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i dint really have  cyst u know.

and i belive use of a bha wash(low %) as a cleanser and changing my diet & lifestyle has given me a better skin.

ur skin is changing and it looks so so good now.

am really really happy for u.

 

FYI,u r a fighter and da funny one!!=p

i wish i was anything near u!!

*jealous*

 

Thanks a lot

 

Keep up the great work/attitude!

lol no, for some reason the stuff does not freeze. Ive tried it.

??

 

Haha, I never knew that!

 

Weird things people try to freeze, just ask me anytime since I work in a giant freezer .

Peanuts haven't given me acne or aggravated my eczema, so I lucked out on that one. Once a week I put peanut butter on one of my apples if I feel like it. The biggest issue with peanut butter are the oils they put in the bottles, like cottonseed oils and vegetable oils. They're overloaded with Omega-6 fatty acids which cause inflammation. You'd have to eat a lot of fish and Omega-3 rich foods like special eggs and flaxseed to balance out several tablespoons full of peanut butter I think. 

 

Edit: I have no idea what that bottom picture is 0_0.

The colors were never consistent either, lol.

 

You can freeze it??? o_0

 

yah they are a kind of scary-looking color. Also, beet juice dosnt freez. Weird eh? 

^ It's ok everyone, lol! There are going to be arguments in every diet in the world. There is no perfect diet, and there is no "one diet fits everyone". Finding what's best for you is what's important :3.

Well of course the websites for the products in question are going to advertise all their creative words with you. Naked Juice is also owned by PepsiCo... that should have been enough for you to close the website on the spot.

 

They are misleading to the public eye and here's why:

 

http://www.courthous...09/28/40142.htm

http://www.naturalne...ce_odwalla.html

 

I use to drink that stuff all the time and thought it was healthy. Boy was I wrong. That stuff is horrible for people with acne prone skin, and is way too sweet for my taste anymore. Just because there's no 'sugar' in it doesn't mean that they didn't sweeten it with something else. 

 

And don't forget, just because it's a refrigerated beverage does not mean that they didn't put preservatives in it. The shelf life is longer than the average fruit/vegetable. It's real food that you should be consuming. Eat as close to the natural state of the food as possible and stop buying into these "heathy" shelves and bottled drinks.

 

One of those is around 4 bucks depending on where you live... One a day for a week is 28 dollars... and 5 weeks is 140 dollars. Save your money for a month and get a juicer instead. Start juicing your own fruits and vegetables.

 

Will it kill you? No. But for acne prone skin, it is extremely questionable.

When I first started juicing vegetables every day and the oiliness on my skin vanished for the first time in my life, I was nearly hell bent on bulldozing my dermatologists offices down. I mean, what liars... I can still see their smug little looks on their faces whenever I came back to refill my prescriptions. They got me good. They got me damn good.

 

My skin is incredibly oily and I've seen improvement with green smoothies, but it hasn't vanished. I sure wish it would though! Do you still get relief from your oily skin from vegetable juice? Would you mind sharing your recipe?

 

My Previous Regimen is in my link bellow in my signature. I juiced once a day every day AND got rid of sugar. But unlike the guy who started that regimen, I also got rid of milk. My oiliness disappeared after about a few weeks. August 6th was when I started, and August 15th was when the oil was gone. It was crazy fast for me. I juiced once a day in the morning. He juices twice a day. I stopped my juicing last month because I was going at it for about six months and decied to take a break and focus more on the food I'm eating. My face has very little oil to it and nothing compared to what it was before. It's tolerable and not over-oily like most people I see with acne, so whatever the juice did really helped that out for sure. However, avoiding milk is probably why the oil isn't there as much as well.

 

Green smoothies alone wont help I'm afraid .  Don't get me wrong, they are terrific, but no one can eat as much fibre and vegetable/fruit skin in those smoothies compared to what you would need for the amount of vegetables in juicing. The juicing literally squeezes out the juice and ONLy the juice of the vegetable, and when it enters your stomach you get the nutrients instantly. No need to wait for the digestion... it almost instantly gets absorbed into your blood stream.

