You may remember me- the person with the chronic severe skin problem. It has become so incredibly severe that I think I will have to end my life. There is simply no other way out of this unbearable misery. The burning and itching are so severe that it has literally driven me psychotic. My face, shoulders, back, legs, arms, chest, scalp, butt are covered in the most painful weeping, oozing, puss filled infection on top of skin that is as severely chapped and dehydrated as it can be. This looks like something out of a science fiction movie. I seriously don’t even look like I sho ...
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Seriously, what is it with all of this liver flush propaganda that you constantly post on the acne forum? Based upon my experience...Liver flushes DO NOT WORK. They have been 100% completely useless with my chronic skin problems and I have done countless flushes.   [End]
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When we say ”sugar”, are we talking about refined sugar or sugar how it naturally occurs? I think that this is a distinction that needs to be made. For instance, would natural sugars that I obtain from freshly juiced beets, carrots, apples, etc shorten my lifespan?   [End]
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Yes, I did read the message about Dr. Christopher and his herbs. Thanks for posting that. Maybe that will help with my scarring at some point.   [End]
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”Hygienists commonly believe (through experience and successful results) that skin eruptions and health problems of the skin (such as acne and seborrhea), arise from one cause.........and ONE cause only. Sometimes the body is unable to keep up with the process of elimination in our daily lives and for any number of reasons, and so becomes ”clogged” with varying degrees of ”waste” which can be both of an exogenous and endogenous origin. This results in toxemia.” The thing that gets me is, if there is only ONE cause of this, then why do people seem to get it around the same time (puber ...
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Hi Chris. Sorry for the late reply, haven’t been back in a while. No, I never did ask him if he had ever used fasting for someone with this specific set of symptoms that I have. I sent him a VERY detailed email message detailing my condition- symptoms, past treatments, herbs/supplements used, length of illness, etc. It was from this information that the office wrote back. They said that Dr. Fuhrman had read my email and that he did not feel that fasting would be of benefit in this case. So, I left it at that.   [End]
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Hi Tony. I have to completely agree with you about the nutrition aspect of this. I certainly do not think that this is an form of malnutrition because I absolutely flood my body with nutrients and have been for most of the last 10 years consistently. I have been juicing for years- fresh organic vegetables and fruits. I eat no refined sugar, no chemically-laden food, etc. I might have to disagree with you about detoxing though. I’m not sure that my issue is a matter of detoxing/cleansing as I have been cleansing and rebuilding for the past 6+ years. I have done countless (and I do ...
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Thank you everyone for your continued support and encouragement. Thank you also for being my arena to vent out all of my frustration. I definitely can’t keep this bottled up or it will drive me even crazier.   [End]
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Thanks Luella.   Yes, 10 years and a total of 28 doctors so far. Most of them have been alternative/naturopathic or integrative physicians.   Most have given up on me after seeing absolutely no change after months and months of treatment. They would usually say that I needed to be referred to someone else (ie, they couldn’t help me). Some came right out and told me that this is a genetic condition and will never go away.   I have focused on the gut-skin relationship for most of my healing journey.  I have taken just about every nutrient for candida, in ...
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My skin is so unbelievably bad right now. I am completely raw from head to toe, my face being the worst. It feels like someone poured gasoline on my face and lit it, the burning is so bad. It is oozing from every pour- clear thin liquid. I currently have about 50+ white head pustules covering my face as well along with large seborrheic patches that are incredibly inflamed. My face cracks and bleeds when I go to talk or eat. The skin is so chapped-like that slight movement cracks all of the skin around my mouth. There is a thick crust of dead skin on top of my face that is literally ...
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Unfortunately, none of the suggestions that you guys gave me have helped me at all so far although I do appreciate the help and advice. My skin is so unbelievably bad right now. I am completely raw from head to toe, my face being the worst. It feels like someone poured gasoline on my face and lit it, the burning is so bad. It is oozing from every pour- clear thin liquid. I currently have about 50+ white head pustules covering my face as well along with large seborrheic patches that are incredibly inflamed. My face cracks and bleeds when I go to talk or eat. The skin is so chapped- ...
