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[spriorda]

I'm really excited to try this! At this point I'm pretty desperate with my moderate/severe acne, but this definitely sounds worth the cost. *fingers crossed*
I do have one question though:
When you say "take the multivitamin & 1 probiotic at the same time after you consume a meal," do you mean with EVERY meal, or just, like, once a day?
Thanks so much, I hope this really works in combination with a new washing routine The positive feedback gives me hope at least!

Hey glad to hear you are going to try the regimen! The Multivitamin you take once a day along side the probiotic. If you wish to take another probiotic just simply add it to one of your other meals over the course of the day. And I know exactly what you mean, acne is the devil's work haha.

Good luck and just message me if you have any more questions!

Patrick

[RD001]

How many mg of fiber do you take? there are ones
at walgreens with 625 mg caps or 560 mg caps? thanks

[younnn]

Are you telling me this Regimen Will work on 2-3 Year old Red Marks? While having Active break outs??? I don't know man. xD

[Idolator]

I'm really interested in trying this, as everything else I've tried for the past seven years doesn't seem to be working. Topicals aren't doing the job 100% and every antibiotic I've tried either doesn't work, quits working after a while, or gives me horrible side effects, so this looks like a great route to take at this point.

I'm currently trying to go off of Minocycline because the side effects are fucking ridiculous (in my case atleast), and I'm currently taking 3 natural vitamins that this weird doctor told me to take because she said it would fix my acne in a couple of months, well....a couple of months is kind of a long time (Especially since I'm going off of Minocycline, so I won't have ANYTHING to stop my acne from coming in), so I figured I could give this regimen a try at the same time if you think it would help stop my acne in a reasonable amount of time, as opposed to a few months.

Do you think that doing this would clash with what the vitamins are doing, though?

She gave me 3 vitamins, one for my liver called, "Livaplex" (Because I guess my liver is fucked up from the Doxycline and Minocycline that I've been taking, and she says that before my acne can be healed, my liver must be healed first). One called "Dermatrophin" to "attack the attackers of acne" (Or that's how she explained it, haha). And then the last one was just Vitamin E, since she said my body was lacking that, and that having Vitamin E in my body should prevent me from getting acne.

[spriorda]

I'm really interested in trying this, as everything else I've tried for the past seven years doesn't seem to be working. Topicals aren't doing the job 100% and every antibiotic I've tried either doesn't work, quits working after a while, or gives me horrible side effects, so this looks like a great route to take at this point.

I'm currently trying to go off of Minocycline because the side effects are fucking ridiculous (in my case atleast), and I'm currently taking 3 natural vitamins that this weird doctor told me to take because she said it would fix my acne in a couple of months, well....a couple of months is kind of a long time (Especially since I'm going off of Minocycline, so I won't have ANYTHING to stop my acne from coming in), so I figured I could give this regimen a try at the same time if you think it would help stop my acne in a reasonable amount of time, as opposed to a few months.

Do you think that doing this would clash with what the vitamins are doing, though?

She gave me 3 vitamins, one for my liver called, "Livaplex" (Because I guess my liver is fucked up from the Doxycline and Minocycline that I've been taking, and she says that before my acne can be healed, my liver must be healed first). One called "Dermatrophin" to "attack the attackers of acne" (Or that's how she explained it, haha). And then the last one was just Vitamin E, since she said my body was lacking that, and that having Vitamin E in my body should prevent me from getting acne.

Hey good to here that you want to try this regimen. If your doctor said to take the vitamins I am not going to say anything against that. I would take the vitamins+Fiber pills+ probiotic. Wash with a gentle cleanser and apply Clean and Clear 10% benzoyl peroxide treatment. Do that for 2 weeks.

[x505x]

Hey there!