 

If you have time, you can watch this film off youtube about a guy (and few others in the film) who did nothing more but juice vegetables three times a day for sixty days. One woman was "looking clearer" even though I didn't think she had any skin issues before:

 

 

My juicer looks about the same. I got it from a neighbor for 40 bucks because he wasn't using it. It's ridiculously light and isn't that hard to wash. Explore that movie channel on youtube and find a bunch of recipes to your linking. I juiced whatever I could and didn't actually focus on a recipe, only what I could get my hands on. Also, I found out that tomatoes and peppers were flaring up my psoriasis and even spreading it further around my hands and arms, so by accident I started looking into psoriasis and food triggers on my own. Unfortunately, I have a much stricter diet in my future because I have both acne and psoriasis, so you may not need to be as strict as me when it comes to your juice. You should be fine with tomatoes and peppers, but use them only a couple of times a week since they are a nightshade family after all. 

My diet changes has been the best thing for my face since trying and doing anything else over-the-counter or at my dermatologists, and I've met a lot of dermatologists. I may not be bating at 100 percent just yet, but I've discovered so many good and bad things for myself that I can't wait to see what else my body does. It's pretty exciting really. You can see the pictures in my gallery anytime you like.

 

When I first started juicing vegetables every day and the oiliness on my skin vanished for the first time in my life, I was nearly hell bent on bulldozing my dermatologists offices down. I mean, what liars... I can still see their smug little looks on their faces whenever I came back to refill my prescriptions. They got me good. They got me damn good.

 

I only changed my diet last year in August and already I know more about nutrition than any dermatologist has in my entire area. Even if you were a "nutritional dermatologist" and had a good office and open mind, you're not going to send practically every patient away telling them to avoid dairy without them paying you for some kind of prescription or use of your equipment. They wouldn't make any money that way! 

 

Well... No one will ever get rid of their acne 100 percent with their diet alone, you have to take in other factors as well. Even if you were to against all odds find the perfect diet for your particular body, sitting in a chair all day and eating it wont do a thing for your skin. You have to move around, and I'm not talking just a 30 minute walk a day. I'm talk on your feet constantly for a good half of the day, otherwise you wont be getting the full benefits of the nutrients from your diet. And then there's also how you feel about everything overall, including your sleep and overall health. 

I guess it depends on how extreme you want to work out. if it's heavy or extreme workouts you want to do, such as body building and cardiovascular, then you may want to limit those to 3-4 times a week. But if you're only talking about yoga, then I've seen people do their yoga stretches and walks 1 to 3 times a day! It's kind of hard to tell you which form of yoga to use. Just so long as your moving around and doing something then you should be fine. I myself am on my feet more than half the day, so I only need to stretch once a day to maintain loose muscles and some flexibility, but I have done it twice a day before as well (when I wake and before I sleep).

 

If you type in "Yoga for skin" or "Exercises for clear skin/acne" on YouTube, you'll come across a lot of people who can demonstrate several forms of yoga for you. Most of what I've seen keeps the body close together while the head is upside down. Some prefer this kind of yoga that turns your head upside down so that fresh blood is constantly pumping upwards into your face, clearing out all the toxins that may have been sitting there. Whether or not this is true I'm not sure. For me, yoga alone didn't help. I've done yoga and was even a second degree in Martial Arts for 6 years and still had cysts and pimples everywhere, no matter how many times I was slammed on my back or thrown into the ground with my feet in the air. However I had terrible diet at that time, or at least a diet that the acne boards here consider terrible. I'm glad you understand that living and dieting is just as important. Combine several of these factors together and your skin should improve substantially.

 

The best thing to do is to simply move around and stretch a lot.

Sure, does it need to be more elaborate?

 

Actually, I myself would love if you could elaborate on your diet some more... if it's not too much to ask ^^; ...

