Acne and Me Blog

I've come a long way from the days of prescription cleansers, pills and topicals. Some were helpful but all were harsh on my skin. Now that I'm out of the severe acne phase I'm trying to care for my skin naturally. Here is my nat. regimen:

Morning - Rise and shine with a splash of warm water on the face. Apply moisturizer afterward. If I...

****EDIT 09-29-2012 I still take vitex daily but after moving (which kind of changed my diet) I had some small cysts popping up. Not cool acne, not cool! This finally led me to consider the role of sugar and dairy in my diet. That blog post coming soon*******

Hi I wanted to add my support for vitex! I have not seen a lot...

Even though I don't wear makeup often, I still like to put some on from time to time. A couple of years ago I did a purge of all the un-skin-friendly makeup I owned and only kept the good stuff. Here is what I put on my face.

Bioderma ---Link to product:...

I don't know about you but I've begun to be more and more skeptical of all these companies that sell me crap to put on my face and hormones to put in my body all for the sake of treating acne. Why do we constantly have to buy things to fix ourselves? Why are these expensive treatments rarely a long term solution? The more I research and experiment...

In the past I was truly ignorant in regards to taking care of my skin. I knew nothing about acne and what contributes to the problem. So, looking on the bright side, having acne forced me to learn how to care for my skin. I'm not an expert but I've found a few things that work for me now and definitely changed how I approach cleansing/drying my...

THE BEGINNING: Rx run around
Olive oil face 'wash' - I must have been desperate for trying this. You'll see people post about this home remedy on this site. My view: PLEASE DONT DO IT especially if you have severe acne. I feel embarrassed to say I tried this...