It's funny that literally every comment in this thread claims to have solved the problem. But every single solution is different.
There are numerous responses in common focused on diet / lifestyle and retinoids.
Acne vulgaris: a disease of Western civilization (2002)
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Re: Acne vulgaris: a disease of Western civilization (2002)
#32It's funny that literally every comment in this thread claims to have solved the problem. But every single solution is different.
Except the ones who didnt solve it, but have tried every option so far mentioned, and not mentioned including eastern-european village-methods of egg yolk mixed with honey and special bark from some tree, and just yawn and keep on procastrinating.
Re: Acne vulgaris: a disease of Western civilization (2002)
#33I read lots of research papers about acne and I tried many things including diets, removing dairy, removing sweets, changing pillow sheet daily, many kinds of anti acne treatments. The only thing that worked was roaccutane. After the treatment it slowly comes back so I beat it permanently with low-dosing (a 10 or 20mg pill every now and then) I realize there must be a reason deep down that caused it. Typically dermat…
What's your HbA1C level?
https://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/that-acne-could-be-a-...
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/fullarticle...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26373866
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4565837/
I would suggest you try a low-carb (and zero sugar) diet combined with a Zinc supplement, and even a 5,000 IU Vitamin D3 with 100 mcg Vitamin K2 (MK-7) and 200-400mg of Magnesium glycinate daily (high D3 depletes Magnesium) for six months.
It would help if you took a blood test to find out your HbA1C, blood glucose, and 25-OHD levels, just to know where you're at before you start that. Then retake the blood test.
If I'm right with my assumption, your problems are a lot worse than just getting acne, so you will solve a lot of other issues you may already have or are about to have if you follow those recommendations.
Re: Acne vulgaris: a disease of Western civilization (2002)
#34Avoiding stress and sugar was what solved the issue for me.
Re: Acne vulgaris: a disease of Western civilization (2002)
#35It's funny that literally every comment in this thread claims to have solved the problem. But every single solution is different.
Except the ones who didnt solve it, but have tried every option so far mentioned, and not mentioned including eastern-european village-methods of egg yolk mixed with honey and special bark from some tree, and just yawn and keep on procastrinating.
Just raw honey helped for both me and my brother,
after suffering for a decade with acne, came across this thread in reddit, and it helped.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/16t0n4/bad_acne_befor...
Re: Acne vulgaris: a disease of Western civilization (2002)
#36I think more effort is needed to understand the relationship with skin conditions and the families of bacteria, fungi, etc on our skin.
Antifungal drugs, such as Ketoconazole are known to cause acne in some people. I suspect it isn't causing cysts, but that killing off fungus, makes for a huge opportunity for bacteria. For some reason certain fungi cause the skin to grow faster, clogging pores with dead skin. Similar stories here about killing off bacteria to help with infected pores.
Re: Acne vulgaris: a disease of Western civilization (2002)
#37I read lots of research papers about acne and I tried many things including diets, removing dairy, removing sweets, changing pillow sheet daily, many kinds of anti acne treatments. The only thing that worked was roaccutane. After the treatment it slowly comes back so I beat it permanently with low-dosing (a 10 or 20mg pill every now and then) I realize there must be a reason deep down that caused it. Typically dermat…
What's your HbA1C level? https://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/that-acne-could-be-a-... https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/fullarticle... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26373866 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4565837/ I would suggest you try a low-carb (and zero sugar) diet combined with a Zinc supplement, and even a 5,000 IU Vitamin D3 with 100 mcg Vitamin K2 (MK-7) and 200-400mg of…
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Re: Acne vulgaris: a disease of Western civilization (2002)
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Except the ones who didnt solve it, but have tried every option so far mentioned, and not mentioned including eastern-european village-methods of egg yolk mixed with honey and special bark from some tree, and just yawn and keep on procastrinating.
Just raw honey helped for both me and my brother, after suffering for a decade with acne, came across this thread in reddit, and it helped. https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/16t0n4/bad_acne_befor...
Specifically propolis, which is pretty good for feeding specific kinds of skin bacteria.
Re: Acne vulgaris: a disease of Western civilization (2002)
#39I read lots of research papers about acne and I tried many things including diets, removing dairy, removing sweets, changing pillow sheet daily, many kinds of anti acne treatments. The only thing that worked was roaccutane. After the treatment it slowly comes back so I beat it permanently with low-dosing (a 10 or 20mg pill every now and then) I realize there must be a reason deep down that caused it. Typically dermat…
I've been on accutane 3 times in my life.
My family has a history of severe nodular acne. My grandfather, mother, and my siblings all suffered from it.
My brother had it the worst, but I still had it quite bad. I have facial scars from it.
It can be quite traumatic, psychologically. My parents and doctor were reluctant to offer me accutane - so I spent a couple years really suffering, trying all kinds of treatment that had little effect (I believe it was benzyl peroxide -> antibiotics -> some other stuff). I turned into a social recluse, I hated looking at myself in the mirror.
Accutane was the only thing that worked. It was truly a miracle drug for me. I ended up doing two courses as a teenager which knocked it into remission, through my university years.
It came back in my mid 20s moderately, so I tried the benzyl peroxide (the acne.org regimen). But it was a pain to apply regularly, costly, and it stained all my clothes. I could only wear white shirts. After a year of that, I went and did another treatment of accutane and it knocked it out.
I still suffer from mild acne to this day - in my late 30s. I keep it under control with salicylic acid pads, so it's very manageable. I also avoid touching my face/neck, which seems to exacerbate it.
Accutane can have a few reported permanent side effects. One is IBS. I was diagnosed w/ IBS after taking my last course of accutane. It's hard to know if it is the cause or not (my mother also suffers from IBS, so it may be genetic). It sucks, but the acne was far worse and I'll never regret taking accutane. The IBS is relatively mild - only gets bad when I'm stressed.
Treatment used to be much more draconian. In the 40s-70s, doctors would x-ray your face to eliminate severe acne. My high school physics teacher had this done, and unfortunately passed away in his early 50s due to throat cancer (having never smoked in his life).
Re: Acne vulgaris: a disease of Western civilization (2002)
#40Had persistent mild acne for a long time. Had chemical peels, used antibiotics, BP, SA, removed dairy, didn't touch my face, fasted, used cleanser and oil-free moisturizer, etc. Kinda helped, but not really.
So I stopped using all products. Only water. Face got better over the next few weeks. I also stopped caring too much. About anything in life. Long story short, it was a multi-year self-development process that culminated that summer, but essentially I became much more relaxed and secure with myself.
Have had clear skin ever since, and I feel great.