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I'm confused. Some things I read say that omega-3 actually excacerbates oily skin. im having second thoughts about increasing my intake now.....Show me these said studies. It can't, nor will it. People get cured from acne because of a better body production, there is no way it can do harm to the oil production =) That is the last thing you should worry about.
As autonomous said, it's basically just fat, good fat. Look at the pills, they are so tiny in relativity to the size of a meal you eat. It's not a drug, or marijuana or anything, it's simply a fat that your body actually loves. Think of it like the difference between wheat bread and white bread. Your body loves complex carbs, yum! But your body hates processed foods. Same thing with this, your body will love fish oil, yum (lol) but it will hate fat from a mcdonalds meal, yuck!
eat the fish oil 🙂
GO for it. It will only harm you if you are taking tons and tons. 10 pills is like 2 teaspoons worth with regular fish oil liquid form 🙂 If it makes you feel better, do that instead
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Just please, start taking it. The results are no joke, it happens.
LOL xxndnromeoxx never would i think someone could be so passionate about fish oil! but i love it 🙂 well i went to the pharmacy today to check out the fish oil capsules and headed to the pharmacy for a second opinion. these two girls were like "um well like if its oil then you probably don't want to take it you know?" and obviously didn't know what the F they were talking about. unfortunately i think alot of crap on the internet is based on similar conjecture. still, i left it behind because im going to try to incorporate evening primrose oil and see how that goes.
I was wondering, when people typically say avoid wheat, dairy, sat fats etc because they will cause acne, could it be that these foods actually are only making you unhealthy, and that these types of foods may coincidently be very high in omega 6 fat aswell, creating an even bigger imbalance of omega 6 to omega 3's which in turn leads to acne.Also when people say certain sugars break them out could this be because the imbalance is so high that these inflammatory foods such as the sugars become inflamed as there is a far smaller ratio of omega 3 to reduce the inflammation.
btw this is just a question not a statement, maybe someone in here might know an answer because im not sure.
Well, this could be partially true depending upon the particular food, but some of these foods don't contain much if any omega 6 or omega 3. The glycemic load of these foods can also have an effect. Such foods with high loads suppposedly can mess up hormones directly or indirectly causing inflammation and mess with the normal time it takes for the skin to cycle/regenerate new cells.
LOL xxndnromeoxx never would i think someone could be so passionate about fish oil! but i love it 🙂 well i went to the pharmacy today to check out the fish oil capsules and headed to the pharmacy for a second opinion. these two girls were like "um well like if its oil then you probably don't want to take it you know?" and obviously didn't know what the F they were talking about. unfortunately i think alot of crap on the internet is based on similar conjecture. still, i left it behind because im going to try to incorporate evening primrose oil and see how that goes.
That's funny about what the pharmacist girls said. The sad part is I wonder if most derms would even have a better opinion than that.
Is there anything wrong with buying Mega Omega-3 Fish Oil pills (pills that have higher amounts of EFA per gram of fish oil)?they are better. the only problem is theyre usually more expensive. i use them. i have fish oil pills that have 420 EPA and 210 DHA per pill
Thanks for the quick reply buddy. The replies come back so quickly in this thread that it could practically be a chatroom. lol.
I'm confused. Some things I read say that omega-3 actually excacerbates oily skin. im having second thoughts about increasing my intake now.....Show me these said studies. It can't, nor will it. People get cured from acne because of a better body production, there is no way it can do harm to the oil production =) That is the last thing you should worry about.
As autonomous said, it's basically just fat, good fat. Look at the pills, they are so tiny in relativity to the size of a meal you eat. It's not a drug, or marijuana or anything, it's simply a fat that your body actually loves. Think of it like the difference between wheat bread and white bread. Your body loves complex carbs, yum! But your body hates processed foods. Same thing with this, your body will love fish oil, yum (lol) but it will hate fat from a mcdonalds meal, yuck!
eat the fish oil 🙂
GO for it. It will only harm you if you are taking tons and tons. 10 pills is like 2 teaspoons worth with regular fish oil liquid form 🙂 If it makes you feel better, do that instead
:dance:
Just please, start taking it. The results are no joke, it happens.
LOL xxndnromeoxx never would i think someone could be so passionate about fish oil! but i love it 🙂 well i went to the pharmacy today to check out the fish oil capsules and headed to the pharmacy for a second opinion. these two girls were like "um well like if its oil then you probably don't want to take it you know?" and obviously didn't know what the F they were talking about. unfortunately i think alot of crap on the internet is based on similar conjecture. still, i left it behind because im going to try to incorporate evening primrose oil and see how that goes.
