I thought it might be useful for this blog, as well as another blog I run on beauty advice, so I am going to post my review on the product after I have used it for long enough of a time to gauge it’s effects on the couple of scars, including a surgery scar I have where some skin was removed from my upper thigh to help remove a birthmark and skin graft it on my leg, but I thought you guys might also be interested to see if it works on acne scars that are still hyperpigmented. I have one that I plan on trying that out with, so I’ll let you guys know how it works.

As you know, there are some great naturally derived products for acne scarring today that I recommend, and who knows, this may be one to add to the list!  I’ll keep you posted, but it likely will be a few weeks until you see anything further on this discussion.

Many women have experienced the improvement that being on certain birth control pills can provide in their acne problems. A lot of the birth control pills on the market are estrogen-dominant, which means that they naturally lower the testosterone (male hormones, or androgens) in the body. This means that the likelihood of acne decreases, since androgens are actually the base cause behind most cases of acne vulgaris. Acne is, after all, a hormone-based skin care problem.

The more balanced your hormones are, which can happen many times on women who have unbalanced hormones, then go on the pill, because they are imbalanced to begin with, the less likely it is that acne will form on your face. Excess androgens, or testosterone, will force the body to create more sebum (oil), which collects and traps dirt and bacteria, which creates whiteheads, blackheads – well, you know the drill.

Women who have been on the pill for years and years, which is the woman’s situation that wrote in, may actually experience a surge in their acne, even if they are in their forties when they come off the pill. Why? Because sometimes the effects and benefits of the pill aren’t even realized until one takes themselves off the pill. They may not even know they had a pre existing overload of testosterone before because they’d been on the pill for so long, but once they come off, here comes the acne.

Being on the pill for years and years is not supposed to be good for you, so I’ve heard. Then I’ve also heard there may be some protective benefits of the pill, no matter what you believe, there are some natural hormonal acne solutions that you can try as well that will try to sync up your hormones to healthy, non acne conducive levels.

Well, to make a long story short to that end, he ended up falling on his bum several times, and I had to struggle to hold back the snickers that I inevitably felt looming, that all aside, we both had a great time, and some solid, quality spousal bonding time!

One of the things I noticed on the rink was how dry the air was. Of course, they probably have to keep the humidity dramatically pared back on the ice rink since the ice has to stay as firmly frozen as possible, and the mere fact that it’s basically man made ice makes the surrounding environment very dry and very cold.

We weren’t cold though, because we were getting so much exercising skating and er, falling I guess, but nonetheless, I noticed that after the two hours on the open skate out on the ice, we had chapped hands, chapped lips, and my skin looked like I had aged a couple years because it was so dried out from not only the dry environment but the lack of water I had taken in to my body over the last two hours, that my crows feet looked more noticeable, and my skin just looked more sunken.

That goes to show you how important moisture is to your skin, inside and out, no matter if you have acne or not, especially if, like me, you have maturing skin that has seen some days on it. We were both really parched, probably from a combination of being nervous about falling and the zillions of tiny kids that seemed to be weaving in and out of everyone, causing people to crash, wobble and flail in attempts not to fall into a pile on top of the poor little kids, and the dry environment.

We literally couldn’t stop drinking water for like three hours after our adventure. And guess what? As soon as I rehydrated and also put some of my trusty moisturizer on my face, my face was back to looking “plumped out” and more firm, with less noticeable flaws – much more healthy! Moisturization and internal hydration are SO important to your skin, I can’t drive that point home enough!

Acne, out of the top five skin disorders, is still the most common skin condition that is seen by dermatologists. Although we have some great alternative acne treatments at our disposal, there are also some medical ones that can work, like blue light therapy, certain laser therapies, and other topical treatments, and of course there are medications, which I’m a little more opposed to only because they are mostly either controversial in their safety, or they are antibiotic in nature, and taking antibiotics over a long period of time, I believe, it very detrimental to your health.

So, what are the other skin disorders that hold top court along with acne? They are as the order follows, after acne : eczema, seborrheic dermatitis, skin cancer and psoriasis. You may even have one of these in conjunction with acne, as some of them are also inflammatory in nature, as so many skin conditions are.

