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March 27 2007 at 10:22 PM dunny (Login lil_dunny)
just terrible acne, got so much worse in the last few days... yeah i've been stressed, a bit, but this is unbearable! not so much face acne, oddly, but on my neck, and worst of all, on my chest! it's awful makes me want to cry. how am i supposed to let my man anywhere near my breasts when the skin is so inflamed and bumpy (
leaving on a trip with him today for 10 days and i guess the best solution is stop taking all herbs and stop using the boobie batter in the meantime :-\
Moon
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SENIOR MEMBER
Re: acne!(
March 29 2007, 7:05 PM
Zinc helps with acne. I also read someone write not long ago that applying aspirin topically on the face helps greately (but I'm not sure if it wasn't you :p).
Betty
(Login BiggerBoobsPlease)
Re: acne!(
March 29 2007, 7:49 PM
l'il dunny...I feel for ya girl! I had the same thing happen just before my trip to Florida with my husband, but mine was all on my face. It took a week or so to clear, but it seems to have passed. I hope it clears for you soon. Drink as much water as possible, it is great for the skin.
Betty
Ask, Believe and you will Receive
tirrian
(no login)
acne
March 29 2007, 11:48 PM
i used to have that problem and tried everything including zinc, healthy diet, flaxseed oil etc. but nothing really cleared it, still got bumps on my neck and then started taking vitex and saw palmetto 3 months ago, my acne has completely cleared
any acne you get like that is hormonal so the only real solution is to deal with the cause of the imbalance ie. vitex to rebalance hormones and saw palmetto to block androgens.
Anonymous
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tirrian!
March 31 2007, 1:48 PM
Hey tirrian,
Just wanted to know - did you have any blackheads before taking vitex - and did they disappear? I just ask, as my acne whitheads don't bother me too much, and come and go - but my blackheads are so permanent and look awful. I suppose it should work theoretically?
Hope to hear from you
Cheers.
Ps any vitex growth? I've been on it 3 months and have really tender breasts/painful nipples - it's actually the wrong time of cycle to be luteal swelling - so hoping it's something happening. They are definitely fuller. It's actually made my acne worse - but I just feel like my body is like it was at 14 which can't be bad! Maybe I could benefit from the SP.
Anonymous
(no login)
BY THE WAY
March 31 2007, 3:06 PM
...although i know vitex doesn't work for acne in my case - I'm still asking as I untimately want to know if blackheads respond to herbal rememdies of any kind in the same way acne does. (as my blackheads are permanent - not relying on a hormone cycle like my acne).....
....just re read and made no sense!
Cheers
katherine
(Login BObabe)
acne!(
April 1 2007, 1:16 PM
I'm a bit of a zit enthusiast...gross, I know!
If your main concern is blackheads that are in the same place and have been there forever (Not new whiteheads, pustules,etc...) and there's never any inflamation or built up ouch factor behind them, you've most likely got pores that just need to be cleaned out. To much dead skin built up and whatnot. I would suggest one or a combination of the following options:
-steam your face with hot-but not burning-moist heat a couple times a day to open up your pores. You can get facial steamers, but I find filling the sink with hot water, draping a towel over your head to make a tent and leaning over the sink for a while to trap your face in the steam works just as well and it's free!
-use a good exfoliating scrub, but don't be so harsh you scratch yourself. Either a scrub from your pharmacy-made for face, or some like making up home scrubs from honey, lemon and sugar, or avacado, honey and sugar....
-Does your local pharm. carry Biore cleaning strips? you steam your face good, put the strip on the affected area, wait till it dries up and ripit off...Ha! kinda like pulling a bandaid, but is fun to see the stuff yanked out of one's pores! You might have to do this a couple of times a wekk for a week or two, but normally helps
-Get a full facial done at a day spa where they also do extractions......sounds unpleasant, but actually feels quite good.
Anyhow, Best of luck to you!
rose
(Login rose34)
red zits!!!
April 1 2007, 10:20 PM
hi there katherine..
maybe you can help me i am coming out with red horrible zits on my face the ones that you can feel the pain as they are pushing out....gross!!! anythng i can put on them to stop the redness...i'm desperate my hubby keeps calling me zit face....
!!
thanks
katherine
(Login BObabe)
red zits!!!
April 1 2007, 11:20 PM
Ouch, that sounds like it hurts!
The first thing you need to do is give your hubby a good swift kick in the butt! LOL...SOOOOOOO not helpful!
The only thing I can comment on is from my own experience and "the word on the street" so to speak.
Not knowing your program are you taking SP or Vitex? These are both supposed to be quite helpful in this regard, but do take a bit of patience to reap the benefits.
I'm a big believer that what you put into your body has to come out and skin, as the largest organ is prime toxin landfill site. Drink lots of water!!!
