Tweet People, young and old, who suffer from acne or problem skin, tend to usually ask this question if they’ve tried a few things for their skin to help clear it up and nothing seems to be working. The short answer is, when a few other options that are alternative and natural in nature and lifestyle change oriented, have been attempted by individuals with acne prone skin, then they probably should go seek a professional dermatologist’s evaluation and opinion on what should work for their skin. I went to a dermatologist for the first time when I was about...
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Omega 3 Fish Oil and Your Skin
Tweet It’s no secret by now that foods that are rich in omega 3 fatty acids, which are found most richly in these commonly eaten foods, almonds, fish, avocados and flax seeds, and of course more, but these are the most well known especially giving credit to the glut of good press these foods have gotten, help us in numerous ways when it comes to our general health. Not only are omega 3′s protective for the heart because of their ability to help reduce harmful cholesterols and other fats from clogging the blood stream and reaching the veins and...
Buf Puf : Good for Buffing Acne Prone Skin?
Tweet So, I just got reaquainted with a good old beauty stand by from the eighties and nineties. My old friend, the Buf Puf. If you’re a little too young to remember this piece of marketing genius, it’s just an exfoliating sponge that you swipe over your face to either use to get a deeper cleansing with your facial cleanser, although I never used it this way because I found that too drying, or, like I use it, you can use it after you’ve washed and your skin is still wet. I like to use it then, because it’s...
B Vitamins as Acne Treatment
Tweet I have read a lot in the past about using various B vitamins to help treat acne vulgaris. The only problem is that everywhere I look, they are telling me that it’s a different B vitamin you should use to treat acne. Most commonly, I found it was vitamin B5, but I also found other places saying that it’s B12 and even B1 that you should use, not B5. So, I wondered, has anyone out there had true success, and not had any negative side effective by dosing up on B vitamins to help treat their acne? Of...
Maltitol Sweetener in Skin Care Products
Tweet I wrote in the last post about how I looked at the ingredients in a skin care product designed for acne prone skin, and it contained maltitol. This confused me since I’m only used to seeing maltitol as a sugar alcohol (sugar substitute) sweetener in mostly diet and low carb processed foods, and things like sugar free ice cream, candies and gum. And by the way, I also mentioned that eating anything with this ingredient in it happens to give me terrible gas pains, so I try to stay away from it, that’s why I’m so keenly aware...
Boscia Clear Complexion Kit Questions
Tweet I received a question from a new reader (we love those, keep them coming!) about whether or not we had reviewed the Boscia Clear Complexion Kit yet. I have not tried this product, and to be honest, had not heard about it until now since there is such a wide plethora of acne treatment products on the market today, so I cannot offer a true assessment of it, but I did look it up and the ingredients are conducive to clear, yet moisturized skin. The only ingredient that puzzled me was the maltitol, which I’ve only ever seen...
How Important is Your Cleanser?
Tweet I used to think that your skin cleanser didn’t matter so much because it seemed that every cleanser I had dried my face out and actually irritated my festering acne sores even more, to the point where they would scab and crust over numerous times before they finally gave in and healed into a nice, pale, red scar. However, what I didn’t realize at that time was that I was just washing my face for too long, allowing the lather to set on my face for far too long, because I thought that would make my skin problems...
Smart Cover Concealer to the Stars?
Tweet I came across this cover up makeup that is supposedly cinema quality (in other words, it covers up blemishes well enough for them to become virtually imperceptible when actors and actresses are on the camera, which is a hard feat to accomplish without having them show through at all), called Smart Cover. I was on the website searching around to get some more information on pricing, testimonials, what it is and how it works and all that good stuff, and the site kept crashing on me, which was a bit annoying, but I have to admit, I was...
The Difference Your Diet Makes
Tweet I, for one, believe that your diet makes a huge difference in the appearance of your skin. However, I do think that acne is sometimes a different animal, and if you have tons of hormonal issues at your back pushing you into having acne prone skin, then it is much more difficult to battle these issues strictly with diet alone. When you have deeply hormonally based acne, you really do need to treat it on all fronts. That means you need to be able to take either an internal medication or something like an herbal acne supplement to...
If It’s Not Your Face, It’s Your Back?
Tweet I have a rather bizarre observation to share with you about how my acne sometimes will alternate places. This happened especially when I was suffering from acne badly just when I was a teen and in my twenties, and it still will occasionally happen to me today when the ol’ stressors start to wear on my skin. Stress is my biggest acne trigger, by far today. I would say my biggest triggers for acne to this day are, number one stress and anxiety about particular events or about some particular situation or quandary, and number two, from stimulants...
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