Psoriasis is a skin disorder that can appear on the skin or on the scalp, and of course skin cancer has become more prevalent since our sun’s protective ozone layer has worn away with the ravages of environmental pollutants and other conditions, and of course, because of the advent of the tanning bed and young girls going out and getting burnt in them over and over.

The most common type of skin cancer, and luckily the most treatable, is still basal cell carcinoma, which is one that I’ve gotten removed a couple of times out of safety precautions. To avoid basal cell carcinoma, avoid direct, prolonged sunlight, and use sunscreen as often as you can.

She also happens to have skin that can look bad at times. I’ve known women like this actually, which is why I think that dieting pills and drinking copious amounts of coffee or other caffeinated drinks to stave off hunger, which is what a lot of avid, extreme dieters do, I’ve seen it in action, contribute greatly to making your skin look bad. It can also contribute to the appearance and severity of rosacea.

Many times people who resort to these sorts of dieting methods look somewhat dehydrated, which makes them look more sunken, and can age the face. Also, they may have small bumps allover their face, because caffeine and stimulants cause a rough texture to appear on the face, I’ve seen that in action on myself over and over when I’m starting to need caffeine to get me through my day, so I can personally attest to the roughness factor.

I actually also had an aquaintence a while ago who had gorgeous, olive toned skin thanks to her heritage. She also happened to drink almost a whole pot of coffee every single day, and this made her skin look rough. While overall, she still had avoided a lot of the signs of aging thanks to her genetics, she still had that roughness that was telltale on her cheeks, forehead and chin, that was probably a direct result of both dieting and drinking tons of coffee to keep herself thin.

So, if you’re dieting, or you are interested in staying thin or at a healthy and comfortable weight for your self, it’s probably a good idea to try to do it without the help of too many stimulants and caffeinated products. After all, you’re sort of defeating the purpose of looking better if you’re poisoning your skin in order to stay skinny.

More specifically, what I’m tired of in the winter is how drab my complexion looks. I don’t really bother as much with the self tanners for my face, and I certainly never expose my skin to a tanning bed on my face, so I would only ever self tan, but somehow in the winter this escapes me. I forget what a nice, healthy glow this can add to your complexion, so I’m starting to put it on my face about once a week at night after I’ve exfoliated and washed.

Just a light little layer is enough to add that glow and warmth to the skin, and also it’s a great camouflage for skin imperfection. I love putting it on because it makes the skin seem more luminous and young, and it hides my fine lines as well. I get more compliments on my complexion when I have a self tanner on my face.

I also make sure that I apply the self tanner to my neck and behind my neck, as well as behind my ears, so that there is complete coverage, and no dead giveaway line that shows my secret that it’s a self tanner and not just a naturally great healthy glow. You can use self tanners in the winter, just make sure they are non pore clogging so that you maintain clear, clean pores to reduce incidents of breakouts on your face.

I have no problems with my self tanner that I’m using now, which happens to be the spray one by Neutrogena. It’s totally noncomedogenic and it works great at giving you that natural glow. I apply it with a makeup application pad to make the blending easier, and to ensure I don’t need to wash my hands afterwards to get the brown off.

It may be on their back or chest usually , the two most common areas besides the face to have acne because of where and how many oil glands there are in these areas and how they react and collect dust, sweat an oil.

There are some products though, that are made especially for body acne that help to gently cleanse the pores and keep further acne breakouts from occurring.

Many of these products are body washes, which I think is the best way, rather than using a soap lathering bar, to deeply penetrate and lather adequately to clear away all debris and oil that causes body acne, as well as to effectively deposit acne fighting ingredients such as salicylic acid and benzoyl peroxide deep into the skin so that you won’t suffer too many acne breakouts in the future.

Body acne can be incredibly embarrassing, especially in the summer when we tend to strip down to the bare minimum for clothing and things like racer back tank tops and bikinis become more of the norm for clothing.

Not only that, but a lot of people with severe body acne complain that sometimes it may even prevent them from getting intimate with someone for fear their body acne will be discovered. Now, I know this is a pretty severe case, but anything that causes that severe of duress needs to be addressed. Luckily, body acne is treatable, and often times it just takes the right practices and the right products to get results in clearing this embarrassing acne away.

