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Hi Everyone! I'm new here and I'm glad I found this support forum. I have had Acne since I was 24 years old and I just turned 30. Up until I was 24 I had pretty flawless skin. I won't launch into my whole story just yet...just to say that it gradually got worse and worse..but started with huge cystic Acne then I went to the dermatologist and she prescribed stuff that seem to make it worse. After that I avoided dermatologist and tried to heal myself. I drove myself crazy trying to cut everything out of my diet in order to try and heal myself. At one point I barely weighed in at 100lbs but not because I was trying to lose weight..but because I was trying desperately to cure myself by eating only raw veggies, oatmeal and green tea. When I met my husband when I was 27 years old my Acne seemed to be going away..the only thing I can think I did differently was eat oatmeal every morning and drink lots of green tea and NO coffee.
I was starting to feel more confident and more like myself again. Then last year I got pregnant with my daughter and the acne reared it's ugly head again ..this time it left horrible scars. My cheeks are filled with pitted scars and red dots. It's so depressing. My daughter is now 10.5 months old and I feel so ugly. It's so depressing..at times I don't want to leave the house and more and more I find myself giving my friends excuses as to why I can't go to their parties or what not. I find myself withdrawing socially and feeling depressed and anxious. People use to tell me I was beautiful..and now all I get are looks of pity or people staring at me like they've never seen anything so horrific..I even dread interactions with small children because I've had at least 4 small children on different ocassions ask me or their mother's "what's wrong with her face?". It's a nightmare...
Just recently I started reading the Clear Skin Diet and decided to up my intake of Omega 3's, probiotics and stop eating sugar, wheat, gluten, junk food..etc. I'm hoping this will help.
I just wondered if anyone else has experienced the psychological toll that I have with acne? All my relationships are suffering because of it..even my husband gets really irritated with me because I just want to stay home and hide in my house. It always is in the back of my mind and I can hardly stand to look in the mirror. I want more than anything to feel "normal" and beautiful again..to feel radiant and healthy. I totally avoid going on facebook because just seeing normal people post pics of themselves with their flawless skin makes me feel angry and jealous..I want to not hide from the camera! I want to want to post pics of myself with my daughter...ugh..I'm sorry this is so long..I just really don't know who to talk to! All the people I know have perfect skin..I"m the only person I know with this awful disease. Please...help me.
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- Some ideas uchihaMadara
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This is a reply to # 1,944,224What do you think about reducing inflammation in the body and supplying some food-based supplements?
Some important nutrients are Vitamins A, Bs, C, and E, Zinc, Magnesium, Selenium, plus the Omega 3's that you mentioned are important. Sulfur rich foods is another idea.
This site has some general ideas: http://www.botanical-online.com/acnediet.htm
I don't agree with NOT taking iodine/iodide, but it may make Acne worse due to how iodine/iodide works in the body. It's something to consider after the skin starts to clear and heal.
As a suggestion, MegaFoods has an Iron free one a day whole food multivitamin. If you can find something similar, it might work better than synthetics.
For the fat soluble whole food vitamins, a suggestion is Garden of Life's Raw Vitamin E complex, unless you can find something better. Another suggestion is Toco-8. Again, you're free to chose what you want, but most Vitamin E in stores is not whole. E is a complex. New Chapter has a selenium/E food complex as well.
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- Re: Some ideas iheartgreentea
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MoreThis is a reply to # 1,944,252Hi! Thank you so much for your advice!
Yes, I've been reading the Clear Skin Diet book and it mentions eating lots of veggies, whole grains (I"m doing gluten free) NO dairy NO Sugar and also supplementing with the vitamins you mentioned. I got a liquid Iodized zinc supplement but made the mistake of getting a 50mg a dose bottle which is actually an overdose! Ugh..it's so frustrating trying to find the right types/dosages and qualities of vitamins..you can almost end up doing more harm than good..I think that leads to feeling overwhelmed and depressed at times. :(
But yes..My next goal is to include a whole foods vitamin supplement with all the vitamins A, B's, C,..etc.
I will also look into the E and selenium one since I could be low on selenium as well.
I"m also looking at doing a bowel cleanse, Liver Flush and parasite cleanse.
There is just so much to do...and NOT do..It's hard not to feel overwhelmed..- Re: Some ideas uchihaMadara
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This is a reply to # 1,944,376Yeh, overwhelming is a good term.
If I were you, I'd look at food allergies /sensitivities too. Save up and ask a doc for a blood test for numerous common food allergies .
