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9 Feb 2009
Guys,

I'm looking for a dermatologist in the Chicago area that has the patience, skill, and dedication to work with patients with acne, rash-prone skin..Most dermatologists are OK, but tend to diagnosis superficially without really understanding the unique characteristics of one's skin...

Any suggestions?
14 Jan 2009
For me, I've noticed whenever I get sick or under the weather health wise, I tend to break out...It's weird..Anybody else experience this?
4 Jan 2009
Can anybody recommend a good organic moisturizer? One that won't irritate sensitive skin?
I try to not put as many chemicals on my skin...
2 Jan 2009
I have tried the only water regimen in the past for a few months..Usually what happens is after awhile, my face gets dried out, there's flakiness, there's "stuff" in my pores which looks like bits of excess sebum/dead skin cells/whatever, and I'm prone to get seborrheic dermatitis because yeast feeds off that...Obviously I have oily, sensitive, acne prone skin, but from a natural/holistic standpoint, what did people with my skin type do back in the centuries before cleansers and moisturizers were invented? Were they just f_cked or did they somehow not encounter these problems because the water wasn't like tap water, or that something in their diet, environment prevented problems like flakiness and dead skin build up from happening? As much as I'm inclined to do what is absolutely best to make sure my skin is well, I can't but think that washing my skin just to prevent acne is somehow a co-dependency I'd rather not have..I mean people who already have good skin who just want to wash their skin for fun are fine, cause it's not like they depend on it to maintain good skin...but people with acne seemed stuck within a cycle...I've tried modifying the water only regimen by employing moisturizer to see if that helped and the results are: it helps with the dryness, but there's still some form of flakiness/dead skin buildup/"gunk" in the pores...Maybe the answer is simply that people with my skin type HAVE to use some type of cleansing agent (natural or synthetic) to stay clear, that there's no other way around it. Or maybe there's another answer that I haven't figured out yet...From what I've read from others who use the water only regimen, many have encountered similar side-effects like the aforementioned...and maybe they stopped the regimen. How about those who stuck it out? Did the skin somehow adapt and the problems went away? Anybody been on the water only regimen for at least a year or two?
27 Dec 2008
Has anybody here used Olive Oil on their oily/acne prone skin for a long period of time? If so, any positive results? Any allergic reactions? Breakouts? Or pure bliss?

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