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A Brief History of Me:
I'm a 21 year old guy going in college. I've been struggling with persistent mild-moderate acne on my face since 10th grade in high school. The defining moment in my acne carrer was when my skin was so bad that I didn't even want to go out and enjoy high school life with my buddies. I'd decided that enough was enough and I didn't want to deal with this s**t anymore. In the recent years, I've tried a whole bunch of products... topical over the counter, antibiotics, weird diets, even acutane, yadi yadi yadda
... none, to much of your surprise I'm sure, has really been of much help until I've found Dan Kern's regimen. Using his method plus a couple of other small adjustments I've found that my skin has improved exponentially! My whole philosophy in life is to keep things simple. So I've decided to pass on my simple regimen to everyone who just wants to try something new...My Thoughts on Acne:
I intend on writing this for anyone to use, but I want emphasize a few pointers for guys specifically. The diet is a good approach for all.
Shaving:
Over the years, as I started to experience the first bouts of my acne were oddly enough the years where I started to shave. Soon, I began experiencing an immense amount of irritation using shave gel and a razor, plus topical acne treatments. Even with a "soothing" aftershave and using non-comedogenic lotions/moisturizers, I was breaking out more than ever. It wasn't until a few years down the road, that I even considered buying an electric beard trimmer (NOT an electric shaver. Boy was using an electric shaver even worse than shaving using a razor!!!). Now by shaving with an electric beard trimmer was by far the best move I had ever made! I cannot even express in words how it helped my skin heal and feel comfortable again. Now days I trim on the shortest setting ("1") or take the guard off and trim around sideburns, but i must emphasize taking the utmost care not to nick blemishes of any sort. Which leads me to my next point. I found that keeping my beard short was most efficient at keeping my acne flares to a minimum. My face seemed exceptionally oily when my beard started filling in and I found that it was harder to apply topical treatments. So just to keep things simple, my beard is kept to stubble length (*Just be sure to be gentle around your girlfriends! Sandpaper face doesn't make any friends, as I have found this out the hard way haha
) So by... 1) Trimming my beard with an Electric Beard Trimmer and 2) keeping my beard short, I've found the best results keeping acne to a minimum and maintaining healthy skin. (As a side note, if you wish to know which beard trimmer I use, send me an email and I will tell you the brand as I don't want to make any advertisements within my blog)Healthy Diet and Exercise:
I am confident that eating for clear skin is a reality. Everyone has heard that cliche saying: "You are what you eat." I am a firm believer in this fact despite many people will argue that scientific analysis states that there is no correlation between acne and diet. Here is my recommendation:
1) Daily Multivitamin
2) Raw Vegetables
3) No Dairy
4) No Sugar (processed/natural)
I've found that personally dairy products are not good for me or my skin (as well as many other people.. you may be one of them). I've just recently read an article on the importance of keeping intake of sugars to a minimum as sugar may cause acne to flare up. I've kept my sugar consumption to a minimum and have seen great results from this. I encourage you to try it out and see if you see progress.
Get out and sweat! Exercise for 30 minutes, atleast, per day! Sweat cleans out the pores and it helps bulster your body's immune system.
I've even taken it a step further and purchased a Far Infrared Sauna. I've read up on these things for quite sometime and I must say they are quintessential for maintaining unclogged pores and detoxifying your body. I recieved my sauna a month ago and swear by it. Although the down side to this method is price, I can definitely say that it has helped my skin leaps and bounds. But, I am certain that exercise alone is a great start and by no means am I saying that you have to go throw down a ton of money to get clear skin. It is a choice I made and I am very happy with it to maintain overall health of my body.
My Regimen:
Morning
1. Cleanse with NIVEA for Men - Extra Gentle Face Wash (10 seconds or less)
2. Shave (Electric Beard Trimmer)
3. BP 5.5%
4. Cetaphil Moisturizing Lotion
Night
1. Shower
2. Exfoliate with NIVEA for Men - Energizing Face Scrub (10 seconds or less)
3. BP 5.5%
4. Cetaphil Moisurizing Lotion
Good Luck All! Hit me up with any questions - I'd be glad to answer them!
-Matt
