http://www.acnemagazine.com All About Acne and How to Treat This Skin Condition Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:40:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, it's no surprise that a lot of people who have prescription to drugs share their prescriptions with others.  How many times have you heard of someone "borrowing" a few prescription pain pills, or muscle relaxants, or even sometimes something like an antidepressant of anti anxiety pill, especially one that ... http://www.acnemagazine.com/2008/07/04/people-sharing-acne-meds-with-others/ Going back to the days when there were fewer cosmetic choices, and there seemed to be a lot of common "no no" ingredients in the cosmetics we had to use as teens (at least I'm speaking for myself, maybe I'm the oldest one here though:), whereas today there is such ... http://www.acnemagazine.com/2008/07/01/be-careful-for-mineral-oil-in-cosmetics/ Hey, before I go into this fairly short one about cover up and which kind I feel works best for covering up old acne scars or fading acne redness, I just wanted to remind readers that if they choose to post a comment, please make it respectful of other readers ... http://www.acnemagazine.com/2008/06/28/cover-up-stick-vs-cream/ Well, let me clarify the title of this one.  I've said over and over again how I can only drink very little caffeinated coffee or any other highly caffeinated beverage without getting a breakout.  I am especially susceptible to breakouts when drinking the high octane ones like Starbucks brews that ... http://www.acnemagazine.com/2008/06/24/coffee-caffeinated-bad-for-acne-good-for-health/ We know that smoking cigarettes, and any other smokeable substance is not a good thing for our health.  In fact, it can cause a number of leading health issues that we see here in the US, or at least contribute heavily to them.   Smoking is definitely not something that "healthy" ... http://www.acnemagazine.com/2008/06/21/smoking-and-your-skin/ If you're reading this blog, chances are you have pretty oily skin! Not that that's a bad thing. Heck, it probably means you're going to age a lot more gracefully than some of those people who's skin you secretly coveted as a child, who never got a zit because their ... http://www.acnemagazine.com/2008/06/18/keep-those-oil-blotters-handy/ It's summer time again, or at least darn close to it in most places, and that means something that us women hate - or maybe I'm only speaking for myself, but I doubt it.  It means way more leg shaving.  And that takes time, and lots of shaving cream or ... http://www.acnemagazine.com/2008/06/15/ever-get-an-acne-like-razor-bump/ A customer posted this as a comment on a product I had never heard of called Environ.  For more acne product reviews see Acne Treatment Reviews page, as it looks like this product may have limited availability by the sound of it. Hi, I’m from Australia and am using a product from ... http://www.acnemagazine.com/2008/06/11/customer-talks-about-environ-acne-treatment/ I was reading about a scrub that is used by Greek women (at least it was a trend that was started by Greek women as I understand it), and wondered if it might be more beneficial or harmful to people with acne prone skin or acne rosacea or rosacea prone skin, ... http://www.acnemagazine.com/2008/06/08/sugar-and-lemon-facial-scrub/ Someone had written and asked about the L'Oreal Sublime self tanner and whether it was safe for people like us (people who have acne) - in other words, whether it was comedogenic (pore clogging).  I advised her it was not pore clogging for me.  See the question and answer below ... http://www.acnemagazine.com/2008/06/05/loreal-sublime-tanner-question/