Hi there,

 

For a long time when I used to research how to cure my moderate acne I would read a lot of posts here. Acne.org has helped me a lot so I wanted to share what has helped me. I have a lot of food allergies and allergy asthma. I cut out dairy, wheat/gluten, I never ate a lot of grains anyway but would eat some.

 

That did clear up my skin for a few months then I ate some bread one day and it came back. (fyi, i am 27 years old, no kids, and 120 lbs)

I went to the dermatologist and took antibiotics, I dont regret it cause it was for just a month and it seemed to help a little. Still I didnt clear up fully and I started using glycolic acid wipes and using Age enlightening retinol md cream by Jan Marini....this cleared up my skin so much and i still used the cream, but didnt take away my acne. I would have clear skin and then get break out like crazy.

 

Anyway I thought maybe this was hormonal. I am taking licorice root and DIM and it has stopped me breaking out. I can even eat dairy and not break out but I'm still allergic to it.

 

Before I took licorice root and DIM If I ate sugar and grains I would break out and really bad towards my period. I read sugar and grains can make hormonal acne worse. Now I haven't gotten tested but my friend is a great doctor and she said I would need to get tested to know what my hormonal problem is but she discouraged using birth control pills to control hormones.

 

Anyway, now I can eat junk and not break out...although I may have binged too much (two weeks of junk food) and got one pimple on my forehead but one pimple for two weeks of junk is amazing, my period has come and I haven't gotten acne. I still cut out dairy, bread, wheat, and all sugar but now if i eat it accidentally I don't have to hide in my house. I am testing how I do on fruits as I can add stuff back in now

 

I recently added Shatavari, an ayurvedic herb for hormone balance to see if it helps. I took Saw Palmetto first but it made me feel crazy so I added licorice root and it balanced out my emotions but adding in DIM is what really cleared up my acne. I took a lot of licorice root and then tapered down and started with 1 DIM cause I didnt want it causing any liver detox problems but then increased to two. I cut out Saw Palmetto cause I felt I didnt need it and didn't want to take too many hormonal altering herbs.

 

Hope this helps someone.