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How to clear your skin (based on clinical studies, our visitors experiences, and our own research):
Vitamins / Supplements
With a meal, 3-4 times per day: 3 mgs of boron, Vitamin B Complex 50, 25-50 mgs of Zinc. Once per day, with a meal: Multi vitamin, Fish Oil (Not Cod Liver Oil), 2000 IUs of Vitamin D. This alone may end acne.
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Get outside during the day!
You need daylight to suppress melatonin so you can really crank it out at night. Stay in the shade, but you must see sky. 12+ hours is optimal, an hour in the am and at noon may work. No sunburns, sunglasses or hats!
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Fix your sleep cycle
Go to sleep at the same time every night. Ten o'clock is optimal. Sleep in complete darkness, and wake up without an alarm. 8.5+ hours is best. Try to keep your evening activities calm and in relative darkness. It is nearly impossible to improve acne without sleeping properly.
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Get your exercise
Workout for 30-60 minutes, 4-5 hours before bedtime, every day. Eat meat beforehand (within an hour). You are moving Tryptophan into the brain. Additional exercise is great, but never close to bedtime. Outdoor exercise is best. Make sure you work up a good sweat.
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Eat the right things
Eliminate gluten, dairy and processed foods altogether. Cut back on soy and sugars including fruit. Use unlimited extra virgin olive oil, but no soy / vegetable / other oils. Eat tomatoes cooked in olive oil (or tomato juice), carrots, and broccoli every day. Eat sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds before bedtime.
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Other Stuff
Wash only twice/day. Shave daily (men). Don't use topical products. Use jojoba oil or moisturizer only as necessary to avoid dry skin. Avoid drugs and alcohol. Relax. Life is good!
Don’t Do This!
Avoid kelp, too much iodine (iodized salt, sea salt is ok), alcohol, drugs, harsh topical medicines like benzoyl peroxide, over-washing, antibiotics, stimulants (ritalin,caffeine) within 10 hours of bedtime, sleep deprivation, sleeping with the light on, going to the bathroom in the middle of the night (drink less water at night!).
Do Your Best
If you have acne, chances are you are violating a lot of these rules. No one expects you to fix everything at once. Make changes as you can, experiment, and see what happens. Once your skin is great, you can add back in certain foods and lifestyles that are important to you. If something turns out to be a trigger, you'll figure it out pretty quick.
I have been taking two tablets of Aleve (220 mg) one in the morning and one at night for one week and it has completely removed all of my cystic acne and I have not been getting any new ones. I usually would have anywhere from 17-20 cystic pimples and now I only have 2-3. I’ve had acne since I was 12. I am 26. For the past 6 months my acne has been getting worse. Everyone said it was stress and when my school semester was over, my stress level would go down and I would notice the change in my acne. When the semester was over, nothing changed. If anything my acne got worse. It was so bad that at night I would have to start taking Aleve to alleviate the throbbing pain on my face from my acne brushing up against my pillow. As soon as I started doing this, I realized my acne would hurt less and in the mornings, I would have less acne instead of more as I usually would have. Like I said, it has been a week and I have not seen my face as clear as I have it now in years!