In terms of immediate redness coverage, Visine (eye drops for red eye relief) is supposed to help take the red out of zits. Personally haven't tried it yet, but have talked to others who swear by it!
I like making Oatmeal paste (just oats with a bit of lemon juice) and putting it on like a mask. Put it in the fridge first to make it cold and it's quite soothing -but might nip a bit if you've got open sores!
Or put ice cube on it for 5 min throughout the day can help calm them down a bit.
I can't say for certain what will work for you, but sometimes doing something (as long as it's not harmful) feels better than doing nothing!
Good luck, rose
rose
(no login)
red zits
April 1 2007, 11:45 PM
lol......
!!! yeh i did that already.... yeh i've been on vitex for 3 months and saw plamettto for about 2 not seen a huge differance in zit control but periods are sorting themselves out....thanks for the response i'll give it a go hopefully stop the zits from popping out...!! lol
Snowflake
(Login GoldSnowflake)
EVE MEMBERS
Re: acne!(
April 1 2007, 11:46 PM
Hey girl, sounds like you need a QUICK fix. Steam and then pat your self dry, then swab the affected areas with perioxde, they kind you buy at the grocery store or drug store. If it is only on you body parts swab it on and let it dry. If you have some on your face swab on face for 2 minutes then rinse with cold water. Should see clearing after a few treats. Do it 2 or 3 times a day, with the perioxde that is. steam once a day. Good Luck, you still have 10 days, don't panic.
rose
(Login rose34)
red zits!!!
April 2 2007, 12:01 AM
lol..i did that already maybe should do it again..!!!
ive been on SP for about 2 months and and vitex for 3 months not much differance to teh acne but periods are sorting themselves out ....i'll give it a go hopefully it will stop the zits from popping out...!!!
thanks
Anonymous
(Login Sarabell239)
asprin mask
April 2 2007, 12:34 AM
This is the only thing that has helped me with my terrible acne. YOu can use it on your face for sure, i havent tried it on my body but i am sure you can.
for my face, i take 2 uncoated generice asprin, put a few drops of filtered water on it to help it disolve and make a paste, then add some honey. Rub this on your face and gently exfoliate, then leave it on for like 15 min, then wash off, again gently scrubbing. After I wash this off, I use a toner I made that is 50/50 Apple cider vinegar/home brewed green tea. works like a charm. good luck, hope you find relief!
(March 27 2007 at 10:22 PM dunny (Login lil_dunny)
just terrible acne, got so much worse in the last few days... yeah i've been stressed, a bit, but this is unbearable! not so much face acne, oddly, but on my neck, and worst of all, on my chest! it's awful
makes me want to cry. how am i supposed to let my man anywhere near my breasts when the skin is so inflamed and bumpy (leaving on a trip with him today for 10 days and i guess the best solution is stop taking all herbs and stop using the boobie batter in the meantime :-\
Moon
(Login -Moon-)
SENIOR MEMBER
Re: acne!
(March 29 2007, 7:05 PM
Zinc helps with acne. I also read someone write not long ago that applying aspirin topically on the face helps greately (but I'm not sure if it wasn't you :p).
Betty
(Login BiggerBoobsPlease)
Re: acne!
(March 29 2007, 7:49 PM
l'il dunny...I feel for ya girl! I had the same thing happen just before my trip to Florida with my husband, but mine was all on my face. It took a week or so to clear, but it seems to have passed. I hope it clears for you soon. Drink as much water as possible, it is great for the skin.
Betty
Ask, Believe and you will Receive
tirrian
(no login)
acne
March 29 2007, 11:48 PM
i used to have that problem and tried everything including zinc, healthy diet, flaxseed oil etc. but nothing really cleared it, still got bumps on my neck and then started taking vitex and saw palmetto 3 months ago, my acne has completely cleared
any acne you get like that is hormonal so the only real solution is to deal with the cause of the imbalance ie. vitex to rebalance hormones and saw palmetto to block androgens.
Anonymous
(no login)
tirrian!
March 31 2007, 1:48 PM
Hey tirrian,
Just wanted to know - did you have any blackheads before taking vitex - and did they disappear? I just ask, as my acne whitheads don't bother me too much, and come and go - but my blackheads are so permanent and look awful. I suppose it should work theoretically?
Hope to hear from you
Cheers.
Ps any vitex growth? I've been on it 3 months and have really tender breasts/painful nipples - it's actually the wrong time of cycle to be luteal swelling - so hoping it's something happening. They are definitely fuller. It's actually made my acne worse - but I just feel like my body is like it was at 14 which can't be bad! Maybe I could benefit from the SP.
