a light moisturizer preferably with a built in sunscreen. Once to twice a week, do a gentle exfoliation (for most people, walnut shell powder and apricot scrubs are too much). If your skin feels tight, dry, or irritated, then you know you've done a little too much. Listen to and trust your skin.. you really have no closer partner in life
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To be so important, skin is so commonly misunderstood. I recommend treating your skin gently and learn to recognize what your skin is trying to tell you. For example, your skin responds to overly warm environments with sebum, its natural oil. This oil covers your skin to prevent it from drying, and consequently forming cracks, and also makes your skin slightly acidic to keep the bacteria at safe levels. When people wash their faces with hot water, take hot showers, and use powerful soaps which strip away their skin's protective oils, they give the bacteria on their skin a free pass to enter. The best thing to do for your skin is cleanse with a gentle cleanser, use a non-alcohol based toner, and use a light moisturizer preferably with a built in sunscreen. Once to twice a week, do a gentle exfoliation (for most people, walnut shell powder and apricot scrubs are too much). If your skin feels tight, dry, or irritated, then you know you've done a little too much. Listen to and trust your skin.. you really have no closer partner in life
Sadly, modern research has shown that foods have little to no impact on the presence of acne. Foods do affect the quality of your body and therefore the quality of your skin. Acne, or comedones, form when bacteria, which are naturally present on your skin, become trapped in a pore or enter through some fissure in the skin. These bacteria feed on your dead skin cells, so changing your diet has little impact on their activity, and trigger an immune response which causes your white blood cells to attack (pus). Products like accutane, which is an extremely potent form of vitamin A, work by decreasing the production of sebum, while greatly increasing cellular regeneration. Unfortunately, the particular form of vitamin A that is used for accutane can be dangerous. People with relatively milder forms of acne can get a lot of the same results from topical applications of vitamin A as retinol, retinoic acid, or other similar products contain "retin...". You should avoid any strong exposure to sunlight without a broad-spectrum sunscreen, but I recommend that everyone wears sunscreen anyway.
To be so important, skin is so commonly misunderstood. I recommend treating your skin gently and learn to recognize what your skin is trying to tell you. For example, your skin responds to overly warm environments with sebum, its natural oil. This oil covers your skin to prevent it from drying, and consequently forming cracks, and also makes your skin slightly acidic to keep the bacteria at safe levels. When people wash their faces with hot water, take hot showers, and use powerful soaps which strip away their skin's protective oils, they give the bacteria on their skin a free pass to enter. The best thing to do for your skin is cleanse with a gentle cleanser, use a non-alcohol based toner, and use a light moisturizer preferably with a built in sunscreen. Once to twice a week, do a gentle exfoliation (for most people, walnut shell powder and apricot scrubs are too much). If your skin feels tight, dry, or irritated, then you know you've done a little too much. Listen to and trust your skin.. you really have no closer partner in life.![]()
Unfortunately Dermatologists won't tell us the truth and they have an annual convention and stuff like that coming with a new trend in skincare blah blah blah...
Dermatologists I have to say should be opportunistic. They will lose their job if junk foods, inorganic foods and Mc Donalds were not invented. In fact I notice pimple breakouts during prolonged exposure to cellphones, pc, television. Everytime I eat peanuts I always get breakouts the next day and get oily skin instantly. How can you explain this?
Also everytime a lizard stares at me. I get a huge painful whitehead the next day. So I hated lizards and I casts them away everytime I see them. How can you explain this?
When it comes to food. Some people are alergic to oysters and peanuts and will get either pimples, or swollen lips just like my Mama everytime she eats oysters and seafoods and she really looked so funny. I can't help but laugh at her. ;-)
We don't need a 110% evidence that our skin imperfections are caused by our unhealthy lifestyle. Dermatologist don't like to admit that but we all know where we get our pimples and nobody knows our body better than us.
Just like if you wear the wrong dress or shoes then you will see the result of it afterwards. So start eating right and avoid or seldomly eat what causes your confidence downful...
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This is a very good thread, I really hope the mods make this a sticky one. Yes I agree going for accutane is NOT THE BEST solution. Do you know how many suicide deaths are there already due to accutane? Acne itself is not going to kill, if you want choose a treatment that will endangered your life, than I have nothing to say.
Anyway, dermatologists are liars. Acne has everything got to do with diet.
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Anyway, dermatologists are liars. Acne has everything got to do with diet.
I mean that acne cannot be cured the same way you cannot "cure" being fat. You have to do steps to maintain your skin, the same way you need to control your diet to maintain your weight. One too many cheeseburgers and your on your way to your "fat" pants!
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