epicdermis

Sometime last year, I had a spot that I couldn't help popping. I put a topical treatment over night, and in the morning it was dried on my skin so I tried to peel it off. Instead, I apparently grabbed...

bump... Another thing is that it is usually slightly elevated above the rest of my skin (barely noticeable most of the time, but if it gets irritated then it gets puffier and redder and way more noti...

Mint tea can lower testosterone, but I would avoid drinking too much of it because excessively low testosterone can have unwanted effects on your body (like loss of muscle, and formation of breast tis...

My acne is on my left cheek, only on the part closest to my nose (above cheek bone, on the front of my face), and on my right cheek, a little bit further out (less often). Occasionally I will get it c...

No... In general I don't moisturize (I only use facewash once a day and my skin doesn't really get dry) and spot treating seems to make it worse (really touching this area at all makes it worse). The ...

Anyone?

For the past two years or so, there has been a single patch of skin on my face that is usually redder (mostly due to fading spots) and flakier than anywhere else. Most of my acne has gone away, but oc...

Have you tried drinking a lot of water with your food and seeing if your acne comes back? Because there could be some other cause (maybe you just grew out of it).

More likely your skin was clearer that week because of what you had done the prior weeks and are breaking out later as a result of your stressful week. Acne usually takes weeks to form.   But ...

It screws up hormones and increases chronic inflammation. The same things a bad diet and poor sleep and other habits do. And these are the root causes of acne.   I can understand how chronic ...

This week was a very stressful week for me. I had a lot of papers and projects due, and had to work nonstop with very little sleep. The weird thing is, I got no acne all week long. Near the end of t...

What do you think of adding lemon juice to the toner, in order to correct its acidity level? The pH of concentrated green tea is probably slightly below 7, but the pH of skin is 5.5 and the antioxidan...

Tea tree oil because it's natural, benzoyl peroxide and salicylic acid both have chemicals that are not good for the skin. For the long term tea tree oil will be better for you because those other tre...

Day 21... I think? Anyways, skin is doing pretty well, but I still occasionally get minor spots in my cheek area... I think it might have something to do with hair growth, because I never break out on...

I had another wet dream... But for some reason my face hasn't really gotten worse, the wet dreams didn't cause any breakout like I expected..

I think I was up to day 14, skin in good condition, but I had a random wet dream last night. 🙁   I hope this doesn't make me break out and need to start all over...

On to day 11. I think the urge is going away...

If you occupy yourself with something productive it's a lot easier.

Made it past day 7, all is well.

Day 6, still nothing new.

Day 4. I haven't gotten anything new since day 2.   Bourne: You should probably stop the milk and coffee if you want to see the true results of this experiment (caffeine induces a stress response...

This was officially my day 1. I always go for a while with clear skin, get overconfident and convince myself that breaking my regimen once won't matter, and then... bam, at the very least 1 or 2 deep ...

Haha just don't kill yourself over it... also keep in mind that there is a testosterone spike after 7 days without ejaculation, so that could be attributed to your breakout.   There is?...

...raising HDLs and lowering LDLs, which, by your own theory, should help prevent acne.   You know what else is a bandwagon? Breathing.

Here is a theory proposed by a member here which could link everything together:     It's possible that the genetic aspect of acne has to do with how our bodies treat fats. For some people,...