Tweet Although there does seem to be some connection between a person’s blood lines (genetics) and whether they are or are not prone to getting acne, there are no clear cut definitive answers as to whether acne is definitely a genetic trait or not, because there hasn’t been a specific gene difference discovered yet for this. I can tell you that for me personally, my mother never had acne really and my sister did not either. My dad said he used to get acne when he was in his teens, but none of them had it as severe as...
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Acne Again From a Diet Pill!
Tweet You’d think I learned my lesson by now, but apparently I haven’t. At least not totally. I guess I have to make my way down a product specific list of supplements, drinks and foods to avoid before I actually learn that there are certain entire categories of foods, drinks and supplements that I simply cannot put in my mouth without disaster striking my complexion. One of those items is ANY diet pill with a stimulant in it. That include the green tea supplements unfortunately. I thought that maybe since green tea also has some antioxidant effects, I could...
You Are What You Eat, and So Is Your Skin
Tweet If there was ever any proof that your skin reflects on the outside what’s going on inside your body, it’s the fact that you can see the differences in your skin when you are eating right, getting plenty of wholesome, healthy foods, and when you are eating totally wrong, as in lots of high fat, greasy, sweet sugary and processed foods. I know I can certainly tell when I’m eating healthy just by looking at the mirror and seeing what my skin is doing. If I’m eating a lot of refined sugars and processed foods, my skin tends...
Mineral Oil Very Irritating to Acne
Tweet People often question me about what ingredients are the worst when it comes to aggravating and further worsening their acne problem. While I always caution against not using moisturizing agents on the face and overdrying the face as conventional wisdom sometimes dictates to do with acne, there is one ingredient that is in some moisturizers and definitely is in quite a few foundation products that usually does aggravate acne and clog the pores, especially if it’s one of the main ingredients. The way you can tell if something is one of the main (highest concentration) ingredients in a...
Forehead Acne Causes
Tweet A lot of us break out in those tiny, little, but abundant bumps on our forehead periodically. Lots of times this forehead acne is not really hormonal and huge, but it’s more of the pesky smaller and concentrated acne that looks somewhat like a rash and is easily visible in natural light. Because it’s not extremely inflammatory like the larger zits are that you might see pop up on your chin or around your nose, which hurt to the touch and take weeks sometimes to heal, it is somewhat easier to treat this type of bumpy, annoying acne,...
Tanning Beds are Indeed Dangerous to Skin and Health
Tweet Well, in an obvious, but long studied conclusion, tanning beds have finally been added to a list of “definite cancer causing agents”. This is something that your dermatologist has always preached, but that tanning bed companies will vehemently deny, insisting that as long as their beds are used responsibly, they do not add any risk to you developing skin cancer. Well, I definitely have always thought they are dangerous, and I even baked myself in them over and over, trying futilly to get my pale white irish skin to take on the sheen and dark glow of those...
Maca Root a Good Alternative to Acne Causing Caffeine?
Tweet With how much we’ve talked about the effects of caffeine on your skin, specifically in regards to increasing your pore size and causing acne to come to the surface, you know that I’m always on the prowl for products and natural supplements that may be a good alternative to caffeine loaded drinks and products for energy enhancement. If you’re like me and you work long hours and long weeks, and even when you get home you’re still working on one thing or another, you like to have the energy to carry you through so you can be a...
How Important is Skin Hydration?
Tweet There is so much emphasis on hydrating your skin from the outside, using the best wrinkle skin care creams, serums and emollients, and just straight up moisturizers, that we often forget that we also have to hydrate our skin (and our organs) from the inside, using water instead of things like juice, soda and sweet drinks. The amount of water you drink actually directly affects how your skin looks. I’ve even noticed that when I’m dehydrated, which happens easily since I’m a constantly thirsty person, my skin actually looks less firm, and my wrinkles start to show a...
Wear Sunblock on Overcast Days Too
Tweet When we recently went to a wedding where I was literally only outdoors in the daylight for twenty minutes and had forgotten to apply my sunblock that day, instead only applying a regular lotion and then my SPF foundation, which apparently isn’t enough to prevent sunburn, I learned that you really have to be dilligent in applying your sunscreen, especially to your face, every single day. Even if it’s the dead of winter, your skin on your face is still exposed to the burning rays of the sun, and it’s still getting sun damage, even when it feels...
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