Archive for November, 2011


Other Causes of Acne

In some patients only one particular food will make their acne worse. This has nothing to do with whether the food is a starch, sweet or fat. For example, they can­not eat chocolate without noticing a sizable increase in the number of papules and pustules the next day. It does not make any difference whether [...]

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Causes of Acne

Each year doctors learn more about diseases, their causes and their cure. When your parents were children, scarlet fever was a serious sickness for a child to have and its cause was unknown. Today, the bacteria that cause it are known and a few pills will generally cure it. The same could be said about [...]

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Misconseptions About The Causes of Acne Part 1

If you are willing to believe what people tell you, acne is caused by everything from an “acid condition” to “bad blood,” whatever they may be! There seems to be no limit to the bizarre reasons given as the cause of this con­dition. Statements attributing acne to “poisoning in the system,” “too much rich food,” [...]

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Misconceptions of Acne Causes Part 2

Another mistaken concept or half-truth is that acne is caused solely by poor skin hygiene. Parents especially seem to have the idea that if you use plenty of soap and water on your skin, you will have no acne problem. “Have you washed your face?” may be a very common and tiresome question heard about [...]

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More Reasons Why Acne Appears!

Perhaps you belong to this class and, like others, burn the candle at both ends. You work hard all day and fre­quently are busy for long hours at night. Your ability to keep going is due as much to your enthusiasm for what you’re doing as to the strength in your body. One might say that [...]

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