Lol, that's up to you. Some people say evening prim rose oil reduces their oil production because of the high GLA content. But also, the main goal is to enhance the quality of oil your body produces and stabilize it. Let us know how that goes. I may take it too since I have 2 times more omega 3 in my diet than omega 6, that's really rare, but I am happy, so I can afford to add some in too.
LOL xxndnromeoxx never would i think someone could be so passionate about fish oil! but i love it 🙂 well i went to the pharmacy today to check out the fish oil capsules and headed to the pharmacy for a second opinion. these two girls were like "um well like if its oil then you probably don't want to take it you know?" and obviously didn't know what the F they were talking about. unfortunately i think alot of crap on the internet is based on similar conjecture. still, i left it behind because im going to try to incorporate evening primrose oil and see how that goes.That's funny about what the pharmacist girls said. The sad part is I wonder if most derms would even have a better opinion than that.
I know, makes me pretty upset to hear a pharmacist say that!! education at it's best :rolleyes:
You may be interested to know about the benefits of krill oil in comparison to fish oil.
That is really interesting, but since as they say that not all of them are the same, and I can't seem to find the epa/dha in it, I will stick to fish oil for consistency reasons =)
Thank you for the link!
You may be interested to know about the benefits of krill oil in comparison to fish oil.
The EFA values in the Krill Oil are so slow...
I am going to go to the galleria today, so I may purchase the facial brush
http://store.crabtree-evelyn.com/acc205270.html
It looks better than the baby brush, and more appropriate too. Since it's cheap, I may
Also, since I realized I am taking in about 1.5:1 or 2:1 (depending on the day) of omega 3 to omega 6, I MAY also pick up some evening prim rose oil for my GLA's, since I have an omega 3 comfort zone.
I received a PM with this:
Hi there. yes EPO dried out my skin. First i liked it, but after that i got so depressed and had to turn to a moisturiser. My skin was pretty oily before it. Like you can see there was an actual layer of oil on my skin. I hated it. I was so self consious at school about my oily skin and it was that noticeable that someone questioned me about it cry.gif It took one wk before i noticed my oil reduction and 2 wks i actually saw dry skin. I stuck with it for about 3-4 months (and my skin got drier and drier) before buying a cetaphil moisturiser and has worked wonders. I first started at a dose of 1000mg EPO capsule 3x a day, then went down to 2x a day (cuz i noticed my skin got really dry) then i went to 1x a day. Then 1x capsule every 2nd day. But still didnt work and got dry skin. I know alot of people on the boards use EPO, but havent experienced the drying of the skin, so you might not experience dry skin, but if you are willing to give it a go, have a see if it dries your skin. If you dont notice an significant oil reduction in about a wk or two, i dont think EPO will dry your skin.
So I may do the same, and in a week I think the last part of my problem will go away. Not that I have much oily skin now, but I have very little excess oil. I want to put a full stop to it completely and I think I will.
I pretty much have no actives left (knock on wood) but I still manage to use a full sheet in 24 hours, and even though it doesn't clog me, I want to stop using them, they're like a handicap that I don't want to use, they remind me that I depend on them and I don't want to.
cliffnotes:
1)Getting a facial brush to replace baby hair brush since the bristles seem fuller and just as soft, and bigger
2)Maybe getting evening prim rose because I have plenty of omega 3 in my diet and this could also benefit more because of the GLA content and the results people also have.
If you're looking to add more GLA into your diet, without disturbing your omega-3 & omega-6 balance, you may want to look into Borage Oil. Borage oil contains more GLA and less omega-6 than EPO. However, borage oil is said to have side effects (the main ones having to deal with upset stomach).
If you're looking to add more GLA into your diet, without disturbing your omega-3 & omega-6 balance, you may want to look into Borage Oil. Borage oil contains more GLA and less omega-6 than EPO. However, borage oil is said to have side effects (the main ones having to deal with upset stomach).
Correct, I saw that it had side effects so I decided I didn't want to bother with that.
Edit: I bought some right now, but upon looking at it closer, I realized that EPO has way too much LA and that taking even three pills daily would put me off balance, and that may be not a wise decision. So I may not decide to take it and stick to omega 3's only, since it's working very well. Like that saying goes, if it isn't broken, don't fix it... especially in this case that it could jeopardize my progress.
Also, I went to the galleria and they were sold out of those crabtree and evelyn face brushes, so boo to that
SO hey ive just been reading this thread and am very interested in trying fish oil.
I have very oily skin so do you think it would help reduce quite a bit of oilynnes? because i REALLY hate it lol.
