After almost a year of persistently annoying acne, I’ve finally discovered why I get it. The why is something that has caused me great frustration in the past, because none of the methods that previously worked to treat my acne have been working.
The secret is a large amount of stress from a split with my boyfriend. A ‘breakup’ might sound like no big deal but we were together for over eight years and I guess in a way I feel as though that length of time makes it almost like a divorce. Well, we probably lasted longer than some marriages anyway.
Previously I’ve always had the odd pimple or two but it was always PMT related so eating well, exercising and taking supplements (evening primrose oil, fish oil and vitex agnus-castus) always really easily fixed the problem and made my skin perfectly clear.
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The more I learn about skin care, the more I come to the conclusion that all this crap we put on our face is so unnecessary. Actually, it makes me a bit annoyed at how the media makes us believe that it is essential for us to use all of these products otherwise we’ll age really quickly or we’ll look terrible.
After a recent stint (and a bad experience) with benzoyl peroxide, I was SO sick of putting chemicals on my face that I wanted to take everything back to basics, use products that are as natural as possible. I had been using a natural cleanser for a while, but this wasn’t enough for me, I wanted to go even more basic than that. I have a couple of friends that wash their face with water only, and I noticed how good their skin looked. It made me wonder if all the products I was putting on my face was doing it more harm than good. If they can have such clear beautiful skin using water only, then maybe they’ve found the answer.
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