Archive for May, 2008

Accutane Alternatives

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

I remember both my cousin and I, who were only two years apart in age, each suffering through adolescence with fairly severe acne problems, dreamt of a day when we’d find a miracle cure for a smooth and beautiful complexion. I, on one hand, had been on everything from Retin-A to Tetracycline and Erythromycin for my acne. She had also been prescribed these drugs and even additional topical treatments which would work for a little while, but then become ineffective.

That was fifteen years ago. At this time, there were no serious and effective alternatives to agressive acne treatment. Accutane was pretty much it.

I remember feeling envious when she was allowed to go on Accutane, which at the time was practically a “miracle” treatment for those with stubborn and persistent breakouts. The drug was not without it’s warnings back then though. I remember the biggest warning was to not get pregnant while on the medication. It was actually mandatory to be on birth control if you were being treated with Accutane, since the medication drastically increases the likelihood of birth defects.

Other than that, I was oblivious to any other warnings and I didn’t care about them quite frankly. When you’re fifteen and you have severe acne, you would do almost anything to have a clear complexion, especially when your peers can be cruel about physical imperfections!

Green with envy, I tracked my cousin’s progress eagerly, and hoped to talk my parents into allowing me to go on this agressive medical treatment. Her skin did break out much worse at first - to the point where she did not want to go out in public due to the large and painful inflammations. This was a known drawback, so I took heart in knowing she would clear up later. Then, as promised, her skin did clear very nicely, and all that was left was the old scarring.

Looking back, I am glad I never took this serious drug. Especially now, hearing about the new allegations of serious depression and even suicidal tendencies that some Accutane patients have experienced. You can’t search the net for Accutane without coming across stories of litigation, and advertisements for lawyers who exclusively represent Accutane patients.

Not only are the potential side effects scary, the drug also permanently dries up your primary oil-producing glands, which are the mechanism responsible for acne. While this is good in acne prone adolescents, what about when your skin starts aging? You WILL need that oil as your skin ages, to replenish and protect the moisture in your skin, and help prevent the signs of aging and progression of wrinkles.

My cousin now has some regrets too, since her skin seems to be chronically dry and flaky. She blames the medication for some of her premature aging signs as well, and hypothesizes that had she not undergone Accutane therapy, her skin may have maintained more of it’s elasticity in later years.

You should know, there are some excellent natural alternatives on the market today that will prevent and fight acne internally just as well as Accutane can, for a fraction of the cost, with no adverse side effects and excellent, long-lasting results. You just need to know where to look!

Visit Acuzine Acne Pill for information on the effective natural acne remedy talkeed about in this article. Danna Schneider is the founder of Accutane Alternatives

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Acne Cures - What Is The Most Effective Long Lasting Treatment

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Knowing that no particular cause of acne is determined, perhaps the best move for you to take then is to find the right treatment that can help reduce and eliminate your skin condition to a certain level.

Acne is a serious skin disorder that plagues millions of people anywhere in the world. Certain reports have noted that acne can cause personal anguish and it may even lower the person’s self esteem. For so many years, certain studies have been conducted for the cure of acne. Until these days, there is no one particular magic acne cure that can totally eliminate acne, although some products are claiming that they can. However, the news is not at all bad since a number of acne remedies, known be many as acne cures, are now available on the market. These acne cures largely vary according to the method of application, the severity of the acne condition, and to the type of the acne patient’s skin.

One of the typically used acne cures are those over-the-counter products such as cleansers, moisturizers, astringents, and pimple creams. These acne cures are actually non-prescription products that are to some degree proven capable for unplugging the whiteheads and blackheads. Some of these acne cures encourage the skin to peel off, giving way to the new skin to develop.

The topical antibiotics are also there, known as “prescription only” acne cures. These forms of acne cure generally help fight acne by means of knocking out the acne-causing bacteria that infect the pores. However, there are some instances that acne may become resistant to these forms of acne cure, turning them useless in the end. Apart from the topical antibiotics, there are also oral antibiotics. Among the many side effects of these acne cures, nausea and dizziness are the common.

