Acne is not just for kids.

Author: Matt Ide

Acne is not just for kids I had a problem with my acne for years. It started in middle school and it was bad right off the bat. I wasn’t a blessed person when it came to looks. However, I was good at sports and thankfully that got me through. If it wasn’t for my athletic ability, I would have sunk for sure. Even back then I didn’t go out on dates with any girls, but at least I was accepted by the jock group and I had lots of friends. That didn’t let me off the hook, because my acne was bad. I got all of the names due to this blemish, pizza face and all the rest. It hurt. I thought the acne was going to get better with time. After high school, which was another fiasco that I don’t really want to get into, it did get better for a time. I used all the astringents on the market, including which hazel. For a while, things were going great. I almost had gotten rid of all my acne. No more blemishes! I actually got up the nerve to ask a few girls out and went on more than one date. Then I my job was relocated to the south and I had to follow. The south was not good for my acne. Within the first week of being in South Carolina, I had gotten a few blemishes and after that, the acne came back. The humidity and heat were driving the oils out of my skin like crazy. Finally, after years of working at trying to get my acne under control I found a few things that worked. First, I used soaps that really dried up my skin. Actually, it dried up the oil in my skin. These weren’t soaps from the stores, this was hand made soap from a little old lady in the deep south. She had one of the secrets that I wish I had know for so long. It could have saved me a lot of pain. The other thing that I found on the market that has actually worked for me and has continued to work for some time is product call, 3 steps to acne free. I wish I had this back in my formative years. I look back and think of all the times I had missed or had become a disaster. I don’t want that for other just because of acne or a few blemishes. I urge you, if you have been in this situation, you know how horrible it can be. This changed my life! Try this product. It's done more for me than anything I've ever tried. http://www.ezniche.com/data/article.php?l=403

Stop Acne Tips

Author: Guy Ray

Teenagers have to deal with acne on a daily basis. Appearance is so very important to young adults and having bad skin can really affect their psyche. Clear skin with no acne not only makes a person feel better looking, it makes a person confident. Teenagers sometimes get so depressed over acne, they refuse to go out anywhere except for places that they are obligated to go to such as school or church. Some lose friends and some do not bother to make friends or join a social circle. Acne becomes a huge damper on their social life which also leads into depression. The extent of acne ranges from mild, moderate to severe. Teens with mild skin disorders such as a few pimples or blackheads do not go through the same amount of trauma as those with moderate acne, meaning a significant number of whiteheads and pimples. Obviously, any teens suffering from severe acne disorders are the main ones targeted for severe depression and anxiety. It is important for parents to think about their children’s situation and decide whether or not their child’s skin is becoming a problem. If so, the parents need to take the child to see a dermatologist and sometimes even a therapist or psychologist. A therapist or psychologist can help with your child’s depression or anxiety and make sure that they are on a healthy mental path. For clear skin, one should wash their face twice a day and additionally if they are exercising or sweating. Be sure to use a clean cloth when drying the face and use a benzoyl peroxide-based face wash. Spot treatments are helpful but remember to use them as what they are and not as overall acne reducers for the entire face. This could lead to face peeling. Instead of using spot treatments, there are masks and all over the face creams medicated lightly for acne on the entire face or elsewhere on the body. These tips are not only for teens. Skin disorders affect adults as well; however, since teens are so sensitive to life matters, they are affected the most. If your teenager needs some home remedies, try over the counter meds, spices and organic diet foods such as produce mainly. These few things added in with a good skin care regimen should prove to be successful. If the acne is severe, then these are still helpful tips but a doctor is still absolutely necessary.

What Parents Should Know About Milk, Junk Food and Teen Acne.

Author: Wycliffe Williams

You are what you eat. How can growth occur without food? The food choices many of us make from rising first thing in the morning, through to going back to bed at night, are unhealthy and damaging. We bombard our bodies with so much garbage throughout the day. Tell you what! Do this. Keep a written record of everything that passes through your lips for a 24 hour period. In short, you would be shocked! And probably ashamed as well. The march toward teen acne begins the minute our parents place that first glass of cow’s milk on the table before us; and when we chose to eat junk food. Let’s face it, cow’s milk is meant for baby cows, not for our baby children. Let me dive right into the problem that I have with cow’s milk. My family does not drink cow’s milk. A few specifics why. After pasteurization, regulations tell us that milk should contain no more than 20,000 bacteria per milliliter. In addition, it shouldn’t have anymore than 10 coli form bacteria in each milliliter. What this boils down to is that, a 12oz. glass of milk may contain 5 million bacteria and still be acceptable for human consumption. This type of bacteria intake overpowers the gatekeepers to an adult immune system. Paving the way for the unchecked, free movement of other bacteria, acne and viruses that attack the body. Worst of all, if milk wages this type of assault on an adult body, what chance does a child stand or for that matter a teen with a developing immune system? Let’s suppose that the bacteria in milk does not exist. I know, I know! Work with me, I’m only trying to highlight a point. Let’s jump ahead to coli form bacteria. This bacteria is found in the stool of a cow! Got that! The stool! Need I bang this home anymore? I didn’t think so. In a nutshell, these bacteria ravage the body. Then acne piggybacks, or gets an unhindered ride as a result. Worse still, the regulatory body that sets these standards, anticipates the myriad contaminants in milk! Milk causes excess mucus in the system, thereby slowing things down. It attacks and binds vital organs, unduly taxing them and stressing them out. Additionally, it does a good job in causing ‘dirty’ or ‘unclean’ blood. This type of ambush robs the system of its ability to attack invaders. Once forced into a defensive mode, the body becomes prone to the onslaught of acne and other diseases. Fact is, the external appearance of acne in teens and acne in adults can be compared to a warning shot across the bow. It is truly indicative of an unclean interior. At this point, intervention must be the order of the day. Recently I was in conversation with a friend who is a computer technician. I told him that computers made mistakes. He contends that the problem lies with the people operating the computers. He capped off the discussion by saying, “garbage in – garbage out.” Then it hit me, that’s how many of us are with our eating habits. We put garbage in, and when garbage comes out in the form of acne, we are mystified. Hold that thought! This is going to surprise you. Chocolate cake (which I love), doesn’t cause acne. It doesn’t cause teen acne nor does it cause adult acne. Pizza and soft drinks do not cause acne. However, the cumulative result of years of putting this garbage in, eventually leads to garbage out and many times the garbage on the outside is in the form of teen acne and adult acne. In sum, don’t point your finger at the trash foods. A written record may indeed shock us into action, and force us to get a grip on the stuff that passes through our lips; since we are what we eat.

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