Anonymous
(no login)
BY THE WAY
March 31 2007, 3:06 PM
...although i know vitex doesn't work for acne in my case - I'm still asking as I untimately want to know if blackheads respond to herbal rememdies of any kind in the same way acne does. (as my blackheads are permanent - not relying on a hormone cycle like my acne).....
....just re read and made no sense!
Cheers
katherine
(Login BObabe)
acne!
(April 1 2007, 1:16 PM
I'm a bit of a zit enthusiast...gross, I know!
If your main concern is blackheads that are in the same place and have been there forever (Not new whiteheads, pustules,etc...) and there's never any inflamation or built up ouch factor behind them, you've most likely got pores that just need to be cleaned out. To much dead skin built up and whatnot. I would suggest one or a combination of the following options:
-steam your face with hot-but not burning-moist heat a couple times a day to open up your pores. You can get facial steamers, but I find filling the sink with hot water, draping a towel over your head to make a tent and leaning over the sink for a while to trap your face in the steam works just as well and it's free!
-use a good exfoliating scrub, but don't be so harsh you scratch yourself. Either a scrub from your pharmacy-made for face, or some like making up home scrubs from honey, lemon and sugar, or avacado, honey and sugar....
-Does your local pharm. carry Biore cleaning strips? you steam your face good, put the strip on the affected area, wait till it dries up and ripit off...Ha! kinda like pulling a bandaid, but is fun to see the stuff yanked out of one's pores! You might have to do this a couple of times a wekk for a week or two, but normally helps
-Get a full facial done at a day spa where they also do extractions......sounds unpleasant, but actually feels quite good.
Anyhow, Best of luck to you!
rose
(Login rose34)
red zits!!!
April 1 2007, 10:20 PM
hi there katherine..
maybe you can help me i am coming out with red horrible zits on my face the ones that you can feel the pain as they are pushing out....gross!!! anythng i can put on them to stop the redness...i'm desperate my hubby keeps calling me zit face....
!!thanks
katherine
(Login BObabe)
red zits!!!
April 1 2007, 11:20 PM
Ouch, that sounds like it hurts!
The first thing you need to do is give your hubby a good swift kick in the butt! LOL...SOOOOOOO not helpful!
The only thing I can comment on is from my own experience and "the word on the street" so to speak.
Not knowing your program are you taking SP or Vitex? These are both supposed to be quite helpful in this regard, but do take a bit of patience to reap the benefits.
I'm a big believer that what you put into your body has to come out and skin, as the largest organ is prime toxin landfill site. Drink lots of water!!!
In terms of immediate redness coverage, Visine (eye drops for red eye relief) is supposed to help take the red out of zits. Personally haven't tried it yet, but have talked to others who swear by it!
I like making Oatmeal paste (just oats with a bit of lemon juice) and putting it on like a mask. Put it in the fridge first to make it cold and it's quite soothing -but might nip a bit if you've got open sores!
Or put ice cube on it for 5 min throughout the day can help calm them down a bit.
I can't say for certain what will work for you, but sometimes doing something (as long as it's not harmful) feels better than doing nothing!
Good luck, rose
rose
(no login)
red zits
April 1 2007, 11:45 PM
lol......
!!! yeh i did that already.... yeh i've been on vitex for 3 months and saw plamettto for about 2 not seen a huge differance in zit control but periods are sorting themselves out....thanks for the response i'll give it a go hopefully stop the zits from popping out...!! lolSnowflake
(Login GoldSnowflake)
EVE MEMBERS
Re: acne!
(April 1 2007, 11:46 PM
Hey girl, sounds like you need a QUICK fix. Steam and then pat your self dry, then swab the affected areas with perioxde, they kind you buy at the grocery store or drug store. If it is only on you body parts swab it on and let it dry. If you have some on your face swab on face for 2 minutes then rinse with cold water. Should see clearing after a few treats. Do it 2 or 3 times a day, with the perioxde that is. steam once a day. Good Luck, you still have 10 days, don't panic.
rose
(Login rose34)
red zits!!!
April 2 2007, 12:01 AM
lol..i did that already maybe should do it again..!!!
ive been on SP for about 2 months and and vitex for 3 months not much differance to teh acne but periods are sorting themselves out ....i'll give it a go hopefully it will stop the zits from popping out...!!!
thanks
Anonymous
(Login Sarabell239)
asprin mask
April 2 2007, 12:34 AM
This is the only thing that has helped me with my terrible acne. YOu can use it on your face for sure, i havent tried it on my body but i am sure you can.
for my face, i take 2 uncoated generice asprin, put a few drops of filtered water on it to help it disolve and make a paste, then add some honey. Rub this on your face and gently exfoliate, then leave it on for like 15 min, then wash off, again gently scrubbing. After I wash this off, I use a toner I made that is 50/50 Apple cider vinegar/home brewed green tea. works like a charm. good luck, hope you find relief!