Healthy Diet For Acne Prone Skin

You probably have heard this many times — don’t eat this or you will get zits. Diet and acne has been extensively studied, but scientists have yet to find a connection between the two. Not fried food, chocolate or even pizza. It has been stated by the American Academy of Dermatology that a healthy diet is important for healthy skin but they state that sugary or greasy foods do not actually cause acne. Another published study in the Journal of American Medical Associate agreed also that in most patients diet played no role in acne treatment even larger amounts of certain foods did not clinically exacerbate acne. Even so, that doesn’t mean making a habit of consuming foods that are high in sugar or fat. Read more »

Stress Related Acne

Your lifestyle may not be causing your acne problems but the way you live does affect your whole body including the skin which is the largest organ. The hours you keep, the place you work and the ways you play, especially for those prone to acne, can have a toll on the epidermis.There are a few acne triggers that occur everyday which should be avoided.

On the job comedones. Some parts of your skin is constantly in contact with your environment and paying attention to the substances you are in contact with on a regular basis is important. You may, without knowing it, be exposing yourself to pore clogging comedogenic substances on the job. These substances may not be causing the acne but are aggravating it. As an example, fast-food restaurant’s airborne grease can clog your pores by creating an invisible film on your skin. Most of the industrial oils used in factories, cars and on bicycles are comedogenic in nature as well. Read more »

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