I am suffering from same sort of shit that you did.
Im gonna write down my story here, I hope you read it and reply

Okay so I had mild/moderate cystic acne since I was 13 (I am 20 now).
By the time i turned 14 i was getting cystic acne all over my face - cheeks, forehead, chin, under my nose, around my lips.
So I went online and looked for different cures, and the first thing that came up was benzoyl peroxide and it had amazing reviews. I immediately bought it and started using it.
Now, since I was a kid, i never really bothered washing my face properly after using it. i always applied it overnight and washed my face in the morning. I lived in a very hot region so when i stepped out of my house, my skin used to get all tight and flaky but i never noticed it and thought its normal (cuz i was a kid). i never used sun protection cream or moisturizer and i let the 40- 50 celsius heat dry the hell out of my skin for atleast 1 or 2 years.

Soon at 16 i realized my skin had gotten really messed up and even if i was exposed to the sun for like more than 2minutes, my skin would burn insanely. (keep in mind i lived in a very hot country)

I stopped using benzoyl, i didnt have acne anymore but my skin was all flaky, dry, oily, and red (if exposed to sun or hot water)

My acne probs became less severe and i barely used to get any. However, i noticed that i only got mild/mod acne during winters when the temp used to drop to around 15- 25 cels.
This didnt bother me winter only lasted for upto a month and i used doxycyclene anitibiotic during that period. i thought my acne probs were forever cured.

But then I moved to Canada and everything changed . The cold weather here destroyed my face and made it really really dry. Currently, i live here and i have had the worst acne experience here.
During the winters(which last for like 6months here) i get SEVERE cystic acne under my lips, above my lips, corners of my lips, chin, around my nose. my cheeks are kinda like yours in the first pic. i researched and found out its because my skin gets really really dry over winter. I started applying moisturizer when i came to canada but that only helps in winter. I barely go to univerity anymore because i hate waking up in the morning and looking at my face or showing my face to others. This problem has probably put me under depression. When i step out of my house, i cover my face with a scarf so that the cold wind does not hit my face and worsen my probs. However, during summer, my skin magically cleans up.

I am thinking of using doxycylene antibiotics again. Im not sure if i should go for that regime or the one that you have suggested.

Please let me know what you think about my situation.
I wouldnt bother you with this huge ass story but you seem to be my only hope. You wont believe how happy i felt when i read your post and saw how common our skin probs were and then how u got it cured completely.

[HereUntilCLear]

Hey man started you're regimen on Monday. It's easy so no complaints yet but i realized that you said that the probiotic should be a capsule. Mines a tablet. Will it still work?

[spriorda]

Hey man started you're regimen on Monday. It's easy so no complaints yet but i realized that you said that the probiotic should be a capsule. Mines a tablet. Will it still work?

Yes it should work great either way let me know how it goes!

[spriorda]

Hey there!

I am suffering from same sort of shit that you did.
Im gonna write down my story here, I hope you read it and reply

Okay so I had mild/moderate cystic acne since I was 13 (I am 20 now).
By the time i turned 14 i was getting cystic acne all over my face - cheeks, forehead, chin, under my nose, around my lips.
So I went online and looked for different cures, and the first thing that came up was benzoyl peroxide and it had amazing reviews. I immediately bought it and started using it.
Now, since I was a kid, i never really bothered washing my face properly after using it. i always applied it overnight and washed my face in the morning. I lived in a very hot region so when i stepped out of my house, my skin used to get all tight and flaky but i never noticed it and thought its normal (cuz i was a kid). i never used sun protection cream or moisturizer and i let the 40- 50 celsius heat dry the hell out of my skin for atleast 1 or 2 years.

Soon at 16 i realized my skin had gotten really messed up and even if i was exposed to the sun for like more than 2minutes, my skin would burn insanely. (keep in mind i lived in a very hot country)

I stopped using benzoyl, i didnt have acne anymore but my skin was all flaky, dry, oily, and red (if exposed to sun or hot water)

My acne probs became less severe and i barely used to get any. However, i noticed that i only got mild/mod acne during winters when the temp used to drop to around 15- 25 cels.
This didnt bother me winter only lasted for upto a month and i used doxycyclene anitibiotic during that period. i thought my acne probs were forever cured.