Here's a forum that might hep answer some of your concerns about Spiro:

 

http://www.acne.org/...spironolactone/

 

A lot of people I know took this and did not have as many side effects as Accutane, so I *kind of* recommend it.

 

Yes, I think you are way to young for that cream. In fact your acne looks a lot like mine, but I was shown negative for just about everything tested, so no one had an answer for my skin. 

 

You have tried what seems to be everything holistic to take care of your acne. The only issue is that acne comes from the inside, so nothing you put on your face will help. It will treat the acne and keep it at bay, but it will never cure it. This is also proven with your PCOS. If your PCOS is for sure causing your acne, toss whatever you have away for nothing will work from the outside unless you come up with a functional regimen to hide it.

 

Here are also a few posts on PCOS:

 

http://www.acne.org/...s/#entry3169118

http://www.acne.org/...-4#entry3333679

http://www.acne.org/...s/#entry3023219

 

A lot of those pages have links so read carefully.

 

 

If you have been tested and shown positive for PCOS, there's actually a diet that *may* work for that:

 

http://pinterest.com/srberger/pcos-diet-recipes/ 

 

The biggest issue I have with the PCOS diets is that they don't omit gluten or food chemicals. Your best source of information is probably at your local library since some PCOS diets have conflicting information on the web, but gluten can be a serious issue in regards to your insulin levels. You may need to also take something directly for your insulin levels such as a supplement, but if possible always wait out on that.

 

I am sorry to hear that common acne free diets did not work for you. If that's the case, I suggest taking it a step further. There are numerous things that can cause breakouts, and most of the time they are food allergies. Every single thing that passes through your mouth shows up in a matter of hours. Common acne triggers are wheat/gluten, dairy, soy, peanuts (not a nut, actually a legume), eggs, shellfish, nuts, etc... The best and only diet for those starting is all vegetables, some fruit, and water (or hot tea). Make sure you try a particular diet for at least 4 months.

 

Here is where you should start of in helping you find an acne free diet IF you already haven't:

 

http://www.acne.org/...t-lead-to-acne/

 

GOOD LUCK!! :3

Milk is not awful for you, it's truly good for you and is essential to the human body. Perhaps in the U.S milk isn't the healthiest as American milk is known to be tainted with added hormones and chemicals but in Canada (Where I live) Milk is 100% pure and the only thing that's added in is vitamin A.

 

American Food standards are quite poor - that's the problem, not the food it's self. It's your country and it's abysmal standards for how food is prepared and made.

 

 

They key word here is "essential" my northern friend. What you eat and what you absorb are two very different things. Cows milk is no more necessary for humans that it is to an infant calf after it has matured. It is not an essential ingredient for human consumption. It is possible to live without ever drinking a dairy cows milk. And I'm not even pro-animal.

 

Calcium, Vitamin, D, and other nutrients, however, are essential for human growth. It is simply not necessary to ever need them from a cow. It has become cheap, easy labor to derive these ingredients from cows over the past several years, and this continent of ours uses both corporations and unhygienic farms to get you and I to pay up a few bucks. The forest preserve I live in stretches well into your area. You are no more of an exception to these conditions to than I am.

 

Although There is no 100 percent proof in clinical trials that drinking cows milk for certain causes health issues, many statistics lean towards the chance that it may, or has, become unnaturally dangerous on average to normal consumption rates:

 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21717454

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21663648

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22081694

 

There are numerous articles and facts that support the decision to not drink todays cow milk:

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-157290/Do-know-truth-milk.html

http://www.ovarian-cysts-pcos.com/news109.html#sec1

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/do-milk-and-sugar-cause-a_b_822163.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/new-mrsa-superbug-strain-found-in-uk-milk-supply-8431187.html

http://www.krispin.com/lectin.html

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/dairy-insulin/#axzz2PXiYLGfy

http://www.mendosa.com/insulin_index.htm

 

Some of these exact links are found here in the diet forums, but most are on educational websites.

