Just do the fecal transplant imo and maintain your diet - possibly minus the oats.
I would say your health problems are almost certainly causing or aggravating your acne.
I wish I could have the fecal transplant, but I don't think it's that easy. Just like it's not easy to have the Heidelberg test done. Does fecal transplant provide more benefits than VSL#3 though?
I believe the most likely cause of my aggravated acne is due my leaky gut. After the colonoscopy, I was diagnosed with elongated colon with slow colonic transit. The gastroenterologist told me that my colon was unusually thin and floppy for my age and it was like that of an elderies. It was so floppy that my colon had flipped to one side during a colonoscopy which mistaked my gastroenterologist to think that I had sigmoid vulvulus. I believe that this thin, floppy colon is what's causing my leaky gut and aggravating my acne. I asked him if I could remove part of my colon that's elongated but he said that's not possible. I know I still have Slow Transit because my stool is often hard and round whenever I don't eat enough fibre.
If you keep feeling pain after eating certain foods, you've probably developed food sensitivities. I have some digestive issues myself, and my food sensitivity results come back with me being able to eat certain foods. All the foods I didn't react to were high in fiber or metallic minerals. This helps with digestion. You might wanna test for food sensitivities, because Laxatives rarely solve people's problems. Especially since you were prescribed laxatives.
Wow. Sounds like you have had a really rough go of it. Acne is highly related to problems in the gut. I have never had an acne client who did not also have gut issues. The gut is the mothership of the body. Problems in the gut can manifest to any symptom in the body, including acne.
You need to embark on a very serious gut healing regimen. I would recommend getting a food intolerance test, a test for leaky gut and a good pathogen screen. Many pathogen screens are notoriously unreliable as pathogens do not show up every day. So if the test u were given was only a one day stool sample, there is a good chance you had a false negative. Biohealth Laboratory currently has the most comprehensive pathogen screen on the market. It's called the 401H.
For gut healing, I generally recommend a Paleo style diet. This means removing grains, dairy and legumes (they are extremely irritating to the gut). You may want to seek the help of someone who is experienced in these sorts of things. Gut healing is tricky but completely possible. I have seen many clients resolve their chronic digestive problems.
There was a recent online summit called the Digestive Sessions. Mod edit Lots fo experts talking about this topic. I think it's pretty inexpensive to order it. You shoould check it out if you need more information on gut healing.
Good luck and let me know if I can support you in any way!
I have good news. I barely have gotten cystic acne in the past 3 weeks even after going to the gym which usually breaks me out with cysts the next day. And as a result, my scars are healing and my skin is starting to look clearer as well. I think its because Ive been eating vegetables a lot more frequently. Out of all the vegetables, I think mainly cruciferous vegetables like Kale and Broccoli is helping the most. Im not entirely sure if my acne can be completely under control through diet alone yet since I'm still occasionally taking Doxycycline and applying 2.5% Benzoyl Peroxide on my face every night.
My reduction in acne from high intake of vegetables further suggests that my acne is been caused by the chronic systemic inflammation coming from my gut since its probably the anti-inflammatory chemicals in the vegetables thats reducing my acne.
Im not sure which part of my gut issues are causing the chronic systemic inflammation though. It could be coming from my possible Leaky gut(since the gastroenterologist told me after the colonoscopy that my colon was unusually long, thin and floppy for my age and it was like that of an elderlies colon) or it could be coming from small round and hard stool that I frequently get due to my slow colonic transit/redundant colon. It could also be coming from Acid reflux that I get after eating a big meal. I also have a feeling that a certain part of my colon doesnt have as much motility anymore due to it been damaged from severe constipation/painful gas inflation incident that I had in the past.
So although high intake of vegetables are helping me control my cystic acne, Im only treating the symptom and not the cause. Unfortunately, I dont think its possible to fix the cause since from what I understand, slow colonic transit, floppy and thin colon, redundant colon and damaged colon motility are all chronic conditions and cannot be cured through surgery or medicine.
Also, ever since Ive developed these intestinal conditions, I feel like my IQ and EQ had dropped by 5 - 10 %. People say that your IQ doesnt change over your lifetime but I definitely feel a lot less smarter than I used to be before I had digestive problems. I now get tired more easily, I dont have as much energy as I used to have, I have less tolerance to stress and anxiety, I dont like socialising anymore etc. Im guessing its got something to do with disturbance in brain-gut connection as well as less optimal gut flora.
Update:
I've officially put my severe acne into permanent remission after juicing vegetables few times a week. I no longer have to rely on Doxycyline/Minocycline or Benzoyl Peroxide to control my cystic acne anymore. I can even sleep on my dirty pillow without worrying about getting acne the next morning. And I can go to the gym frequently now since I no longer get breakouts from the sweat. As long as I keep juicing, my skin seems to stay completely clear. In fact, it seems to be working better than Accutane, Antibiotics and Benzoyl Peroxide combined!
Why didn't any of my doctors or dermatologist tell me this if they're so called "expert" at treating acne? If I knew something as simple as juicing would cure my acne, I wouldn't even have agreed to take Accutane and risk damaging my brain and body... In fact, I feel like my cognition and personality has slightly changed and I don't feel the same anymore after taking Accutane. I deeply regret taking Accutane and I wish I hadn't.
I knew that the inflammations from my gut were the cause of my acne and I was right all along. This is the reason why I don't trust the doctors, their priority is to push drugs down our throat so that they get money in their pockets and they could are less about other safer alternatives even if it's just as effective.
I think you need to do a fecal transplant at home and get some of the good bacteria back that has been wiped out from all the antibiotics you've taken. Checkout power of poop website. I've done an at home transplant and the results so far have been amazing. My guts issues are gone, pooping is on schedule and bouts of constipation and diarrhea are over. My skin is clearing and I feel so much better both emotionally and cognitively