ANyway just a few questions i need to ask.
Firstly i have looked on a few websites and i was just wondering if these ones were any good?
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I went on that website and i found out my daily intake of omega 3 and 6. And i think im pretty bad hahaha.
I take 823 of omega 3............. and 14124 of omega 6.
That seems really bad lol. But oh well.
I worked it out and i would need to take about 13 of those fish oil softgells ecah day and i dont think thats safe lol. so would i get away with it if i only took 8- 10 of them???
ANyways thanks for your help
I'm now on week 3. (day 15)The oil on my face is no longer the type of oil that clogs my face and I can FEEL the difference. Holy SHIT
sorry about that, I'm just that amazed.
Before, I could feel the oil on my face. That meant it was too thick, un natural!
Now it's normal, I can't even feel it. It's so light and moisturizing I actually love excess oil now. It really does keep skin looking good and nice 🙂
I can't believe I'm saying all this!!
I'm so happy, thank GOD
Sure, the "amount" of excess oil is the same, but trust me, oil production working normally becomes your best friend, and not your enemy
Practicing skin care, and not skin "damage" is fun and exciting.
I had a white head in the beginning of the week, by the end of this week, there was no head, it's almost flat, and barely any blemish! It's feeling really good.
I'm starting to worry less and less about my skin, as it's starting to feel like every other part of my body.
2 weeks have finished in all, I can't wait to finish a month!
When ever I am loyal to my fish oil (which, I have no idea why I even forget at times) I feel my skin is at it's best. The week I took my avatar (or personal picture) was one when I was doing my fish oil loyally, and no picture i have taken yet looks as good.
nano32 said:SO hey ive just been reading this thread and am very interested in trying fish oil.I have very oily skin so do you think it would help reduce quite a bit of oilynnes? because i REALLY hate it lol.
ANyway just a few questions i need to ask.
Firstly i have looked on a few websites and i was just wondering if these ones were any good?
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I went on that website and i found out my daily intake of omega 3 and 6. And i think im pretty bad hahaha.
I take 823 of omega 3............. and 14124 of omega 6.
That seems really bad lol. But oh well.
I worked it out and i would need to take about 13 of those fish oil softgells ecah day and i dont think thats safe lol. so would i get away with it if i only took 8- 10 of them???
ANyways thanks for your help
Yes, the NOW brand is awesome, I get my green tea extracts from them
It isn't so much the oilyness you hate, it's how thick it is, and that it clogs your skin. Naturally, your sebum is designed to work with your skin to help it. But what happens is once it's produced, it just sits on top of your skin and then eventually clogs your pores, which is stupid since your body is the one producing the oil in the first place.
So once you are on fish oil, the oil will naturally be produced, but will start making your skin feel softer, and it'll be absorbed, and not sit on top, hence feeling that you don't have excess oil since it gets absorbed into your skin, and also nourishes it.
You have way too much omega 6, list out your high omega 6 foods here. Cut out the unecessary ones, that are high in omega 6 and replace it with something that isn't reallllly high. Like fruits, veggies, protein, and all. Take out any nuts, and egg yolks, those are the worst ever.
So yeah, once you do that, you won't need to take 13 a day. You should get by with 6. Take 8 to 10. If you feel any side effects like diarehha or something you can lessen it. But the best is to lower your omega 6 from food, then supplement to see how much you need.
Usually results start in 2 weeks, and optimal results in a month, then in 2 months I "hope" people get clear.
So far with me, my back face and chest are progressing the same pace, so it's not just my facial care routine that is making the difference.
When ever I am loyal to my fish oil (which, I have no idea why I even forget at times) I feel my skin is at it's best. The week I took my avatar (or personal picture) was one when I was doing my fish oil loyally, and no picture i have taken yet looks as good.
Wow, you do look pretty clear in your personal picture! Great job, you should be loyal to it again and see how far you go.
LOL xxndnromeoxx never would i think someone could be so passionate about fish oil! but i love it 🙂 well i went to the pharmacy today to check out the fish oil capsules and headed to the pharmacy for a second opinion. these two girls were like "um well like if its oil then you probably don't want to take it you know?" and obviously didn't know what the F they were talking about. unfortunately i think alot of crap on the internet is based on similar conjecture. still, i left it behind because im going to try to incorporate evening primrose oil and see how that goes.That's funny about what the pharmacist girls said. The sad part is I wonder if most derms would even have a better opinion than that.
I know, makes me pretty upset to hear a pharmacist say that!! education at it's best :rolleyes:
yea its like my derm giving me a tube of tretinoin cream im like yea, what the fuck is this shit, same old tricks hey?? cant you guys do any better???Then i realize derms are total tools and i better hit the books for my own sake.
