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[terryzjh24]

Hey my fellow acne.org members! Being here means we all have one thing in common. That is ofcourse the desire to be better, to be rid of this disgusting shit on our body. No body likes acne, and I'm sure every one of us has the ability to remove it all. The scars, the pimples, the cysts - the works.

So as with any forums, I'm a new member who is just looking for some guidance and looking to settle in this community. I've got a blog, so maybe check that out guys!

here it is: http://www.acne.org/...cool-story-bro/

I know how it feels to suffer from acne. The emotional suffering that people never see. I know it. I feel it. So yeah, I'm ofcourse looking to meet new people and this is my greeting. So hi from Australia. I'm 15 years old and Asian. Easy to talk to. Thats all !

[dreamingofclearskin2011]

sup bro welcome to the org! you will find many many many many encouraging topics on these forums! ive only been a member for a few months and lurk for about 2 months before i joined. the people on here are extrememyl nice (for the most part) and helpful! good luck to you fighting your acne! we all just want to get rid of this plague but it does take time. you should let us all know a little more info on your acne.

genes, hormones, diet, face wash, things youve tried to combat acne.. how bad your acne is.. ect. this way people can start helping you right away!
hope to hear from you soon bro! i also am half asian in the states 21 male
good luck bro!

[terryzjh24]

haha hey bro! i only lurked for about 2 days so my knowledge is quite limited. the community here is the friendliest of any forum ive ever been to. its amazing I'll try my best to take it from here yeah?

dreamingofclearskin2011, on 21 January 2012 - 01:33 PM, said:

genes, hormones, diet, face wash, things youve tried to combat acne.. how bad your acne is.. ect. this way people can start helping you right away!
hope to hear from you soon bro! i also am half asian in the states 21 male
good luck bro!

um genes.. well my parents had a history of mild acne. my mum still has a few scars on her face but my dad is clean.

i suspect that my hormones are inbalanced.. but yeah im going through puberty so im pretty sure my hormones have got something to do with it.

my diet is okay i guess. i usually dont eat out much, and have a good portions of milk, fruit, veggies, carbs and lean meat like chicken.

facewash...hmmm i used cetaphil gentle skin cleanser morning and night. i use neturogena oil free acne wash foaming scrub with grapfruit when i shower. im not entriely sure ive got my cleansers 100%, so please gimme a hand here yeah? cheers mate

things ive tried. ive used BP before..but that was when i had very mild acne. mines moderate now so i really havent much of a battle history with acne, im a FNG !
about my acne.. i have a few whiteheads on my forehead, few on my cheeks, and between my nose and lips. iv also got a few blackheads on my nose. nothing too severe but its enough to interfere with my life.

thanks bro what asian are you? haha

[dreamingofclearskin2011]

terryzjh24, on 21 January 2012 - 05:17 PM, said:

haha hey bro! i only lurked for about 2 days so my knowledge is quite limited. the community here is the friendliest of any forum ive ever been to. its amazing I'll try my best to take it from here yeah?

dreamingofclearskin2011, on 21 January 2012 - 01:33 PM, said:

genes, hormones, diet, face wash, things youve tried to combat acne.. how bad your acne is.. ect. this way people can start helping you right away!
hope to hear from you soon bro! i also am half asian in the states 21 male
good luck bro!

um genes.. well my parents had a history of mild acne. my mum still has a few scars on her face but my dad is clean.

i suspect that my hormones are inbalanced.. but yeah im going through puberty so im pretty sure my hormones have got something to do with it.

my diet is okay i guess. i usually dont eat out much, and have a good portions of milk, fruit, veggies, carbs and lean meat like chicken.

facewash...hmmm i used cetaphil gentle skin cleanser morning and night. i use neturogena oil free acne wash foaming scrub with grapfruit when i shower. im not entriely sure ive got my cleansers 100%, so please gimme a hand here yeah? cheers mate

things ive tried. ive used BP before..but that was when i had very mild acne. mines moderate now so i really havent much of a battle history with acne, im a FNG !
about my acne.. i have a few whiteheads on my forehead, few on my cheeks, and between my nose and lips. iv also got a few blackheads on my nose. nothing too severe but its enough to interfere with my life.

thanks bro what asian are you? haha

hey sorry for the late response.. well alot of people have reported dairy triggering acne. maybe you should try elminating dairy from your diet. most of your acne is probably because of puberty so you probably cant do much about it unfortunately. you only have white heads and blackheads? no inflammed red pimples and zits? you are lucky! lol if thats the case then the cleansers you are using should be fine. i would probably only use the cetiphel and not the other. good luck
and im half american half korean i live in the states.