But then I moved to Canada and everything changed . The cold weather here destroyed my face and made it really really dry. Currently, i live here and i have had the worst acne experience here.
During the winters(which last for like 6months here) i get SEVERE cystic acne under my lips, above my lips, corners of my lips, chin, around my nose. my cheeks are kinda like yours in the first pic. i researched and found out its because my skin gets really really dry over winter. I started applying moisturizer when i came to canada but that only helps in winter. I barely go to univerity anymore because i hate waking up in the morning and looking at my face or showing my face to others. This problem has probably put me under depression. When i step out of my house, i cover my face with a scarf so that the cold wind does not hit my face and worsen my probs. However, during summer, my skin magically cleans up.

I am thinking of using doxycylene antibiotics again. Im not sure if i should go for that regime or the one that you have suggested.

Please let me know what you think about my situation.
I wouldnt bother you with this huge ass story but you seem to be my only hope. You wont believe how happy i felt when i read your post and saw how common our skin probs were and then how u got it cured completely.

Hey I know exactly how it feels it is awful. I wouldn't recommend Doxycyline. I took that for a few months and it made it far more worse. And it ruins your gut by killing off the good bacteria. Try out my regimen and tell me how it works after a few days. It should start to help you immediately. I just hate the big cysts around my mouth its just awful and so painful. I know where you coming from. Just message me if you have any more questions!!

Hang in there!

Patrick

[acnesucck]

Hi Spriorda.

I made an account just to ask you something. Anyways....

I've been trying psyllium husks for 3 days now.

Currently i've got 2 huge cysts and are reducing in size. Whiteheads heal a little quicker for me now.

But the bad news is another huge cyst is growing on my cheek. Is there an initial breakout when using psyllium husks or should i give it another week and see if there are any newer cysts growing? I'm really hoping for this to work. My scars are already bad as it is from all this cysts. Damn..

[spriorda]

Hi Spriorda.

I made an account just to ask you something. Anyways....

I've been trying psyllium husks for 3 days now.

Currently i've got 2 huge cysts and are reducing in size. Whiteheads heal a little quicker for me now.

But the bad news is another huge cyst is growing on my cheek. Is there an initial breakout when using psyllium husks or should i give it another week and see if there are any newer cysts growing? I'm really hoping for this to work. My scars are already bad as it is from all this cysts. Damn..

Hey can I ask what your diet is and how often you sleep/exercise per day. Also you have to take it with the multivitamin and the probiotic for it to work fully.
You shouldn't be breaking out. How many fiber pills are you taking a day?

[N.clare]

Im gonna give this a go... i tried a similar thing before with fiber powder but I forgot to drink it a lot of the time. I think the pills would be easier. Im using epiduo a topical retinoid and i am getting some reasonable progress with it but I think my digestion sucks so would be good to try and sort that out too!

[spriorda]

Im gonna give this a go... i tried a similar thing before with fiber powder but I forgot to drink it a lot of the time. I think the pills would be easier. Im using epiduo a topical retinoid and i am getting some reasonable progress with it but I think my digestion sucks so would be good to try and sort that out too!

Great to hear that someone else is trying it! Yeah before I started what I am doing my insides were messed up now there pretty straight. And retina A's are great. I used to use differin and it helped a lot. If you have anymore questions let me know!
Good luck

Patrick

[acnesucck]

Hi Patrick,

My diet usually consists of rice, veggies and the occasional white & red meat.

My sleep timings are usually way off because i'm working irregular hours. I hit the gym around twice a week. I am also taking the psyllium pills with probiotics and multivitamins. I'm using the one a day multivitamin as well.

This is my 5th day on this regime. So far my skin is less oilier. But the huge cyst is still there. I'll keep on updating on this thread on my condition,

[algaeblast]

I was on a similar regimen. I took those same exact topicals (duac + retin-A) including the monocycline (sp?) for about a year, which worked wonders, but then my body started to build a resistance and I was back to having cystic acne all over my face and back. By this point I had exhausted all the options given to me except for one... Accutane.

It's been 2.5 years since my last 20/40mg Accutane pill and I am acne free.

Cystic acne is hormonal.

Cystic acne is not hormonal and is not something you grow out of, which is what 'hormonal' suggests.

[spriorda]

Hi Patrick,

My diet usually consists of rice, veggies and the occasional white & red meat.