 

The cons of drinking dairy milk outweigh the pros. I remember visiting canada on several occasions have have come across many, many families who adored their dairy intake. Canadians are almost always advised to increase their dairy intake for numerous reasons, such as lowering their sodium levels and even encouraging their athletes:

 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21714312

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23075559

 

Yet there's also the issue of your raw milk:

 

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/securit/facts-faits/rawmilk-laitcru-eng.php

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/securit/kitchen-cuisine/raw-milk-lait-cru-eng.php

 

A difference in Canadian and American milk is how you guys and other countries have banned certain ingredients (which I'm all for):

 

http://www.preventcancer.com/consumers/general/milk.htm

 

Like I said earlier, depending on what country your from will most certainly seal your nutritional fate. Fresh greens and other produce may not be available for your calcium intake. In that case, some countries are advised to consume dairy milk, and eventually do end up getting an increase in their calcium levels and even energy levels. It is unsure, however, what the farming conditions for these cows were (either from UK or other safe and nearby government approved farms), and it was for milk consumption only, NOT other dairy products:

 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18751629

 

There's also goats milk, llama milk, "clean" cows milk, etc... which are a lot less harmful than todays manufactured milk yet still obtains similar harmful ingredients. it all depends on whether or not you are intolerant.

 

 

QUOTE (Thehoper @ Aug 1 2011, 06:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

IGF-1 is suppose to make acne terrible, right? Yet many people have had no breakouts from goat milk like myself, so is it the IGF-1 or something else?

 

(Answer from Alternativista) IGF1 is a major factor in hyperkeratinization which is the reason our pores clog. It is made in our bodies stimulated by insulin and is in dairy. But the consumption of dairy does not automatically lead to a pimple unless you are intolerant. But it has a negative impact on many of the processes involved in the formation of acne such as containing IGF-1 and precursors to DHT.

 

Milk consumption can be tolerated and was even necessary for human survival and human history. In fact, many countries still rely on it for economic wealth and value. I'm sure you get the picture at this point.

 

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Now, getting back to acne, there is more than enough data that suggest that dairy consumption causes inflammation, bone fractures, and premature adolescence, many of these patients with mild to severe acne:

 

http://www.acne.org/messageboard/topic/294804-acne-dairy-and-cancer-the-5alpha-p-link/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23542805

http://www.acne.org/messageboard/topic/230714-good-things-for-the-many-factors-that-lead-to-acne/page-6#entry3048157

 

Milk is also one of the top allergic reactions which may or may not cause people to develop acne. The most allergic reactions come from 8 foods: wheat/gluten, dairy, soy, peanuts, eggs, shellfish, true nuts, etc...

 

There is more than enough sufficient data across the web, and even more so at your local libraries, that suggest a possible acne and dairy related issue. The very least you can do is cut it our for a few months and see how you feel. I have no problem with people who wish to use dairy as an ingredient in their dish for a special celebration, but normal consumption has yet to be proven that it is beneficial. It also has yet to be proven that it is harmful. One thing is for certain, however: It is simply not essential.

For those of you who are on The Regimen, currently starting The Regimen or thinking about starting The Regimen, I have made an entire "Questions and Answers" page for it that may or may not help you. This was done a few months ago and I just finally decided to post it so that everyone can find it.

 

Some people have found my pictures in the websites gallery and have asked me if I was still doing the regimen. The answer is no, I have moved onto something else.

 

However, The Regimen did work for me, so the least I can do is offer both my album and information dedicated to it.

 

Here is my album (From right to left):

 

http://www.acne.org/messageboard/gallery/album/12105-1st-regime-dans-regime-closed/

 

... And this is my album at Month three when I was finished:

 

http://www.acne.org/messageboard/gallery/album/12208-the-end-of-my-first-acne-regime/

 

As well as another person's album who is currently doing The Regimen right now:

 

http://www.acne.org/messageboard/user/179893-thereisalwayshope/

 

 

So, without further ado-do...

