Hi everyone. I just joined (well, I joined a long time ago actually, but I never visisted), but I'm not going to be posting, because acne is a thing of the past for me. However, I wanted to share with you how I achieved clear skin. I'm so grateful that I was able to do this and I wanted to pass it on.

I read a book called Clear for Life by Seppo Puusa.

I don't know if anybody has discussed this book here, but I recommend this book to anybody who has ever had acne. In my opinion this book is the final word on acne. Do you feel that you know everything there is to know about acne - the why, the how? The solution? If you still suffer from acne, then you don't. I had acne from age 12 until I was 29. I used ProActiv for a lot of that time, which kept a lot of it at bay, but not all of it. Then ProActiv stopped working one day, and I didn't know what to do. Luckily I stumbled across this book (seriously, complete stroke of luck...), because after reading it, I understood why ProActiv stopped working, and I learned how to fix my body so that acne wouldn't plague me anymore. After applying everything I learned in this book I completely cleared up my acne. I actually cleared it up within about a month after applying what I learned about food and hormones and skin quite strictly, and after 6 months I was able to relax my strict regimen and now I don't worry about acne at all. And the best thing is that along with clearing up my skin I learned how to be healthier and happier at the same time.

Some of the things you will learn in this book:

-How acne prone skin is genetic but you don't have to suffer from it (and you don't have to bend over backwards to accomplish that)

-How hormones and inflammation both play their part to contribute to acne, and how to manage them

-The clearly defined process of how exactly hormonal imbalance + inflammation -> pimple, and how food and stress factor in

-The things that actually work on your skin and in your body (that don't have side effects or degradation such as BP) to create a supplemental defense

-Why modern methods for treating acne all eventually fail and the acne keeps coming back

That's roughly a summary, but it's not even remotely adequate to describe how enlightening and helpful this book is. Trust me, read it. It will change your life and you will never look back.