However, there are other ingredients that will also infuse your skin with that coveted natural dewiness that usually are an indicator of youth and vibrance, but of course, they are also an indicator of a healthy body and healthy skin, so eating right is vital if you want your skin to look it’s very best from the inside out. See a great skin care vitamin here for more info on that.

Well, one of the other ingredients that I like in my skin care products is kind of a weird one to find in skin care, but Aveeno has been using them quite abundantly in their skin care line, and they’re very popular because they’re very mild and anti allergen, and they also happen to make your skin look very good. They also have a high SPF in them, 15 to 30 depending on the product, which is awesome because many day creams don’t offer sun protection, and they also tend to irritate the skin if they do.

Soy is a great ingredient to help blend the skin tone better and bring out the natural glow because of it’s naturally polishing and antioxidant values. With continued use, it can really make a difference in the texture and tone of your skin and give it that all around natural glow you’re looking for as well. Another good thing is that soy skin care products usually aren’t outrageously expensive because soy is such an easily made ingredient, and it is grown right here in the US with manufacturers having easy access to it, so it’s cheap to make.

For example, I indulge in chocolate about once a week .Sure, sometimes I go a little nuts and over do it and end up sugar bombing out, but I know how bad I feel and how my skin reacts when I do that, so I’ve really cut those chocolate and sugar pig outs down to a minimum now.

I remember when I was younger, I could probably have easily downed a whole quart of chocolate ice cream, but now that I’m a little older, my sweet tooth and my overeating gene have kind of taken a back seat to common sense.

Valentines Day is a huge chocolate time for me. My husband knows that all I want for V Day is chocolate. I tell him not even to bother with anything else. No, I don’t even want a fancy dinner and a bottle of wine or flowers, I really just want some of the best chocolate I can get my hands on, something really decadent, like chocolate covered strawberries or pretzels, or turtles from one of my favorite chocolatiers around here, Malleys chocolates.

As long as I get some chocolate to pig out on, it’s all good from there on V Day. What do you think – are you guys gonna get some chocolate from your special one on V Day?

Acne is, after all, a form of inflammation and irritation, and Chinese medicine practice is to treat what they term as “internal heat” by using a “cooling” herb or natural remedy to counter the internal heat caused by raging hormones, free radicals that are roaming rampant, destroying healthy skin cells and taking precedent over the good skin cells.

And then there are also other potential deficiencies in the body, such as zinc deficiencies or other vitamin or mineral deficiencies that have been determined to be a possible reason or contributing factor to the continuation and formation of acne vulgaris.

Herbal acne remedies are usually seeked out by those that have either already tried traditional “medical” acne treatments like tetracylcine or a variety of other antibiotics (which I personally am against, being on long term antibiotics is not good for the body), Accutane, erythromycin, Retin-A and other topical acne treatments as well as medications taken orally, or they don’t want to go down the medical road, and would like to try to holistically (naturally) treat their acne with herbal acne remedies instead.

Whatever your reasons may be for searching for alternative methods to treating your acne without traditional medications or straining visits to the dermatologist, you should know that there are some excellent alternatives that qualify as “herbal remedies” in that they use a base of plant-derived nutrients and therapeutic herbs in their formulas as a means to target the causes of acne internally.

As a teenager, the internet was not really available, so I didn’t have the resources to do the right research and find a good herbal acne remedy, so I was relinquished to going to the dermatologists office over and over again after nothing worked correctly and got rid of the acne for me. My parents wasted hundreds of dollars.

I was first prescribed an antibiotic called Tetracylcine, and that made my skin extremely photosensitive (sensitive and susceptible to sunlight and sunburn), and it also would render a birth control pill ineffective.

There are also long term consequences to taking antibiotics for a long time. There has been much speculation that taking antibiotics long term may even promote breast cancer later on in life, among other health issues it is suspect in having a part of.

I was also prescribed numerous topical remedies, including Retin-A, which just dried my skin out so bad it would chafe and bleed in the winter. I still didn’t have clear skin.

Now, with the offerings of superios products in the realm of herbal acne supplements, like the one we discuss here nonstop, which I used successfully for a course of six months a while ago, and have had minimal issues with my (now) adult acne since, young people and older people with acne have some serious alternatives that work for getting rid of acne. It’s just a matter of finding what works for you.