10 warnings that mean it’s time see your dermatologist for acne

I’m checking out various acne forums and find hidden in the subtext of many posts a common concern. When is it time to go to the dermatologist for acne? Time after time, I see people pouring out their stories, posting pictures, desperate for that one piece of info that will finally fix their acne signs. Many know that they are at a point where seeking a medical professional isn’t merely prudent but necessary.

I’ve had many experiences with medical doctors over the years. The good, component ones more than make up for the few bad ones. Acne may not fall under the category of life and death (though it can feel pretty close), but there are certain things to watch out for. This blog post is dedicated to anyone trying to find answers and is probably better suited seeking medical help.

Use this checklist as a starting point and figure out the best course to chart for you.

Zinc: the acne killer?

One thing I like to do after finishing a post is review it for mining of other topics. The last post on body acne was no different. The mineral zinc came up several times in my research. The acne zinc connection was readily apparent. It’s one of those nutrients that’s valuable both externally and internally. It has far reaching health factors and proved not to let me down when I looked into it further.

How to get rid of body acne slow, steady and fast

What is Body Acne?

I’m sitting here recovering from a workout and notice a not so friendly visitor on my shoulder. Nowadays, I rarely get body acne but its not 100% cured. Even with my regimen, attention to diet and product usage, it can still pop up from time to time. When it does happen, it usually appears on my back, shoulders or lower neck. An improvement over the past, for sure, but why there?

Acne can develop on almost any part of the body. Excess oil production and dead cell turnover rate can cause pore blockage. Acne on the back (bacne), butt (buttne), neck and chest can pose problems because they are awkward to treat short of contortion or removing vertebrae. Plus, the genetics on jelly spines is tricky at best.

Usually, most acne concern is directed at the face. It’s hard to hide and humans are social creatures. Acne on the body is easier to conceal but that’s part of the reason it can blossom in the first place. Certainly tight fitting clothes, warmer temperatures and elevated sweating are cause for concern. Though that’s only part of the problem. To get into the why, I had to dig a little deeper.

5 Tips To Use Today To Stop Beard Acne

What is Beard Acne?

When the beard or the border area becomes inflamed, pimples or hard bumps form. It’s usually caused by an ingrown hair. The ingrown hair is the result of failure to clear clipped hair. These small hair particles can deposit in the follicles and become compacted. This leads to inflammation that can become infected and results in the acne like appearance in the beard.

In addition, regular acne can be made worse by the failure to remove the build up of dead skin cells and debris. This debris is a breeding ground for bacteria and other microscopic baddies. When the debris accumulates, it can clog pores and lead to acne breakouts.

Does Medimix make the best acne face wash?

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Review of Medimix (Ayurvedic) Face wash

Ayurvedic skincare and the best over the counter acne treatment

It’s safe to say that everyone is looking for the holy grail– the best acne face wash. The one, cheap treatment that eradicates acne in totality, erases all signs of post acne scars, leaving the skin looking like a super model and costs under a few bucks. Oh, and lasts for months with zero side-effects. Maybe I left off a few but that’s the gist. Unfortunately, this isn’t that acne face wash, but I try not to make perfect the enemy of pretty damn good. And this product is pretty damn good.

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Finding The Key To Unlocking Hormonal Acne

Hormonal Acne

When I’m at a crossroads for anything in life, I order Chinese food and get a fortune cookie. I follow the advice to the letter. It may explain why my life is full of fits, sputters and jumps. Anyways, the same held true with picking the next topic for this blog to cover. The fortune cookie said: “discuss hormonal acne on your blog,” and who am I to disagree with a cookie.

This is me right after the Chinese buffet. Of course, thirty minutes later I’m ready to eat again. Go figure.

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How oil-pulling can help fight acne inflammation

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Oil-pulling acne review

This post will be about oil-pulling acne techniques and how it relates to helping curb inflmmation. Unfortunately, that will involve using Ayurvedic techniques once more. For those of you who may find the vernacular of this post not suited to your tastes or interests, this is the head’s up. For those that read the last post, I’m sure you’re all getting closer to being members of some Justice League or neo-Avengers superhero elite club or maybe at least the anti-villain in the story you’ve written. Kudos.

A quick backtrack

Now, before I get on track, I need to twirl around the beaten path a time or two, so bear with me.

I empathize with everyone experiencing acne. It sucks. When you have it, your life feels like it’s on standstill. Social life? Say what? LOL I know. Believe me, I know. So it may seem like I’m having a bit of fun with this blog and with some of the real meat yet to be delivered, my internal dialogue rages about dropping the goods so to speak. The treasure chest with all the holy grail techniques that were discovered long ago.

My guide has some of them, but it’s more like an outline with some basic ideas. The real top-shelf material is coming, but I can’t release it all at once or the Internet will break and a chasm between dimensions will open and nothing will ever be the same again.

The reality is there are so many different ideas, products and interesting practices that can help. If you are reading this blog in its early inception, you are like a pioneer, waiting with galling patience to find out what’s over the next hill as you pass all the sun bleached remnants of what’s come before. If you’re reading this blog in a year, you’ll likely have an acne fighting tool box that overfloweth into a tool shed.

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Scattershooting: Inside Out

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The penny and the piece of gum

Occasionally, I like to keep things fresh around this website. While its chief purpose is the end of acne, a bit of stray into the realm of humor from time to time is in order. It keeps the stress levels steady and the blood from being angered.

With that in mind, I feel called to share a story—a parable really.

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Can using a tongue scraper improve your acne?

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To scrape or not to scrape

If you’re like Gene Simmons from Kiss, you’ll need a tongue scraper the size of a snow plow to get the job done.

When pondering ideas to blog about I’m often fond of reflecting on the simplest, easiest practices that you can do combat the acne scourge. Sometimes simple, means cheap and easy—a creed by which many live their lives. By going after the “low-hanging fruit” of the acne world, we may find solutions present themselves in corners of study we never knew existed.

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Does coffee cause acne?

The sweet release of coffee

Before we can answer the question: does coffee cause acne, we have to take a wide view and look at several angles.

We all have routines and rituals that start the day. For some, a cup of coffee is an outright necessity, mandating almost obsequious dependence. The smell, the intoxicating aroma that lures the user in, is worthy of worship. How many times have you bleak, weary eyed souls, staggered out of bed, belly crawled along the floor, seeking reproach from your slumber, in the hopes that a steaming pot is brewing at the end of your miserable journey?

Unless you have a butler or maid, or someone that approaches this approximate skill set, then you probably have to make it yourself or stomach the kind made by what ever type of creature you cohabit with (pets not included). Either way, an almost unholy banshee of a monster is craving that first sip to re-chain the savage beast and welcome the embrace of civilization.

I theorize that modern society would fall back a thousand years into a second dark ages the day coffee or its equivalent were banished from our existence. Maybe tea could fill the gap, but that would be a pretty wide chasm, requiring quick thinking or some mad sick run on energy drinks and hyper-caffeinated products. Ah, there’s the rub. Caffeine. It’s not the coffee or the ritual that goes with it that has us so ensnared, but the caffeine– the juice that fuels the engine of society.