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I have been using TAO in my nose religiously for about 2-3 months now, and initially it did seem to help with my cysts, but I will still occassionally get a few near my nose (like right now I have a h...

I was on this forum about 1 month ago dealing with ~2-3 new cysts/week + numerous very red papules and pustules. I tried a few of the vitamin "cures" I saw, and about 2 weeks in my skin looks great, ...

Downsides are bad scarring and pitting from what I've heard. I would never do it.

Acne was a huge influence on the profession I went into. I'm a molecular biologist working on my PhD. It's a good gig that allows me to hide away from society and work the hours I want to.

Yup. It's very hard to build up the motivation to talk to girls when you live with the constant fear of not knowing how bad you're going to look when you wake up in the morning. Fortunately, I'm mus...

      Leave that to the scholars. I am actually a scientist earning my PhD in immunotherapy. I'm just curious what everyone thinks since most have tested themselves and h...

  Leave that to the scholars. I am actually a scientist earning my PhD in immunotherapy. I'm just curious what everyone thinks since most have tested themselves and have come to their ow...

  Never and I eat tons. Are you using unrefined? Close to the source as possible is probably best. No, it's unrefined virgin. The breakouts seem to have subsided, so hopefully it's done no...

On my 10th day...no improvement on my skin. I've tried almost everything! Ugh!!! How much are you taking? I've read that some people require higher doses. I'm in the same boat as you, though. Fee...

Like hell. Had my acne controlled somewhat with low carb dieting, then I started getting cystic acne again. Cut out all alcohol and smoking recently, and my face was flawless for a good 2 weeks. No...

Great write up, and thanks for the pics. We have very similar looking complexions, sporadic red acne, and symptoms (oily greasy skin), and I think this is an often overlooked aspect to treating acne....

Never and I eat tons. Are you using unrefined? Close to the source as possible is probably best. No, it's unrefined virgin. The breakouts seem to have subsided, so hopefully it's done now.

Leave that to the scholars. I am actually a scientist earning my PhD in immunotherapy. I'm just curious what everyone thinks since most have tested themselves and have come to their own unique con...

Wow, that's a tough one. I would strongly advise accutane, but since you're out in the sun all the time I would actually advise against accutane. The only thing you can really do is either try some ...

Just curious what everone's stance is.   I know when I eat low carb I get less acne. I'm just not sure what's going on systemically. If acne is an internal, systemic problem, I'm curious why I...

It's the fact that your acne typically gets worse on effective treatments before it gets better. I bet one of the random things one of us has tried is actually very effective at treating acne long te...

I started consuming coconut oil because I read it could treat oral thrush and that it was supposedly good for people wiht acne. Any, it's giving me a nice ugly breakout in regions I usually don't get...

I feel like someone needs to clarify: masturbation doesn't cause acne. I don't think I even want to know how or where the original poster got that information.   Everyone is different. Some p...

I've been doing a pretty good job maintaining my acne with diet (low carb), but when I recently started taking an iron supplement I broke out with some of the biggest cysts I've ever had. Has anyone ...

Hi, I was wondering if any adults have seen a connection between reduced acne and a few days/weeks/months of cutting back on your glucose/gluten/carb/sugar consumption? I feel I've seen a pattern that...

Whether they had clear or pimply skin, all the study participants sported similar abundances of P. acnes living in their pores, but not all of the strains were the same. The researchers found a number...

This is me just talking because i'm tired. I think there already is an amazing cure out there.. something that can help all forms and levels of acne. But I also think releasing that type of informatio...

It's interesting you bring this topic up because I actually switched to red wine from beer just recently. Why? Because I read an (actual) scientific paper that claims the resveratrol in red wine can...

I thought the Chinese were big on this phage therapy. If it was so great...

I know correlation doesn't imply causation, but I don't always have acne on my face and I guarantee that once I let loose the juice I'll have a nice fresh zit growing for the next day and will be nice...