Although a number of experts claimed that acne cures are not yet in the market, some people still find certain ways and medicines and hailed them “acne cures”. Aside from such samples of deemed “acne cures”, there are also some topical antibiotics, known as the “prescription only” products. Several acne patients and experts have claimed that these “acne cures” help fight acne by means of killing the bacteria that greatly infect the pores. Nevertheless, there are some instances that acne may become resistant to these forms of “acne cures”, making them useless as it turns out. Oral antibiotics which are considered “acne cures” are also there, but one of the unfavorable idea about them is the fact that these “acne cures” can affect the entire body, causing serious side effects. The known side effects of oral antibiotics are nausea and dizziness.

Some vitamin A derivatives are greatly deemed by many as another great form of “acne cures” that they can prevent skin cells from clumping together and they promote shedding of the skin. However, just like the above mentioned “acne cures”, these too have a number of side effects, such as dryness, redness, and irritation. There are even come cases that these “acne cures” are cause of some psychological disorders and birth defects.

Dean Shainin is a successful Webmaster and publisher of Acne.MyWisdomBase.com For more articles, and valuable resources for getting effective remedies, visit his site at: best acne cures

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Acne Program - Step 12 Change The Way You Think

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Your thoughts have a lot to do with why you have acne. Most people will not even give this idea a single thought. You can get rid of acne without changing your way of thinking, but your thoughts will create some other illness that you might not see.

Most illnesses begin with the way you think, the way you are, or your basic philosophy. Your thoughts create chemicals that flow into your blood and affect the function of your entire body.

So if you have acne, it was created by the way you think. If you have ulcers, heart problems, or anything else, these were created by the way you think. Your thinking prevents you from eating and doing the things that you need to do to have good health or clear clean skin.

If you have acne or any disease, it is an opportunity for you to stop and think about why you have it. Acne is an expression of your thinking. Everything about you - the way you walk, the way you talk, the way you dress, that way you eat, the diseases you come down with, the way you do everything - originates in your thought process.

Here is one place to start your self-examination.

Start by being more accepting of yourself. What I have learned in the past is that no matter how much you put yourself down or how critical you are of yourself, it will not change the world around you. The world and you are still the same.

So, just get over it. Stop fighting who you are.

Accept yourself as you are and get on with the purpose of your life. Just get on with it. Don’t worry about what other people are thinking and doing. That’s their problem not yours.

You need to learn how to “face yourself.” When you have acne you may not want to look at yourself and “face who you are?”

If you have acne, there is always some underlying emotions and feelings that are being expressed by your acne. Look into yourself and try to see what you are saying with your acne.

If you cannot find it, see if you can relate it to constipation. Constipation and a toxic colon is typically the cause of acne. But to go one-step further, all physical illness are created by some emotional unbalance that you are holding onto.

Acne can be a representation of repressed traumas that you have experienced as a child when you were growing up. I know you may not want to hear this. But, Acne can be an expression of those traumas trying to burst out of the repressive mechanisms that your body creates to prevent you from facing these traumas until you are ready to do so.

Some effort has to be make to connect and release these traumas, otherwise as you clear your face these traumas can move to some other parts of your body where they will be unseen and destroy tissue and body functions.

If you have a negative thought, ask yourself this question, “does this thought or idea help me or others become a better person?” If not, then let go of this thought and move on to a better thought and a better place in your life.

Good Luck To You

Follow the 12 steps for getting rid of acne and you will get results. Follow these steps and your face will clear and become smooth and lovable.

Rudy Silva has a degree in Physics and is a Natural Nutritionist. He is the author of Constipation, Acne, Hemorrhoid, and Fatty Acid ebooks. He writes a newsletter call “natural-remedies-thatwork.com.” More acne hints and information on his acne e-book can be found at: http://www.acne-remedies.for–you.info

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