Anything else in your environment that could be affecting you negatively? Something in the water? A cleanser your using? Detergent for clothes? Deodorant ingredient? I've moved away from aluminum based ones and avoid stuff like Baking Powder, unlike Baking Soda, it contains aluminum. Fluoride is a potential Acne instigator, even posted on Natural News site here: http://www.naturalnews.com/031554_fluoride_acne.html
Fluoride is in the water, most toothpastes, and most processed foods. Many pesticides use a fluoride base. Commercial chicken is more than likely packed with fluoride. Can you guess already if soda pop has it? :)
I'd avoid whole grains as much as processed grains, it's probably made with fluoride and spikes sugar/insulin in the blood the same. Look at commonly sprayed whole foods and buy them organic, if possible. Apples, celery, and strawberries come to mind as high pesticide foods. I personally do lower carbs than in the past and more veggies/fruits and meats. Meats a big one too. Get mostly organic as possible and pasture fed. If you tolerate eggs, get organic, pasture fed eggs. A lot of stores have organic, grain/vegetarian fed eggs. Probably better, but chickens need to run around and eat bugs/worms/etc, not grains constantly.
I met a local lady that does colonics. It's pretty much sterile water in the colon that flushes old junk out. She gives patients/clients probiotics and complexed Vitamin C post colonics. Reading the old Ask Andreas Forum when he was more active, I infer that a colonic is best first. Then a flush, if you decide that's best. If I were you, I'd do colonics then wait to see how I feel. Then prepare for a flush and understand the proper way to do it. Then, perhaps, a parasite cleanse.
Here's an old post of his: //www.curezone.org/forums/fm.asp?i=494968
I had Acne when I first drank processed, pasteurized Milk. Iodine initially caused an outbreak for a while, but it went away. Garbage/hydrogenated/partially hydrogenated/rancid oils can cause inflammatory response and cause acne. I had a slice of pizza (horrid food) and it caused a small break around the mouth. Don't eat it anymore, but I'm giving you experience in the past ideas.
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- Re: Emotional support for Acne... GrandmaMc
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This is a reply to # 1,944,224SKINCERITY:
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This is a reply to # 1,944,224I'm sorry to see you struggling so much with acne...I had it pretty bad when I was in high school, but it eventually went away...now I have "peeling lips" unfortunately which is even more embarrasing than having acne, check my site out http://www.cureforpeelinglips.com
...you aren't the only person in this world who is scared to look in the mirror I want you to know...there are a lot of us out there, each with something a little different, but equally difficult to deal with.
The only suggestion I have, which worked for me...is to become completely natural. I quit all of the Acne cleansers and everythning related to cleansing the body in the shower. I only use water in the shower now, unless it's burts bees natural body was and I only use that on my underarms once or twice a week to get the deoterant off (my deoterant is natural as well, toms of maine).
I don't know if you are using any of those cleansers that say they get rid of acne...they don't. They cause your body to produce more and more oil making Acne worse, causing you to buy more and more of their product, it's all a marketing scheme...try the water approach and continue your raw fruits and veggie diet, that's what I'm doing as well (only for a different reason, as well as to be healthy).
I also wanted to make a big suggestion and ask if you are going out in the sun a lot? Sun exposure really helps get rid of any Acne on your skin...when I had it back in high school I wasn't going out in the sun very much, however when I started going out in the sun and tanning the acne started disappearing...if that's an option please consider it if you haven't.
Those are my only suggestions, and hopefully they help...getting peace of mind is also important and being happy with yourself can cause your body to heal itself so much faster.
Good Luck! - Re: Emotional support for Acne... SillyLily
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This is a reply to # 1,944,224You sound just like me. I started getting pitted scarring more than 2 years ago. I still stay cramped up in the house most of the day. It's a nightmare. I'm sure my boyfriend is tired of it and may leave me, not because of my scars (or so I think), but because of my attitude towards them. I used to be so outgoing. I, too, despise going on Facebook and looking at pictures of people with flawless skin, and even old pictures of me. But last year, when I started a clean diet/took probiotics/exercised/got lots of fresh air and sunshine, my pitted scarring looked like they were healing on their own. DON'T LISTEN TO THE SITES THAT SAY PITTED SCARRING IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GET RID OF. You don't need that negativity. Stress, as you may know, also plays a big role on your skin. But after going on a course of Antibiotics again, my face exploded and looks about five times worse than it was. I honestly feel like a monster looking at my reflection sometimes, but I try to remember that I'm most likely my own worst critic. This time around my scars are not healing. Healing my scars would be top priority to me, however, it's my body's least of worries. Because of the Antibiotics , I now have SEVERE Candida, leaky gut, liver issues, most likely parasite issues etc. I have to find out how to heal my insides before my body can heal the outside.
By the way, for what it's worth, eating only raw would be one of the worst ideas for me. Too much work for my compromised digestive system.
Look into dermarolling later on. You would get the best results if you healed your insides first. I also have a makeup routine that makes my scarring tolerable enough to go out for a couple of hours (it took me awhile to somewhat perfect since most makeup only pronounces the scarring even more). I have loads to say on this subject as I have suffered from my pitted scarring for what seems like way too long, but I must go to sleep now.
Best wishes.
- Some ideas uchihaMadara
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