Archive | January, 2010

Of course, I jinxed it.

by adult acne treatments on 06. Jan, 2010 in Uncategorized

Of course, the morning after I proclaim that I am acne-free for the first time, I wake up this morning with three neck pimples, which I pop and then end up with splotches on my neck for the whole day.  What did I put on these to help them?  Cortisone cream, people!  Like they were bug bites, or maybe the bite of a vampire with three random teeth.

Seriously the neck pimples are weird, and I don’t like them.  Is this another lovely example of hormonal acne?   I had to pop them, because there is no way in hell I am going outside with whiteheads on my neck.   And, sorry to my two dermatologists.

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I Have No Pimples

by adult acne treatments on 05. Jan, 2010 in Remove Pimples

Seriously, I am writing this post because this is the first time in TEN YEARS that I do not have even one pimple.  I am attributing this to luck and coincidence, of course.   Of course, I have totally been avoiding dairy (which has been hard, but I am sorry to say, is making a big difference in my acne problem).

Here are some other things I have been doing, in case this is some kind of random system that I have stumbled upon that might also work for you:

1.  Washing morning/ nighttime with Dr. Ohhira’s Probiotic Kampuku Soap. You can get this at iHerb.com at a discount if you want to try it.

2.  Using prescription Retin-A (actually, it’s the generic)

3.  Zapping all active pimples with a Zeno HotSpot.

Also, I have been taking fish oil and drinking a ton of water.  And of course, I just finished my period, and I don’t even want to talk about all the hormonal acne I had on my chin last week.  I was zapping it with the Zeno every night before bed.

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Does Dairy Cause Acne?

by adult acne treatments on 01. Jan, 2010 in Hormonal Acne

My new dermatologist seems to have this magical theory that dairy is what causes acne—in everyone, all the time.  I think he says this to everyone who walks in the door with a zit. I humor him because at least once a month he fits me in for cortisone shots when hormone-related acne flare-ups make my face into a giant fiasco.   I must admit, when I lay off things like milk and pizza, my zits seem to not be as extreme.  But—really?  Am I supposed to never eat pizza or ice cream ever again, in my life?  This hardly seems realistic.  Can’t they just make a pill that counteracts whatever effect dairy is having on my skin?  They do it for lactose intolerant people so they can drink milk and not get gas, right?

Come to think of it, would it work if I started taking Lactaid pills or something like that?  What if that cured my acne once and for all?

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