 

 

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THE REGIMEN OF ACNE.ORG

 

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS


***Updated 01/01/13***

From popular demand, I have taken the liberty of explaining The Regimen (or Dan's Regimen) in much more detail than most people have been able to do here on the community chat boards. I am doing this so that you can hopefully have many of your common questions answered in regards to Dan's Regimen and Dan's Regimen ALONE.

What I have for you are:

*Three things you MUST KNOW about Dan's regimen.
*Pros and Con's of Dan's Regimen.
*My personal Notes on Dan's Regimen.

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* Three things you must know about Dan's regimen:

For those who just started or is currently on Dan's Regimen, you MUST understand several basic concepts:
 

 

 

 

1.) The regimen is all about future prevention.

It can take several weeks for the acne to stop emerging, and even longer for the black/red marks to go away. 
 

Do not confuse your black/red marks for upcoming acne spots!
 
Black/Red marks, when it comes to your acne, are usually the most prominent thing on your face (whether dark or light skinned), and can easily distract and confuse you into thinking that it may be an acne spot, but what it actually is was what's left over from the acne legion. These spots tend to fade incredibly slow. I personally have had a few for over 3 years. These "dark spots", or whatever you want to call them, are one of the most slowest thing to fade on your skin, next to acne scars which may take longest to fade, if at all. Taking pictures every day is your best bet at staying focused on your progress and reminding you when and where you had a breakout.

Please note that these black/red marks will take even longer to go away on Dan's Regimen because of the 2.5 BP solution. 

And although sunlight helps acne prone skin, it too can keep the black/red marks stay on the skin much longer than normal. Until your black/red marks are fading, try limiting your exposure to sunlight. I'd estimate a good 20-30 minutes or less for darker skinned people, and about 10-15 minutes or less for lighter skinned people, depending on the season and your location near the equator of course.
 

2.) Acne is stubborn.

Acne can stay hidden under the skin for up to six weeks before emerging. Once the puss and white bacteria have been formed underneath your skin, I am afraid there is no stopping it. The formation doesn't just magically break apart, so you will not feel its nastiness until it actually begins to emerge. This is especially true for the cyst/papule/pustule/etc. 
 
In other words, the instant you apply the 2.5 BP solution, the acne bacteria will get killed for that particular layer of skin later on, but not until those six weeks are up! Six weeks, from what I have read, is the average rate facial skin completely sheds, and a new "face" of fresh skin emerges. Softness and smoothness from using the lotion, however, can easily be felt only three weeks into Dan's Regimen (or any regimen that uses lotion for that matter). This helps in dealing with the pain of a popping pimple.

For example, lets say a cyst has been created the very day you started Dan's Regimen. After six weeks of doing the regimen twice a day, that cysts finally emerges. This is usually where people either stop the regimen and/or loose their cool. Please understand that acne will stop creating itself after six weeks, but the acne the already was created when you started the regimen still needs to run its course!

On top of this monstrosity, acne can stay visibly attached to the skin for a few more weeks after showing its ugly face… then when it finally pops it can take 1-7 days to clear out all it's crud… then the healing time differs because each legion varies... then you're left with "dark spots" which can take months to years to fade away.
 
I know, I know... it's a giant headache of a mess. Rinse, lather, repeat, and let father time do his thing.

I have taken many, many pictures throughout Dan's regimen. Upcoming acne spots have the ability to sit there before finally raising, popping, and at last healing. This entire process can take almost three months, especially if the puss under the skin only shifted a few millimeters away, making yet another pimple without it actually being produced on its own from the start. Please do not forget where your spots are. Take daily/weekly pictures and/or notes and always keep track of your progress.
 




3.) The regimen is a lifestyle adjustment.

