Entries from January 2008 ↓

You’ll have to watch my video to find out the answer to this one!

Fran

I bought a brand new web cam today so I’ve recorded my first video blog entry!

In this video I talk about the two things that I think have cleared my acne. I forgot to mention in the video that I’m not wearing any foundation or makeup on my skin because I wanted you to see how clear my skin is. I know web cams always make your skin look a little better, but it really is looking great

Enjoy!

Remember to write me a comment if you have any skin care queries, I’m more than happy to help.

Fran

I’ve always preferred the natural alternative and religiously avoid chemicals in my food, body products and water, but when my acne was really bad and I was having trouble getting rid of it, I resorted to putting a strong chemical on my face - Benzoyl Peroxide (BP).

At the peak of my skin condition when I was at a complete loss as to what to do, I did hours and hours of research on acne treatments and BP just kept coming up. I even went to the library and read some journals written by dermatologists, and BP was written as the ‘gold’ of acne treatments. I wasn’t particularly comfortable about putting such a strong chemical on my face but all of these resources promised that it would give me beautiful clear skin so I decided to go for it. I just ignored the fact that it kept bleaching my towels even after I’d washed and rinsed my hands.

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So I had my appointment with the Chinese Herbalist / doctor yesterday and I learnt a couple of things from the consultation that are definitely worth sharing.

A word of caution about maca root powder

I’ve been talking a lot lately about maca root powder and how I think it has helped my skin heal a lot. You also might have read how over the Christmas period I had extremely bad PMT which lasted for over two weeks. I suffered from depression, anxiety, headaches, insomnia and a had a really bad acne breakout. At the time I thought I was just unlucky that month and that the PMT symptoms were due to a large amount of stress in my life. Yesterday, I learnt that this PMT, emotional state and massive breakout were actually due to the amount of maca root powder that I was taking.

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So I have this appointment with my Chinese Herbalist / GP today but my skin is getting better and better every day so I’m not really sure what I’m going to ask of him. I had intended to ask if he’d put me on antibiotics but now my skin is doing such a good job on it’s own I’m wondering if I can actually kick this condition the natural way, which is how I always intended to. I’d like to continue with what I’m doing to see if it works to clear my skin by 100% before I resort to any medications. I feel like I’m close …

What I think has helped my skin a lot

I had a really big breakout and awful PMT over christmas, so I decided that I wasn’t going to go through any PMT again. So I started taking supplements to balance my hormone levels which I assume were fluctuating because of my cycle. This is what I’m taking:

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