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How to Get Rid of a Zit Fast

by adult acne treatments on 21. Apr, 2010 in Hormonal Acne

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Everyone gets them– here are some great ways to dry up a big pimple overnight. I think I have tried almost everything, and each one of these has worked.

1. Put some toothpaste on it. Traditional, benzoyl-peroxide based acne remedies dry up my face too much, so sometimes after I wash my face for the night, I put a dollop (meaning, just enough to cover the big zit) of toothpaste on it. Allow this to dry, of course, before you actually lie down to go to sleep, just to avoid getting toothpaste on your pillow.

2. Heat it up. I use the ZENO HOT SPOT for this. I start zapping the area as soon as I feel the pimple coming on, then keeping zapping it every 4 hours until it goes away.

3. Dry it with the pink stuff. I love that Mario Bedascu drying lotion– the one that you have to apply with a Q-tip.

4. Take Airborne. What if you treated a big zit like a cold, and took Airborne when you felt a breakout coming on? I already take 2,000 mg of Vitamin C every day, but I do throw in an Airborne tablet when I see a zit coming. Head it off at the pass!

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What vitamins are best for skin, hair, and nails?

by adult acne treatments on 31. Mar, 2010 in Good Skin, Hormonal Acne

I’m always adding (or subtracting) things from my vitamin regimen, trying to get my skin to clear up for good. Here are some things I’ve found that have worked:

1. Fish oil. I know this sounds totally gross, but I like the lemon-flavored fish oil from Nordic Naturals (pictured). I don’t like taking a million fish pills and most of them upset my stomach, and this liquid stuff doesn’t at all. The jury’s still out on what it does for my skin (although I do know it doesn’t make it any worse), but I always get a ton of compliments on how shiny my hair is when I take it consistently, and my nails grow like crazy.

2. Women’s vitamins. I guess this would go more under “hormonal acne,” but I find that if I balance out my hormones, my acne stops acting up. I think avoiding dairy also factors into this.

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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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Today: Four pimples on my chin. Why????

by adult acne treatments on 22. Dec, 2009 in Hormonal Acne

Sometimes in a feeble effort to make my zits calm down so I can at least attempt to cover them up with the nine different types of concealer I keep on hand, I either freeze the really bad pimples with an ice cube or try to dry them out with my hair dryer and/ or a Zeno.  Then I have to let them sit for awhile, then I powder the whole face, then conceal.

I know there is a whole world of over 35 year old people out there who have to take these elaborate measures to get rid of acne, but it does make you feel ridiculous and alone, and like “wow, I should really have grown out of this by now.”  This is especially true when I have to dig into a zit on my chin to pull out a hair.  Oh yes, it’s TMI time here.

Seriously, am I going to have pimples until I hit menopause?  This is ridiculous.

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