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This is the source of my frustration. I am close to the point of having tried everything. The only thing left is for me to just accept being diseased and disfigured, but for some reason I just can’t accept that. I can’t accept trying soooo hard to be healthy and look like I am dying of some sort of flesh eating disease, while others could care less about their health and have no ills whatsoever- great energy, perfect skin, no scars, etc, etc... Like I said before.. life is a mystery that I will never understand.   [End]
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Hello Tony... I completely understand and I do very much appreciate all of your heartfelt advice. I certainly was by no means disparaging your diet advice, but I do apologize if I came across that way. I think that complete blood analysis is a good idea. I’ve had that done 3 or 4 times with different ND/integrative doctors. The last was Dr. Leo Galland. Nothing was found out of the ordinary. I went on to the lef website and saw the comprehensive blood analysis costs $891. Wow, there is absolutely no way in hades that I can afford that puppy. I guess I just have to keep fumb ...
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Glad to see that it has worked for you. You are a very luck person. I have spent years flushing. I’ve actually lost count. I’ve been eating a whole food diet for about 12 years now, ever since I first got my severe skin problems. Whole foods, raw organic fruits and vegetables, fresh pure water, liver flushing, colon cleansing, cleansing herbs.’ You name it, I’ve done it...a lot of it. Skin is as bad, if not worse than ever. What works for some DOES NOT work for others, period. I know that there are people that will argue against that all day long, but that is the truth.   [End]
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Hello Tony, Luella, Chrisb1 and everyone else Another one of my problems that I am experiencing is severe hair loss in the front of my scalp. This area also tends ITCH LIKE CRAZY and is covered is seborrheic cysts (well, my whole scalp is...but that area tends to itch and be more irritated than the rest of the scalp). The hair is falling out of this part of the scalp at an incredibly fast rate.The lower back of my scalp is overrun with very painful deep infected cysts. On another note...my skin has been insanely dry lately. Full body scaling and flaking has increased and the seborr ...
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I have personally done dozens and dozens of liver flushes and have come to conclusion that they are essentially useless. Never done a thing for my skin which is still as terrible as it has ever been, now 12 years down the road. This is NOT the treatment that it is purported to be.   [End]
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Thanks Tony and Chris for all of your suggestions. Ok, I’ll order another INTRAMAX from utopia. I’ve mixed A LOT of chlorella in smoothies in the past. I’ve never had much cilantro though, just in some foods. ”coffee enemas, milk thistle, alpha-lipoic acid, selenium, curcumin, beetroot juice and coconut oil.” I’ve never done a coffee enema- I’ll give that a try. I’ve taken milk thistle, Alpha-lipoic acid, selenium, turmeric, quite extensively in the past. I’ve done entire juicing regimens with beetroot/asparagus juice. I practically live on coconut oil. I’ve taken Hya ...
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It’s interesting that you should mention Dr. Fuhrman. I read his book on fasting about a year ago and then I contacted his office. I gave them my entire history- all of my symptoms and the length of time I have been dealing with them, my diet, and everything that I had done (up till that point) to try and rebalance my body.. Dr. Fuhrman responded by saying that in his opinion, fasting would likely provide no benefit for my severe case. He said that he could not recommend fasting to me. I wrote back and wondered if he believed he might be able to help me with other methods (diet/ ...
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I know, I’m feeling a little conflicted. I’d love to continue to see if it would eventually help me, but it is so darn expensive and I have the sneaking suspicion that it will be as ineffective as every other supplement I’ve ever taken. Water fasting? Yeah, I water fasted for about 10 days. I got desperately thin at that point and had to stop. No change whatsoever to any of my skin symptoms.   [End]
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Hey Tony, Luella, and everyone I was pretty excited about intramax after reading about it on this forum and also on Tony’s site. I really like the idea that it contains no synthetic vitamins and is quite comprehensive to boot. Anyways, I have been taking about 3 months now. I was really hoping to see some of my symptoms getting a little better in that time frame. I by no means expected to see anything reversed in the span of time, but maybe a little less severe. My skin symptoms are still the same- severe acne, severe seborrhea and severe dry/flaking skin over 100% of my body. ...
