Natural Remedies for severe acne? - Page 3

[paloma]

A vegan diet changed the texture of my skin immensely. I have also heard of liver cleansing herbs working well.

[shell024]

Originally Posted by MrsMoe

Accuntane is an oral mediction for severe acne that I have heard very amazing things about.

Do more research on accutane. It is NOT worth it. I wouldn't go within 10 feet of the crap. JMO...

[Satori]

I 2nd and 3rd removing dairy! I get severe cystic acne every time I start eating it again. I can get away with it occasionally but if I start eating it every day my face is horrible again (who am I kidding? My entire upper body breaks out in cystic acne!)

edited to add: I know it sounds odd but I've found Burts Bee's Res-Q ointment applied 2x a day seems to heal it up the deep ones pretty fast and helps reduce that nasty flakey stuff they leave behind. This thread just reminded me of why my own face has been a disaster the last few months, I've been eating tons of dairy! I cut back to once a day 2 days ago because I was getting sinus headaches and I've already noticed a difference in my skin. I know it causes problems for me but I never think about it. My mood has been better the last 2 days too since removing dairy, guess its time to go cold turkey, or maybe I'll finish off that point of ice cream first... :LOL

[applejuice]

I had acne from the day I turned nine to the day I became pregnant with my last baby at age 37. The only time I did not have a huge breakout was when I was pregnant.

I always took cod liver oil and kep my skin clean. Even though I had huge outbreaks on my face, legs, arms, chest and back, I never scarred. Really. One thing that helped was using acidopholous on my skin after washing it...it seemed to correct the bacteria balance or imbalance in my case.

In college, I took antibiotics; I think taking these over a number of years made me allergic to penicillin which I am now.

My skin now at age 51 is clear and peachy! Few lines, and no scars! Would have been nice to have this at age 15 also!

[applejuice]

Accutane is a well known teratogen. Think once, twice, three times and more before using it...and read all of the information on the drug before taking it...I think there are papers to sign also.

Remember teratagenocity = cancergenocity

[provocativa]

I took Accutane in my late 20s and it was TERRIBLE. I think if I had taken it as an adolescent, I might have become suicidal.