Bad skin, need advice

BaconEggsAndSleaze · 2015-11-17T01:09:00+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheRedPill/comments/3snj7l/how_to_do_skincare/?

Googoots · 2015-11-17T03:27:29+00:00

Did you try Accutane? I'm not even sure if it is still an option but I used it several years ago and it worked great. You take it for 20 weeks and then you are done - it's a permanent fix. It alters your oil glands.

I think some dermatologists don't prescribe it because it's permanent. I haven't been back since I finished treatment with it over 15 years ago.

snaptogrid · 2015-11-17T05:06:31+00:00

Accutane.

Professor_Red · 2015-11-17T16:01:33+00:00

I can relate to this. Had horrid acne from 13 to about 20 years old and left some pretty nasty acne scars.

The two most important things you can focus on is 1.) Diet and 2.) Hydration.

1.) Diet: Nothing I can really say other than clean it up. No processed(anything in a box) or fast food. No sugary pops or juices. check out r/paleo or r/keto for 2 decent ones that should get you headed in the right direct. If neither of those look doable, do what I like to call the CAYOS diet. The cook all your own shit diet. Meaning if you want something, you cook it from scratch. If that doesn't sound good either, just start eating more vegetables.

2.) Hydration: Drink more water. pretty simple. I aim for about a gallon a day, even if I don't finish all of it, my skin still looks better than when I'm not drinking much water.

3.) (This is an addon to number 1, but thought it should get its own little number): Juicing. Get a juicer and start using it everyday. Juice 3 celery stalk, 5 large carrots, 1 handful of kale, 1 handful of spinach, and 1-2 apples(depending on how sweet you want it) every morning and drink all of it. This is give your skin a kind of "glow" after a while. You will just start looking healthier after doing it for a while(you're basically consuming 6-8 extra servings of vegetables a day, there is no way it can't help.)

4.) Cold showers. Not much to say on this, it will help you skin alot, but will take some getting used to.

5.) Try to get some unfiltered sunlight without any sunscreen on for atleast, but no more than, an hour.

aussiex3 · 2015-11-17T06:41:35+00:00

Get off the antibiotics ASAP, they wreck havoc on your gut.

Rid all inflammatories from your diet; sugar, grains, dairy etc. Also eliminate saturated fats.

Eat plenty of veges and fish with w3 fatty acids. Drink plenty of water.

Supplement with zinc, fish oil, vitamin d and green tea.

Talk to your dermatologist about a low dose accutane course.

berryfarmer · 2015-11-17T05:07:58+00:00

Diet. Joel Fuhrman.

RPmatrix · 2015-11-17T07:28:24+00:00

My friend I truly feel for you, and I believe this may be the cause of your problem-

[Human Demodex Mite:The Versatile Mite of Dermatological Importance](ww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

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It's an 'ectoparasite' 100% of human's have BUT very few drs 'joined the dots' and came up with the 'realization' that just like some people are 'allergic' to dust mites, maybe, just maybe, some people might be allergic to demodex mites and of course there is plenty of literature to support this 'idea'

Demodex infestations aka "demidicosis" cause 'mange' on dogs ... AND 'rosacea AND acne' in humans

It seems most people's immune systems keep their numbers in check, but when they get out of hand, many people react to them. They are quite bizarre in many ways and we seem to have some kind of symbiotic relationship with them, possibly 'immune related' as the dead mites stay in our bodies!

It could be when we can't eliminate them correctly we can have 'allergic' (type?) reactions like acne and rashes and as they live in sebaceous glands and hair follicles it stands to reason they can block them, especially when there's a mass of dead mites beside each other!

Interestingy, ONLY 100% of people <21yo have them and <30% of teenagers ... there are various schools of thought about this and more research needs to be done but it seems human have a 'skin flora' that includes mites, just like we have a 'gut flora' aka 'microbiome' which we don't know a lot about .. yet (and we would die without!)

Is it itchy?

Good luck, but be cautious of the dr you chose to ask to check you for this .... many are still in the Dark Ages re: stuff like this and the 'endocannabinoid system' .. one of our bodies most, if not the most significant neural systems we have, the research of which was stymied by cannabis's illegality.

Kinda like how Helicobacter Pylorii have been proven to cause stomach ulcers BUT try getting a dr to believe that 20yrs ago!

we live in interesting times and humans are evolving ... I had my own battle with these little buggers

Title	Bad skin, need advice
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Date	November 17, 2015 1:06 AM UTC (10 years ago)
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