Archive for July, 2008

Fasting Your Way to Acne Free Skin

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

“Fasting is the greatest remedy–the physician within!”–Philippus Paracelsus

Fasting is a great way to detox your body quickly. Fasting is when you do not eat any type of solid food for any number of days. Liquids like water, fruit and vegetable juices and herbal teas are excellent and recommended to have during fasting and they can help speed up the cleasing and detoxifying process.

When you eat, a lot of the bodies energy and resources are used up for digestion. Most people eat throughout the day leaving little if any rest for your digestive system. A lot of the bodies enzymes are required to digest the foods that we eat, especially if the food is mostly processed and void of any nutritional value.

When you give your digestive system a well needed rest, enzymes that would normally be used for digestion can then be used for other purposes in the body such as the breaking down and proper elimination of waste material.

Considering that toxic matter in the body being excreted through the skin is one of the main causes of acne, a regular fasting detox could prove extremely beneficial. Research has suggested that there is between 5-to-10 lbs. of toxic chemicals locked into the average adults body.

Fasting with fruit and vegetable juices is considered the safest way to fast as it provides the body with it’s dietary nutritional requirements and are also of great benefit for people suffering from acne.

One of the best juices to take several times a day on a fast is carrot juice. Carrot juice is an excellent blood cleanser and helps to clear and beautify the skin. It reverses the condition of acidosis which is an excess of acid in the body tissues and is one type of toxicity.

Another good juice that can be mixed with carrot juice is spinach. Spinach juice is one of the best for cleaning out the intestinal tract of toxic waste. Spinach juice taken on it’s own has a rather strong flavour which is why it is usually mixed with other vegetables such as carrots.

Together, carrot and spinach juice help to cleanse out the entire system and also help the livers ability to rid the body of toxins.

It has been stated that you may take as much vegetable juice as you wish. It is considered a food but without needing the arduous task of digestion. As a general guideline, 2-4 glasses a day would be a safe and effective way to fast.

It is a good idea to seek a doctors approval before fasting as it shouldn’t be attempted by certain people, especially pregnant or nursing woman and people on certain medications or medical complications.

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To effectively treat your acne, you need to fix the problems in your body that are causing your acne. Acuzine is a great product that attacks the main, internal causes of acne.

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The Adult Acne Kit Trend

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

A trend is developing toward the use of new packaging and marketing concepts for skin care products. The adult acne kits which are beginning to hit the shelves are geared more as a comprehensive approach to longer term skin problems than are other single purpose applications.

Purchasing a kit not only has the advantage of a quicker shopping trip but it also contains more thorough product information and use instructions. These are especially helpful for adult skin care issues because of the mixed assortment of problems to be found in adult skin.

Dry skin is the more normal aspect of adult skin and defines the difference between most teen oriented skin care products and those more specific to adult skin. The main acne fighting ingredients are the same from adult skin care to those intended for other age groups. The use of benzoyl peroxide in these treatments is pervasive. However, the solution varies widely.

Different products contain on the low end about a 2.5% benzoyl peroxide solution for adult and baby acne care. An average of about 5% is used for most age groups and more severe torso acne is treated with 7% or 10% solutions of benzoyl peroxide to dry excess oil and disinfect skin.

Other ingredients like salicylic acid are used in similarly moderated solutions for improved performance in different age groups. Higher percentages of this are used for exfoliation without severe drying. So the difference between them is less critical.

The use of the kits includes a detailed approach to the manner of its use. Product information for skin care products tends to be a sketchy two liner under the listing “instructions”. This hasty fine print on a plastic tube is not going to deliver the detailed list of skin care procedures.

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Supporting Your Teen With Acne Prone Skin

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Take Your Teens Concerns Seriously

One of the best things you can do for your teen with acne is to take his or her concerns seriously. There is nothing worse for your child then to feel like you are not taking him or her seriously, or even worse feel ridicouled.

Make it a point to talk to your child, acknowledge the acne as a problem and work with him or her on solutions to make the situation better.

Offer Support

Even if your child doesn’t come to you about the acne problem, offer your support. Pick up some over the counter acne treatments at the store, show your child some recent research on the effects of nutrition and proper skin care. Together you can work on a diet and skin regimen that will hopefully start to clear up the acne.

If this doesn’t work, suggest an appointment with a dermatologist with your teen and offer to tag along for the appointment.

Built Up Your Teens Self-Esteem

Teens with acne often lack self-esteem as a result of the way they see themselves and how they think others perceive them. Do what you can to build up your teen’s self-esteem. Even if over the counter and medical treatments fail to clear up the acne, more self-esteem will help your teen cope with the social issues acne brings about.

Start with lots of verbal praise on anything from his or her looks, to personality and of course any time your teen does something helpful for your. A few new clothes, a new haircut, or some makeup (for girls) may help as well. You feel more confident in a great outfit, don’t you?

Share Your Own Teen Stories

Even if you didn’t suffer from acne the way your teen does, I feel sure you had your share of unpleasant or embarrassing teen memories. Share a few of these with your child. Don’t be patronizing, but convey the message that he or she is not alone, that most of us had some rough spots in our teen years, but we all get over it and move on. With a little encouragement from you your teen will as well.

Melissa Rayn created an acne information site to give you the most accurate and up to date information about acne and acne treatment. Visit http://www.acneknowhow.com today to learn more. She also recommends http://www.healthandbeautyinfo.com for more skincare information as well as women’s health and beauty in general.

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