You must religiously do the regimen twice a day. It will not work once a day or once every other day. The reason for this is because of the bacteria that grows constantly and consistently on our skin... it needs to be killed off as frequently as possible, but not too frequently that we damage ourselves too much. Washing your face once every 8 to 14 hours is going to be your best bet. Your before-and-after-sleep schedule will vary from others, so if you only get 4 or 5 hours of sleep, then it's important to know that you may need to wait a bit longer until doing the regimen again. Aim for a 8-14 hour window if possible. 

You must follow Dan's exact instructions, barely touching your face and remaining extremely gentle with yourself. Dan has countless videos explaining this important breakthrough. Watch them and learn.

You must keep it up for at least three months before deciding that it doesn't work. Wait until your acne runs its entire course! I can not stress this enough!

As far as I am concerned, there is no financial loss in doing this. Although it's refundable, please be sincere with yourself, others, and Dan. If you did the regimen wrong or did not follow his exact instructions, then I'm afraid you only have yourself to blame.


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* Pros and Con's of Dan's Regimen:

 

Pros:

-It only takes 15-30 minutes every morning and evening!
-You can eat whatever you want and sit down as long as you like!
-No need to study acne diets or change your current lifestyle!
-Gets rid of all kinds of acne! 
-Works faster than adjusting diet and lifestyle, which may take months to years!
-It may be cheaper and faster than any diet and lifestyle for your particular need(s)!



Cons:

-You'll need water, towels, money, and time twice every single day. Bathrooms aren't entirely necessary as long as you have a clean sink/bowl/bucket/etc... and fresh water to use somewhere.
-The regimen only "hides" the main health issue with your body, it doesn't actually get rid of it. IT IS NOT A CURE.
-It's expensive to do it all over your body if you don't just have facial acne (I personally also have chest and back acne).
-If and when you quit this particular regimen, it is extremely likely for your skin to appear worse than ever before, so plan ahead for a long and lengthy time. (My skin got worse when I quit... you are free to see the pictures in my gallery anytime).
-If you aren't taking the exact same supplements as Dan is (Zinc, Fish Oil, Multi-Vitamin, etc.), then please expect at least some kind of margin of error.
-Most people do not expect the burning, redness, and patches of dry skin, so you must bear with this until your skin adjusts to the BP.
-Adjusting your skin to the BP can take 1 to 3 months. Flakiness will come and go. You're face will get red, will flake heavily, and will hurt.
-You can not lie or fool yourself about not doing the regimen; Your body will always know if and when you cheated.


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Meeting in the Middle:

-The regimen doesn't actually cure the acne, but still treats it nearly 100 percent by prevention.
-Your oil production is still somewhat constant, but the bacteria that causes the acne in the oil dies off from the 2.5 BP solution.
-Depending on your lifestyle, storing the bottles can be easy but not discrete. If it makes you feel better, put stickers over the acne.org labels (please remember which one is which!). If not, you can pour the solution into bottles that have no labels so your guests and or families don't say anything to you, but be sure not to waste a drop. I'd leave the bottle upside down and properly balanced all night long into another bottle until it's completely drained, but I have no idea if the constant open air exposure overnight will effect the treatment later on.


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* My personal notes on Dan's Regimen:



^ ---> When doing Dan's regimen, his 2.5 BP is priceless… but there are several other "gentle face washes" and "non-pore clogging lotions" out there for better prices and/or larger bottles from your local retail stores (or off the internet). If for some reason you can't seem to find anything, then his whole package is your best bet, at least to begin with. 

If you're still in doubt of which local product to substitute for, then just go ahead and start with Dan's package. See how you feel if you want to replace his cleanser and lotion with something else, or just stick with his product. 

If you just want to buy the 2.5 BP solution, then you will be pleased to know that a few of my friends as well as myself were able to get away with buying only that (although you can clearly see I bought the jojoba oil out of curiosity), and then bought other gentler liquid face washes at our local corner pharmacy. I also bought much larger bottles of lotion such as "Curél" and "Cetaphil" that "doesn't clog pores", and it worked great on my face.



