Acne Scars: Video
By Acne Free | May 11, 2008
As much as acne sucks, it is (for most people) temporary. But acne scars can stick with you long after your acne has gone away.
Needless to say if you’re currently living with acne in addition to following a smart cleansing routine you should also be doing focused on minimizing the chances that you’ll be left with life ling scarring.
This video will give you some tips on avoiding and getting rid of acne scars…
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L’Oreal AcneResponse vs Proactiv: Reader Weighs In
By Acne Free | May 10, 2008
I blogged about the new acne system L’Oreal AcneResponse and how it could give Proactiv some competition. Well so far the readers who’ve tried L’Oreal AcneResponse love it, take Jennifer for example:
“I was deciding on whether or not to buy proactiv …and I happened to be in Walmart and I bought the loreal acne response..I’ve been using it for a week now and my skin is 100% better. My forehead was so bumpy …and red, and dry. so I used this… I started using it twice a day like the box says but it was too much. I cut down to once a day ….it looks great. I’m so happy with it.”
If you’ve been disappointed your current cleanser you might want to give this a try.
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5 Things You Can Do To Clear Body Acne
By Acne Free | April 26, 2008
I’m seeing a lot of confusion about how to clear body, as if it’s a totally different beast then it’s red headed step brother, facial acne.
The truth is the same stuff that work on your face works for body acne. The only consideration being your clothing, and hygiene. Listen, if your walking around stewing in your own bodily secretions you’re not only making your body acne worse, but your making the people around miserable with your powerful stink. For yours, and everyone else’s sake shower and change your clothes daily.
Now that we got that out of the way lets talk about getting rid of body acne.
As I mentioned the same things that work on your face work on your body, but some techniques might need slight modification to compensate for the increased surface area you’re having to deal with. So hear my 5 tips:
- Wash With a Benzoyl Peroxide Body Bar: All this is - is a bar of soap infused with Benzoyl Peroxide. This will help eliminate acne causing bacteria. You can find this soap at most drug stores for less then $5 a bar.
- Exfoliate Your Skin: When you shower use what’s called a loofah sponge to gently remove dead skin cells from your skin. These pore clogging dead skin cells can build up on your body because they get trapt between your skin and clothing, use a loofah to wipe them away.
- Moisturize With 100% Aloe Gel: The Benzoyl Peroxide soap and exfoliating can leave you with some very dry skin, don’t slather some oil-filled-goop that’s laced with scented chemicals all over your body because you’ll only clog your pores and make your body acne worse. Instead use 100% non-scented aloe gel. You can pick up a big bottle of this stuff dirt cheap at most stores.
- Drink Water Like Your Life Depends On It (because it does): You already know you should drink water, but most people say 8 glasses a day will do ya’. I say drink about 20.
- Take Supplements: For any kind of acne I suggest vitamin b5 and fish oil.
There’s my 5 body acne tips. I hope this helps.
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For Anyone With Acne, 3 words - Fish Oil Works!
By Acne Free | April 26, 2008
For a long time I’ve stood behind fish oil as one of the best acne cures available. Today a reader wrote in to share a similar sentiment:
3 words - fish oil works!! I was skeptical at first because I have tried over the counter meds, prescription topicals, antibiotics, ProActive - everything it seems. None of it worked, or it did work for just a short amount of time. With nothing to lose, I tried fish oil. I’ve been taking it for exactly a week now. Just in that short amount of time, I’ve had not more blemishes come up and a lot of redness and inflammation has gone down. I’m amazed at how well it’s done already. I’ve struggled for years with acne and seem to have found something that works. I just wanted to tell as many people about it as I can. Good luck to everyone!
- Emily
Thanks Emily for sharing your success with fish oil, if anyone else would like to share their experience with fish oil go ahead and leave a comment, I would love to hear your story.
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