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Thank you very much for your thoughtful reply Tony. I am on intramax now ( i found out about it on your website) and I will try some of the other supps. Thanks   [End]
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Thanks for both of your responses. Parasites: Yes, I have done extensive parasite killing routines- humaworm and others. I have alkalized my blood with fresh vegetable juices. Never affected my skin. I have been to mostly alternative doctors, so they have not been dispensing drugs. This is why I say that alternative medicine has failed me. I have done countless alternative treatments- homeopathy, herbs, chinese herbs, accupuncture, kinesiology, meditation, hypnosis, NLP, EFT, etc, etc... It could be ichthyosis, I’m not sure. The worst part is- even if this skin condition wou ...
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I have suffered for every second of every minute of every day for over 10 years with a terrible skin condition that has left me permanently disfigured, in terrible physical pain, and emotionally destroyed. I have widespread infections over my entire body skin that peels and flakes off ever square inch of skin that I have. My face is covered with seborrhea and acne and it is full of deep scarring. My hair falls out in clumps, is covered in sebacious cysts and the most severe dandruff you could ever imagine. Im 29 years old and I have never been in a relationship. I’m totally humiliat ...
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Hi Luella Thanks for your advice...unfortunately, I have tried all of these things listed. This has been a 10 year battle and I have left nothing untried. It is just an absolute total mystery. Right now the skin on my entire body is covered in infection and scaling off. Even slight facial movements (like smiling or eating) are painful. The more I think about it, I realize that it is getting more and more impossible to heal in this polluted world. What were once relatively simple rare problems are now chronic and intractable. There just simply is no other answer for this. On ...
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Hello... I am coming back to this forum because there is where I learned about the budwig protocol and black seed and thought that these might be good for my skin. I have extremely severe seborrhea that covers my face, shoulders, chest, back, upper arms, and scalp. I also moderate-to-severe acne in these areas as well. Right now my scalp is also covered in huge sebacious cysts. I have recently gone 6+ months on the budwig with no improvement. I have also taken copious amounts of organic black seeds. Some other things I have tried recently or in the not too distant past: Tran ...
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Spent $130 on Aloe AMP (I already have all of the other nutrients in the other product).Didn’t do jack-sh*t for me. Waste of time and money. Thanks for the advice though.   [End]
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Hey I’ve been on the Budwig protocol for about 6 months. I originally went on it because I read that it was very beneficial for skin diseases/dry skin, etc. I did some research and some how ended up on this forum and learned more about it at the ”ask Tony Isaacs” forum. Anyways, reporting back that after 6 months I have had no improvement in dry skin or any other my complaints. This is a real let-down because I really had my hopes on this at least helping me. I guess it supposed to help saturate the body with oxygen but for whatever reason it is not helping this condition- severe/perva ...
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Hey I’ve been on the budwig protocol for about 6 months. I originally went on it because I read that it was very beneficial for skin diseases/dry skin, etc. I did some research and some how ended up on this forum and learned more about it here. Anyways, reporting back that after 6 months I have had no improvement in dry skin or any other my complaints. This is a real let-down because I really had my hopes on this at least helping me. I guess it supposed to help saturate the body with oxygen but for whatever reason it is not helping this condition- severe/pervasive dry skin, acne, sebor ...
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Hey I do all of these things and have been for many many years but they have not helped my skin. I guess I have a different problem that cannot be addressed with cleansing/diet.   [End]
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Hey Can you give us some details on how you managed to get rid of your acne exactly. Your acne scars went away? Pitted pock marks? I didn’t think that this was possible. Can you give us a routine, diet, supplements, etc that helped you. I know that we are all different, but it may help. Thank you.   [End]
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Well it must be the aloe product that tipped the scales because I think we have all tried the ”acne vitamins” before. I have been on all of the vitamins for years with no difference. But just to make sure...please tell us the acnemd ingredients when you have a chance to look at the bottle.   [End]
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Thanks for the info. What are the ingredients in the acnemd product. Thank you   [End]
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