[terryzjh24]

dreamingofclearskin2011, on 24 January 2012 - 03:06 PM, said:

terryzjh24, on 21 January 2012 - 05:17 PM, said:

haha hey bro! i only lurked for about 2 days so my knowledge is quite limited. the community here is the friendliest of any forum ive ever been to. its amazing I'll try my best to take it from here yeah?

dreamingofclearskin2011, on 21 January 2012 - 01:33 PM, said:

genes, hormones, diet, face wash, things youve tried to combat acne.. how bad your acne is.. ect. this way people can start helping you right away!
hope to hear from you soon bro! i also am half asian in the states 21 male
good luck bro!

um genes.. well my parents had a history of mild acne. my mum still has a few scars on her face but my dad is clean.

i suspect that my hormones are inbalanced.. but yeah im going through puberty so im pretty sure my hormones have got something to do with it.

my diet is okay i guess. i usually dont eat out much, and have a good portions of milk, fruit, veggies, carbs and lean meat like chicken.

facewash...hmmm i used cetaphil gentle skin cleanser morning and night. i use neturogena oil free acne wash foaming scrub with grapfruit when i shower. im not entriely sure ive got my cleansers 100%, so please gimme a hand here yeah? cheers mate

things ive tried. ive used BP before..but that was when i had very mild acne. mines moderate now so i really havent much of a battle history with acne, im a FNG !
about my acne.. i have a few whiteheads on my forehead, few on my cheeks, and between my nose and lips. iv also got a few blackheads on my nose. nothing too severe but its enough to interfere with my life.

thanks bro what asian are you? haha

hey sorry for the late response.. well alot of people have reported dairy triggering acne. maybe you should try elminating dairy from your diet. most of your acne is probably because of puberty so you probably cant do much about it unfortunately. you only have white heads and blackheads? no inflammed red pimples and zits? you are lucky! lol if thats the case then the cleansers you are using should be fine. i would probably only use the cetiphel and not the other. good luck
and im half american half korean i live in the states.

oh well actually no. iv had pustules before. but im not really getting them anymore. but mainly on my temples. whats wrong with the neutrogena one? i find it works pretty good. and as with dairy... i didnt have much dairy before and i still got acne so im pretty sure its not dairy induced. and plus... i freaking love milk lol. everyone here is from the states... im from australia. so yeah theres not much more you could say i guess.. thanks for the help !

[dreamingofclearskin2011]

i used to be all over dairy before i had acne as well. i also did drugs smoked cigs drank acohol ate mcdonalds everyday and i never had acne. but once i started getting acne you cant keep doing these habits because they make the acne even worse. so try giving up dairy for at least a FULL month and see if it helps at all. i bet it will. and i say drop the neurtrogena only because you arent supposed to use two cleansers together. all acne products state to not mix its just not a good idea. that alone also might help with your break outs. and i wasnt choosing one over the other if youd like you can stick with neutragena and drop cetaphil either way lol i just say drop one and keep the other. when you combine cleansers they tend to irritate

[terryzjh24]

dude are you a genius or something? haha i bet you are. everything makes sense to me i guess. i'll try no dairy for a week. i think thats long enough to see if it has effects on my acne right? also i read somewhere that mastrubating caused acne too LOL so i stopped that cos i was getting addicted anyway. okay thanks for the tip, i will stick with one cleanser.

actually know what? do you know anything about masturabating and acne?

[dreamingofclearskin2011]

lol im not a genius ive just done a TON of research on acne and solutions for the past 4 months or so since my acne got terrible. first off. no a week without dairy will not be long enough. unfortunately "they say" that food you intake can take any where from 2-3 weeks to show surfacing on the skin. this is why when people take the "natural approach" to getting rif of their acne they say you have to diet for at least a full month until you see improvements. all the bad junk from foods and toxins that have been in your body for years are not going t clear in one week of not consuming dairy. unfortunately youll have to give up dairy for a month! which means no more cereal. lucky for you dairy and cereal both actually arent that great fo acne. cereal is loaded with sugar. ALOT of junk food is all sugar. processed canned food all turns into sugar bread and pastas yup you guessed it al turn into sugar in your body. when you have this much sugar on a daily basis your insulin levels rises and then your blood sugar levels rise immensively. Insulin sensativity is another thing connected to acne. so people say the less sugar you eat the better acne will become. there is so much information on dieting an acne. unfortunately EVERYONE is different. and if "Gluten free diet" works for one person. this doesnt mean i will work for you. the only way you can figure out which diet is completely right for you. is by Trial and Error. yes it sucks! but thats the only way to find out what works for you. it takes a lot of time. fortunately for you yes i do know a bit of information on masturbation and acne. 1) YES it does worsen acne. im not 100% sure that this is the cause but it definately contributes to acne. DHT rises in the testosterone levels when you get 'horny' and then once you actually ejaculate your DHT hormone goes insanely rapid! you also lose zinc from yur body everytime you ejaculate. Hormones in general have been proven to mess with acne. since youre going through puberty your hormones are going crazy and messing with your acne already. i would say yes if you stopped jacking off that it would help at least a little bit to control your raging hormones right now during puberty. theres a forum called "Masturbation experiment 2010/2011/2012" go take a look at it. i post in there. i havent jerked it in 22 days! thats so hard to do lol but it pays off! my skin is looking better than ever. and when i jack it i get loads of acne just 3 days after i ejaculate EVERYTIME so i know theres a connection with me and masturbation. theres a bunch of people like 20 pages or so of people that tried this experiement and said it helped their acne. you should read through the pages and see if it helps you make a decision on stopping jackin it.
good luck man! if you have any more questions ill do my best to help. like i said ive done a TON of research and through these 4 months ive been doing trial and errors myself to see what works.