^ ---> The regimen WILL burn and hurt, but only for a few months until your skin gets use to it. This can be anywhere from moderate to extreme. Don't let this stop you, but be open minded if you feel as though you are having unbearably awful side effects.

 
 
^ ---> Sorry gals (and guys), but you should not be putting makeup on while you are doing Dan's regimen. And on that note, try starting the regimen at the beginning of a non busy summer vacation, that way when you go back to school in the fall your skin should have gotten rid of the redness/flakiness by then. 

If you don't go to school and/or already work full time, then this might be more difficult to deal with depending on your job. If you work somewhere where the state of your face is extremely important, then I'm afraid you may want to consider something else other than Dan's regimen because the BP side effects have happened with everyone I have met. 

I started the regimen at the start of one of my college fall semesters, and the redness/flakiness was still there after my finals. I constantly received double looks from most of my classmates. My job, however, was much easier to deal with. Since I work in a freezer all day, my face is usually covered with a scarf/hat, if not slightly red from the cold, so I'm afraid I lucked out on that one.

 

^ ---> If you are going to wash your face, consider using bar soap rather than liquid soap. Liquid soap is the more preferred choice on Dan's Regimen, and it feels better too, but if you are able to get your hands on organic and "gentle" soaps with fewer harsh ingredients, then you can have a similarly "clean" effect at a much cheaper price. You'll need to constantly save up for the next 2.5 BP solution every 1-3 months or so anyway, so bar soap is a very popular financial choice. Also, bars are more discrete since most of them have no logo's and aren't labeled for others to see, so you won't need to worry about hiding them at home or at the gym. It's also easier on the environment and doesn't produce as much waste while throwing away/recycling an entire bottle. This is just my personal preference though.

(Someone asked me which natural/organic soap I would recommend. I have two kinds: "African Black Soap", commonly found in health and vitamin shops such as Vitamin Shoppe, and "Dead Sea Salt/Mud Soap", usually found in most pharmacies but often ordered off the internet. Please note that soaps such as these leave their reside on your sink, in your tub, and even leave a "rough feeling" on your skin after washing (like most bar soap would I guess), so wash and rinse with plenty of water and as quickly/gently as your can. Afterwards, I recommend using natural oils such as extra virgin olive oil to moisturize your skin rather than lotion, but the choice is absolutely yours. You need to find what works best for you and your skin type).

 

  ^ ---> Rather than constantly run your faucet's water, consider putting a face-bowl (a.k.a. sink bowl, basin, etc...) in your bathroom or whatever room you're using to clean yourself. Most of these bowls can be found at your local retail store (Kohl's, Target. etc…) but also ordered off the internet. The are extremely wide yet short, catching the water as you lift it up with your hands to for face. I did this and was still able to get clear. People have proven that they wasted much less water this way. Also, reaching to turn off your faucet still doesn't catch the water that falls down the drain for those few seconds it's running. It may not seem like much at first, but twice a day for several months/years certainly builds up to quite a hefty water bill, especially for those living in the city.
  


^ ---> For those who constantly get patches of dry, flaky skin, do not pick or peel it off. If it's flaking too much for you too handle, go ahead and apply extra moisturizer. If you have Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Grape Seed Oil, or Jojoba Oil on hand, than that's even more healthy and effective! (You also have the option of mixing the oils in your moisturizer if you don't want to give the lotion up).

 

But if your dry skin still flakes and sticks out too much to be considered tolerable, then do what I did and gently apply some scotch tape to your skin, carefully ripping it off and taking all those dry scales with you. Do this after your face is 100 percent dried and has completely absorbed the lotion. This is an absolute last resort as the tape could also possibly take off your skin's protective layer and other nutrients as well, but still works great in my opinion.
 
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I hope this helped!

 

 

 

Best of Luck To You All! 

