You don't have to be 13 and going through puberty to get zits, most women get acne in their mid 20's and continue to deal with it into their 40's and 50's. Yup oh what fun hormones can be! Diet is one way to help control the situation but doesn't completely clear it up. Topicals can help as well as supplements. The big question is what do you use and what's the right combo?
CLEANSING
1. Wash your face with a very mild, all natural cleanser. NO harsh cleansers containing ANY acne medication. I prefer Derma e Hyaluronic Cleanser, it's gentle and gives moisture without oil and is all natural.
2. Use your hands instead of a wash cloth when using the cleanser. Scrubbing only exacerbates problem skin. If you wear face makeup use an all natural makeup remover wipe first, prior to using the cleanser, just be as gentle as possible. Try Blum Naturals makeup remover towelettes.
3. Pat your face dry very gently with a towel DO NOT rub, again, gentle, gentle, gentle.
4. Apply your favorite moisturizer, an all natural product is best. Derma e also makes a wonderful Hyaluronic day cream as well as night cream. It's perfectly fine to use the day cream both at night and during the day as there really is no need to purchase both.
5. Give the moisturizer about 3 minutes to fully absorb into the skin and dry.
6. Apply AcneFree Acne & Blackhead TERMINATOR containing 5% micro-benzoyl peroxide all over your face (or just where you tend to break out) in a light mask like coating. Allow to dry and go to bed. When doing this routine in the morning, wait for the light coating to dry thoroughly and then apply an all natural chemical free sunscreen, then your foundation if you wear it. You don't want to use a regular 5% or a 10% benzoyl peroxide cream, that will be way too harsh and give you horrible after math on your skin. The lower the concentration the better it will work. When I say "regular" 5% I mean the kind that is not micro-benzoyl. The AcneFree brand contains an advanced micro-benzoyl peroxide that is gentle on the skin and also contains ingredients that help with redness. Like most benzoyl creams AcneFree DOES NOT contain propylene glycol or parabens!
FOOD:
1. Cut out dairy: Milk and cheese. These dairy products contain added hormones that are injected into the cows for mass production etc. So not only is your body/liver having to filter out your own used hormones but also these extra hormones. Butter is also a culprit.
2. Most already eat a trans fat free diet just for health purposes in general, but if you don't care about your health and are just "vain" about your skin/face you MUST cut this crap out of your diet. Also stay away from canola oil, it's a manufactured oil made from rape seeds that Canada first founded and started pushing this crap in the USA. Hence where the name came from CAN OLA .....CAN ADA. Google Canola oil and you won't want it near you. Bugs don't even want it near them, in fact it acts as a pesticide, just spray it on your plants and bugs will stay far away!
3. Try to eat a more alkaline diet and cut down on your acidic foods, this includes coffee YES coffee. You don't have to exclude it but cut down on it and add more alkaline foods to counter act the acidic. You can google alkaline and acidic foods where you will find charts that you can print out and hang on your fridge.
4. Incorporate more healthy fats such as: Organic coconut oil, avocado, almonds and fish oil. Your fish oil can be taken in pill form as well (see supplements)
5. Stay away from sodium nitrates which is a known skin irritant. This would wipe your fridge clean of any processed meats like lunch meat, bacon, pepperoni and so on.
6. Incorporate more fresh veggies into your diet. You can also eat fruit but eat only fruit with low sugar content. Berries are your best bet as well as grapefruit. Lemons are good, even though they are initially acidic they turn alkaline in the body.
7. Wheat can have an effect on the skin. Most allergens such as soy and wheat are generally crap for the skin as well. There are plenty of alternatives to replace your nasty white or wheat bread. Such as tapioca bread, millet bread, or brown rice bread.
SUPPLEMENTS
1. Include the following supplements into your regimen: Borage oil (great for balancing hormones and alleviates PMS as well) Omega 3's (Fish Oil) I like Nordic Naturals it's the purest form of fish oil, Zinc, and Vitamin C.
Look, I know you've searched the internet and found a bunch of bullshit or some selfish ass trying to get you to purchase his "how to" about how to clear your face, and to be honest it gets annoying but I promise if you follow this you WILL see results.