My sleep timings are usually way off because i'm working irregular hours. I hit the gym around twice a week. I am also taking the psyllium pills with probiotics and multivitamins. I'm using the one a day multivitamin as well.

This is my 5th day on this regime. So far my skin is less oilier. But the huge cyst is still there. I'll keep on updating on this thread on my condition,

Great to hear that you started the regimen. I know that when I started I wasn't getting a lot of sleep which kind of messed up my body. If you just shoot to get a decent amount per day or mix it up with a few naps then you should be good. I have the same sort of diet since I lift weights a lot. Usually consists of lunch meat (ham, turkey) in addition to chicken sandwiches. I start my day out with some oatmeal and drink a bottle of water. I think drinking water helps a lot.

Make sure you drink plenty of water while taking the fiber pills because the fiber absorbs the water and gets rid of the toxins. As far as the cysts are concerned. Those are going to take a little longer to go away as they are underneath the skin. The inflammation and swelling should subside within a few days.

Thanks for commenting on here daily I really appreciate it. Good luck!

Patrick

I was on a similar regimen. I took those same exact topicals (duac + retin-A) including the monocycline (sp?) for about a year, which worked wonders, but then my body started to build a resistance and I was back to having cystic acne all over my face and back. By this point I had exhausted all the options given to me except for one... Accutane.

It's been 2.5 years since my last 20/40mg Accutane pill and I am acne free.

Cystic acne is hormonal.

Cystic acne is not hormonal and is not something you grow out of, which is what 'hormonal' suggests.

I am going to have to politely disagree with your statement. Cystic acne is completely hormonal. It happens underneath the skin, so far underneath that benzoyl peroxide can't penetrate it. Hormonal acne (cystic acne) starts when toxins are spewed into the blood stream. Cystic acne starts at the closest point to our blood stream. That is why they are so deep. The toxins influence the hormones resulting in inflammation underneath the skin. By reducing the amount of toxins in the body, cystic acne is also substantially less significant.

Cystic acne is something you eventually grow out of through a healthy diet and well balanced life. Most young people have it for a period of time then it goes away as your hormones balance out.

Maybe for you it didn't go away because your diet was poor or because your genetics just don't let you grow out of it.

[MattN]

This guy is on to something.

When I first started taking probiotics for stomach issues (I was having symptoms from gallstones and not realizing it) my acne cleared up completely for a month or so.

Then my stones got worse, had to have surgery, etc. Complexion went back to normal on probiotics, but If I don't take them now I have horrible gas, stomache aches, headaches, indegestion, diarreha, etc now.

(DONT EVER LET A DOCTOR TELL YOU THE GALLBLADDER IS A "USELESS ORGAN", THATS BS, WISH I COULD TURN BACK TIME AND TRY SOMETHING ELSE)

Anyways, I still had occasional stomach issues even with the probiotics. Thats when I started drinking a green smoothie every morning.

Stalk of kale, carrot, random fruit and berries blended into a slightly crunch but good tasting smoothie. These things are better than a multi-vitamin and fiber pills lol.

After drinking this I go like clockwork every morning with a very large fibrous bowel movement. I noticed my complexion got A LOT better when I kept this up. Currently have fallen off the wagon for a week or two and I noticed my complexion is getting worse along with my regularity of bms. (Gross I know, sorry)

I'm also currently experimenting with drinking water kefir instead of buying the pills. Too expensive and I often had to take more than one a day, due to my already weakened digestive system. My acne has gotten a little worse after 3 days of drinking it but I haven't been on the good fiber bandwagon and it could be die off so I'm gonna stick with it another week. No stomach aches yet, usually after 2-3 days off probiotics I start getting bad digestive issues.

I've tried a lot of probiotics and the best I've found (in stores) are Culturelle, and acidophulus pearls are good too but not quite as effective as Culturelle. Align sucked for me, overrated (or maybe just not the strains my body needed, who knows)

If I go back on the pills I will try a high dose online vendor one, I saw a really good one with like 6 kinds of high dose acidophulus somewhere that sold me in it's sales pitch. Cost like $40 bucks but had like a 60 billion CFU and suggested only taking a few a week after the first two weeks for maintenance doses.

