I’m soooo fed up with buying new cleansers and moisturisers to try and find the best one that will help my skin heal and won’t make me breakout. I now have an entire fridge full of products that I either just sometimes use or never use at all. I cringe thinking about the total added up cost of all of those products, especially considering most ‘good quality’ natural products are really $$$$.
To save you the hassle, I’ve listed a few products that are safe to use on acne prone or acne inflammed skin. Just keep in mind that there is no one product that will work for everyone. You can have a sensitivity or an intolerance to even the most natural and organic product on the market. So if you find that you get a breakout within five days of using a new product, it’s time for you to try a different one.
It’s also a good idea to start with only one new product at a time. So start with a new cleanser first and keep your old moisturiser. If it’s all looking good after a week or two, then you can introduce the next product. If you change too much at once you can freak your skin out, and you won’t know which one of the new products is causing the breakouts. Continue reading →
Here’s another video I’ve recorded about pimple and skin picking. After my last video and blog post I was surprised and how many people contacted me with this problem. It actually made me quite sad thinking about how many people are putting themselves under this much pressure and picking and squeezing at their skin, which only makes the matter worse.
My 30 day challenge is going okay. I’ve certainly kicked most of the habit but there is still some room for improvement.
Sometimes I wish I could go back to the beginning of when my acne got bad and do it all over again. But this time would be different because I’d be armed with the knowledge that I have now. I have made some of the dumbest mistakes with my treatment …even things that people told me not to do but I didn’t listen to them because they didn’t have acne so I thought they didn’t know what they were talking about. Sounds stupid I know.
I was at a work conference yesterday and was reading the eBook ‘Acne Free in 3 Days’ while I was hiding in the audience. While I was reading through the book, I had one of those ‘ah-ha!’ moments that makes you want to slap yourself and wonder why you didn’t think of it before.
You see, I’ve read so much in forums and even received emails from readers about the relationship between candida and acne, but I’ve never considered just how strong the relationship between the two actually is. In fact, your acne may be caused by candida alone. Which means, if you clear up your candida you clear up your acne.
It may seem like I’m against prescription oral and topical medications for acne treatment but really I’m not. In fact, I believe prescriptions can often be a vital part of your acne treatment, especially if you sufferer from moderate or severe acne.
However, whether or not you choose to use prescription oral or topical medications, it is still essential that you treat your acne naturally. This means that even if you use prescriptions, it’s still important to treat your acne naturally at the same time.
Most prescriptions work by clearing the acne alone. They do not work on healing the actual cause of your acne - the reason why you’re getting it in the first place. Prescription medications such as antibiotics, accutane and the contraceptive pill often do a good job at clearing acne, however, because you haven’t fixed the cause of your acne, your skin condition is likely to return once you discontinue using the prescription.
I believe that it’s vital to treat your acne holistically. This means working on treating the cause of your acne through natural methods. Whether or not you choose to take prescription medications and topicals in addition to the natural methods is completely up to you.
Pros and cons of prescription medications and topicals for treating acne
I’m soooo fed up with buying new cleansers and moisturisers to try and find the best one that will help my skin heal and won’t make me breakout. I now have an entire fridge full of products that I either just sometimes use or never use at all. I cringe thinking about the total added up cost of all of those products, especially considering most ‘good quality’ natural products are really $$$$. 
It may seem like I’m against prescription oral and topical medications for acne treatment but really I’m not. In fact, I believe prescriptions can often be a vital part of your acne treatment, especially if you sufferer from moderate or severe acne.