Unfortunately I have to agree with most other people here, although I'm a lot more willing to be friendly . You're diet is amazing, keep up the great work... but when it comes to acne it may be something much, much more complicated. I don't think you 'got lucky' but I do think you may have changed just as time when by. Perhaps you are getting a certain nutrient which was all you ever needed anyway, or perhaps you overlooked that a combination of certain bad foods at certain times of the day was triggering your outburst... a combination you never thought of avoiding because it was usually together on a sandwich you ate or something. Then again, maybe the diet really did help your acne and you happen to be allergic to everything you avoided.

 

I've been on a juicing vegetable diet for a while now and I'm still getting at least 5 cysts at a time, although the impact is a lot less. The redness and inflammation in my face is still sticking out like a sore thumb. Yet when I had no choice but to eat a ham and cheese sandwich because I was snowed in one day and couldn't leave my house for groceries, nothing happened, even weeks after the chemicals flowed though me. My new diet change is HELPING, but I'm still partially breaking out reguardless.

Hi darkdivine,

Please keep me posted on how it goes for you when you try to be off BP. I have used BP once a day for years now and just yesterday I decided to start apply it only every other night..

Sorry to take your question away, but are you eventually going to quit BP? If so, you may need to prepare yourself for your skin to get worse... at least for a while. I stopped too, and my face exploded with acne far worse than it had ever been, you can see my gallery pictures. I have no idea (if this were to happen to you) how to stop it. Ever other night may or may not work, and in fact almost sounds like quitting the full effects of properly using BP. In what way are you applying BP? Is it Dan's BP? Is it a cream with a different percentage? Is it a wash? Are you doing anything else?

So happy this helped you. I am in the process of changing my diet, hoping for the same results. I will be 25 next week and I am ready for this to be over. In high school, i would get a couple of pimples here and there, nothing terrible though. Then I started college and my face went nuts. I went to a dermatologist and was able to get it under control (not perfect though). SO then I maintained that for a while... it was on and off through college. I got on birth control and it helped for a while. Then I started working after college and it got worse again. Went back to derm, and was able to get it more manageable. Maintained that for maybe a year or so... and it was off and on again. Now, it is probably at it's worse. I consider myself to have moderate acne with a lot of redness, which makes it look worse. I have tried everything (except accutane and i really don't want to). I have started to get deeper acne in spots that I never broke out in before. When one spot clears, another pops up right next to it. Of course I am left with a dark spot also I do everything right when it comes to cleansing my face and treating my acne. So it has to be on the inside for me. I have always eaten whatever I wanted, until recently in the past year or so, I have become more health conscious. So I have done some research about things I should cut out of my diet in order to improve my face and most are things I need to cut out anyways! I eat a lot of carbs, although I try to stick with whole wheat, but I know I need to cut those out all together. Also, sugar and processed foods are hard for me. My skin went crazy again over the holidays, and I am sure it was from my bad eating habits. So what I have noticed is that everything I have tried worked for a little while, but it always came back. So I am making the effort to get my nutrition in order and make notes of the changes in my skin. I really hope it helps.

I'm turning 25 too, this february .

GREAT JOB taking notes! I can not express enough how happy I am to hear that! You wont regret recording what you do... people often over exaggerate with themselves and trust to just remember things right off the spot. I use to be that way until I started writing things down every day and noticed that my though process was way off course from my actual lifestyle, at least when it came to my acne.

Changing your diet is a good thing, trust me. I am sorry to hear you are still suffering though. I've been going on this juicing regime for 6 months and still had a few spots come up, but my oil has disappeared and my skin everywhere else has cleared tremendously. If you "facial redness" is what i thinkit is, then it's just inflamation from what you're eating. Do you have an allergy you are not aware of? I began quitting other things like gluten, sugar, and dairy, and my redness, although slightly still prominent, has been going away fast. My acne has shrunk and lessoned, and now my skin is as soft as when I was a child. The only bumps and red spots are my scars. Do you think you have too many toxins in your body? Have you tried any famous diets before? (Mediterranean, Paleolithic, etc...?). perhaps you may be interested in the books I have in my gallery.