[Feelin'SomeRhythm]

Definitely going to give this a shot: I already take vitamins and a probiotic (except it's the store bought Actimel stuff so I'll try something a bit stronger). I eat very healthily at the moment (green smoothie every morning, at least 2 big salads a day, loads of veg at dinner, avoid rubbish stuff), so hopefully the fibre should kick in and finally help me get clear.

Are these the type of pills you're talking about? http://www.hollandan...rodid=145&sid=0

Looking forward to trying this out!

[spriorda]

Definitely going to give this a shot: I already take vitamins and a probiotic (except it's the store bought Actimel stuff so I'll try something a bit stronger). I eat very healthily at the moment (green smoothie every morning, at least 2 big salads a day, loads of veg at dinner, avoid rubbish stuff), so hopefully the fibre should kick in and finally help me get clear.

Are these the type of pills you're talking about? http://www.hollandan...rodid=145&sid=0

Looking forward to trying this out!

Yes those are the pills! GOOD LUCK!

This guy is on to something.

When I first started taking probiotics for stomach issues (I was having symptoms from gallstones and not realizing it) my acne cleared up completely for a month or so.

Then my stones got worse, had to have surgery, etc. Complexion went back to normal on probiotics, but If I don't take them now I have horrible gas, stomache aches, headaches, indegestion, diarreha, etc now.

(DONT EVER LET A DOCTOR TELL YOU THE GALLBLADDER IS A "USELESS ORGAN", THATS BS, WISH I COULD TURN BACK TIME AND TRY SOMETHING ELSE)

Anyways, I still had occasional stomach issues even with the probiotics. Thats when I started drinking a green smoothie every morning.

Stalk of kale, carrot, random fruit and berries blended into a slightly crunch but good tasting smoothie. These things are better than a multi-vitamin and fiber pills lol.

After drinking this I go like clockwork every morning with a very large fibrous bowel movement. I noticed my complexion got A LOT better when I kept this up. Currently have fallen off the wagon for a week or two and I noticed my complexion is getting worse along with my regularity of bms. (Gross I know, sorry)

I'm also currently experimenting with drinking water kefir instead of buying the pills. Too expensive and I often had to take more than one a day, due to my already weakened digestive system. My acne has gotten a little worse after 3 days of drinking it but I haven't been on the good fiber bandwagon and it could be die off so I'm gonna stick with it another week. No stomach aches yet, usually after 2-3 days off probiotics I start getting bad digestive issues.

I've tried a lot of probiotics and the best I've found (in stores) are Culturelle, and acidophulus pearls are good too but not quite as effective as Culturelle. Align sucked for me, overrated (or maybe just not the strains my body needed, who knows)

If I go back on the pills I will try a high dose online vendor one, I saw a really good one with like 6 kinds of high dose acidophulus somewhere that sold me in it's sales pitch. Cost like $40 bucks but had like a 60 billion CFU and suggested only taking a few a week after the first two weeks for maintenance doses.

Thanks for sharing your experience!!

[matt12491]

Hey so I just wanted to let everyone know, I've been on this regimen for about three weeks now and I've seen some quite remarkable improvements. My parents noticed it too and they're my biggest critics. I think the fiber is key in this. It really helps get everything flushed out of your system. I have still gotten a few pimples since I started but no major breakouts like I was accustomed to. I haven't had a cyst since and the ones I had before are in the healing stages. In addition to this regimen, I have been washing my face every day with manuka honey and oatmeal and this has really helped the extreme redness my face used to have, and when I say redness, I mean, it was blistering red. I looked like I had a sunburn all the time. I have a very healthy diet, no dairy, no processed carbs, lots of fruits and veggies, and lots of meat (I do crossfit so I need it). I workout almost every day and overall have a very healthy lifestyle. I think the best thing you can do not only for your acne but your life in general is to adopt a healthy lifestyle and stick with it. I'm not expecting to be clear for another few weeks at least since my acne was pretty severe to begin with but I've noticed a definite change and it has really boosted my confidence and I owe it all to spriorda and his regimen.