Ok, so I’ve been suffering from quite severe acne for a almost 10 years now. I know my pic doesn’t look like it, but trust me on this, it’s not just something I’m saying. My back and face constantly breaks out and I’ve tried pretty much every single skincare product out there, including Proactiv, Clinique and even laser treatment aswell as Dead Sea Products. Let’s just say it’s cost my parents a small fortune and could probably have sent me halfway through college. LoL!
I did notice an improvement after going vegetarian and a more noticable improvement after I went vegan, but I’m still not satisfied. My condition is more than likely caused by me suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome, which I have also noticed has improved after going vegan. I hardly ever have attacks anymore and if I do it’s when I’ve had some really spicy food.
But… I went on a 15-day detox programme and I had great faith it would make my skin pretty much perfect but it didn’t. My bowels have never moved easier in my life on the other hand, but my skin is still not where I want it to be.
When I thought I had an overgrowth of Candida before I was diagnosed with IBS I went through a three month period where I didn’t TOUCH sugar in any form. Not even fruits I ate and I felt somewhat deprived so when I thought I was well again I went back to eating fruits, but then my skin jumped right back to being fugly.
I’m in quite desperate need of advice here. I don’t want to cut out fruit completely from my diet, I love it and would feel incredibl deprived if I was to live on a raw veg diet only. My boyfriend suffered from Eczema and Psoriasis and he’s been going to a acupunturist and says it’s helped him alot (We live in different countries atm)
Any advice, any experiences?
Thanks!
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Here is a tip from a (Japanese) friend: always drink a large glass of water when eating chocolate or nuts (and don’t eat those things every day). I rarely remembered to do this, but it did work.
For me, I tend to break-out when my liver is overloaded. My guess would be that a detox program would make the breakouts worse before they got better—kind of a cleansing reaction. The stuff has to be eliminated in some manner and your skin is one of your body’s organs of elimination.
You also want to be careful not to overdo it with cleansers and exfoliation because you can actually stimulate oil production and make things worse.
Best wishes!
Joy
I dont eat either chocolate or nuts really… but drink lots of water.
Hi Marie, I know what it is like to suffer from acne…I had good skin growing up but when I hit 26 whammo..adult acne..I am now 35 years old, and am just now getting a handle on it…what has helped me? Take some good probiotics.ex.acidophilus etc…I take some every day..drink kefir if you can for extra help in that area as well. I am a vegan, so I made raw coconut kefir. It is labor intensive, but it helped. Also, a big change happened when I started juicing, and drinking 1-2 big juices a day. I drink a green juice. Kale, green apple, cucumber (great for skin), burdock root,(great for skin) ginger, celery, sometimes lettuce and sometimes fresh tumeric if I can get it. It has helped a lot. Also, I started using a skincare line called Mychelle…which has helped a lot as well. My skin doesn’t break out daily now, and the redness is fading,it looks 100% better then it used to. Watch out for sugars and think about getting some supplements for your liver…”liver rescue” is a good one. You could also add a green powder to your daily intake..spirulina or a mix of green powders…something like “vitamineral green”. Those are some things that have helped me….. good luck!!
Hey guys, thanks for all the great replies! I’ve started seeing an Doctor of Chinese Herbal medicine and so far so good… I met a woman at his office today and she said he was amazing and she had been going to him for 10 years! Apparently she had skin just like mine but he had helped her out and she said her scarring even went away almost… So he gave me this utterly repulsive Herbal drink and we’re doing acu and he seems really keen on helping me out!
I’m becoming worse and worse at eating raw tho, which upsets me because I’d really like to!!! I need a millitant coach I think.. Or maybe just a brand new attitude… Oh well, thanks again for replies, and where can I get virgin cocnut oil???