Because i realize now that NOBODY is looking out for my best interests, and im the only one that will ever be able to serve me best. I will never leave my life in another mans hands. Thats when they will opppress you. Its the american way!!!! Profit over morality. Global domination
rape and pillage the earth, secure future oil reserves in iraq, suppress any information about electric vehicles to preserve the oil empire, preserve the pharmaceutical empire.Trading money for our soulssssssssssss.aHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Stick me on a fuckin island and get me away from this insanity.People make me sick.
But then again not everybody can be perfect.so ill forgive them for being humans and develop a system to protect myself from them and adapt to my surroundings.
alright im done 😀
fish oil forever baby!!
If you're looking to add more GLA into your diet, without disturbing your omega-3 & omega-6 balance, you may want to look into Borage Oil. Borage oil contains more GLA and less omega-6 than EPO. However, borage oil is said to have side effects (the main ones having to deal with upset stomach).
you are right on the money sir, but also remember that mainly older people are recommended to supplement with GLA as us younger folk can make it just fine unless we are vitamin defiecient but in this day and age very hard with everything being fortified.
Fish oil is your best bet over borage. its the epa that is so important to eliminating arachidonic acid see chart 
You may be interested to know about the benefits of krill oil in comparison to fish oil.
Very nice!!!!
im surprised that krill oil also has high antioxidant properties.
and i like the fact that it is not from a predator like fish which keeps the concentrations of toxin to almost nill, so its very safe.
A small update
Still on 3 grams steady.
I officially stopped using anything but water on my back and chest, everything else is too drying. Because my back is really soft like the rest of my body now, this is very good news, very. It's definitely no coincidence at all. No oil, no bumps, just soft skin in a month on my back.
I realized the skin where I had acne prone areas actually are feeling like real skin, not like sensitive skin that huts when you scratch it or even rub against. Or the type that flake easy and get irritated. Just normal skin, how it should be. I think you never really realize how bad the texture and quality of your skin is, till it goes back to normal, thick healthy skin. I guess the term "acne prone" skin is another word for what they didn't market as "unhealthy, sensitive thin skin"? So they can keep selling their stupid products to make it worse.
Also, yesterday I washed up early: at 6 p.m. Before I went to bed I never blotted. But today, I woke up at 11 with a bump on my nose. I got scared, blotted and felt it would turn into a white head. Upon looking at it closer, it was just a red part of my skin, like an inflammed pore. The type of small thing that just goes away without a blemish within a day or couple of hours! 18 hours without blotting and just that, not bad. As soon as I came out of the shower, the pain just subsided close to nothing. How great is that? Does that even happen under normal circumstances? 18 hours is almost a full day, and I just "forgot" to care for it, and I get a small thing that will go away. Eventually, just using water will be pretty soon.
The chapter on acne is soon to close
LOL xxndnromeoxx never would i think someone could be so passionate about fish oil! but i love it 🙂 well i went to the pharmacy today to check out the fish oil capsules and headed to the pharmacy for a second opinion. these two girls were like "um well like if its oil then you probably don't want to take it you know?" and obviously didn't know what the F they were talking about. unfortunately i think alot of crap on the internet is based on similar conjecture. still, i left it behind because im going to try to incorporate evening primrose oil and see how that goes.That's funny about what the pharmacist girls said. The sad part is I wonder if most derms would even have a better opinion than that.
I know, makes me pretty upset to hear a pharmacist say that!! education at it's best :rolleyes:
yea its like my derm giving me a tube of tretinoin cream im like yea, what the fuck is this shit, same old tricks hey?? cant you guys do any better???Then i realize derms are total tools and i better hit the books for my own sake.
Because i realize now that NOBODY is looking out for my best interests, and im the only one that will ever be able to serve me best. I will never leave my life in another mans hands. Thats when they will opppress you. Its the american way!!!! Profit over morality. Global domination
rape and pillage the earth, secure future oil reserves in iraq, suppress any information about electric vehicles to preserve the oil empire, preserve the pharmaceutical empire.Trading money for our soulssssssssssss.aHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Stick me on a fuckin island and get me away from this insanity.People make me sick.
But then again not everybody can be perfect.so ill forgive them for being humans and develop a system to protect myself from them and adapt to my surroundings.
alright im done 😀
fish oil forever baby!!
😆 It's funny how true that statement actually is :doubt:
I have a question for all of you:What brands have you used, or are using? I want to find the "safe list" of brands to use
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