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If you’ve been trying, successfully or unsuccessfully, to treat your skin for acne and make it clear again, then you know there is almost never just one single cause that goes into this prevalent yet somewhat complicated skin condition.

Often times there are hormonal issues that are behind acne, sometimes it’s hygienic issues and skin care routines, but I’ve found that mostly just can aggravate it or make it a little better but is not usually the root cause, and then of course there are stress and anxiety factors as well. What it really all boils down to though, in it’s essence, is some sort of hormonal imbalance issue.

Hormones can be thrown into imbalance by many, many things. And not only that, these causes can vary from person to person and from tolerance level to tolerance level. Everyone has their own “trigger” for acne, so it really must be treated as individiually as it is diagnosed in the treatment program that is chosen. That being said, there has been some buzz that taking vitamin D supplements has helped some people’s skin clear up.

Vitamin D is actually a vitamin that can be found in a lot of dairy products such as eggs and fortified milk, but it can also be found in cod liver oil and certain types of fish. You can take a Vitamin D supplement, however, numerous studies point to the fact that sunlight is the best source of this vitamin.

This is because your body best synthesizes the vitamin from the sun, and uses it most efficiently when it is garnered this way, rather than taken in oral form. This is not to say that Vitamin D supplements are useless, but you do process this nutrient much more effectively when you get it from sunlight. There has been evidence that Vitamin D plays an important role in your immunity as well as in protection against cancer because it helps prevent cells from turning into cancerous cells.

Some tips you may want to adhere to in order to maximize your natural sun-gotten vitamin D are as follows. Wear sleeveless shirts and shorts, this way you get as much sun exposure on as much of your body as possible. Try to limit your time in the intense sun to no more than fifteen minutes fully exposed and NEVER get burnt. After being exposed to the sun’s ray’s, try not to shower for several hours afterward.

The reason for this is that your skin continues to process and absorb and actually “make” vitamin D on it’s surface after interacting with UV light several hours after you bathe in the sun. For this reason, not bathing or showering for several hours afterward helps your body to maintain more of the good stuff that’s left on the surface of your skin and process and absorb it.

We’ve known for a while that laser therapy may help with acne scarring, and even certain types of laser therapy or light therapy, also can help you with acne itself, such as blue light therapy (ok, this isn’t really a laser therapy, but rather a colored light therapy, or phototherapy for the skin). Now, laser therapy may also work well for those with another skin condition that is as irritating as it is embarrassing – eczema.

What is eczema, first of all? Well, it is a skin condition where the skin becomes inflamed and there may be patches of red, dry itchy skin. Some forms are more difficult to treat, and they involved little nodules that pop up as well as the redness and irritation, and that is the form of eczema that seems to respond well to a certain type of concentrated beam laser therapy on the affected areas of the skin.

The therapy involves a highly concentrated beam of UV light, the same type that you get naturally form the sun’s rays, on the affected area. It can also be used on those with vitiligo, the skin lightening condition that Michael Jackson was thought to have, and psoriasis. Patients who did not respond well or did not respond at all to the typical treatment of topical steroidal creams for inflammation, responded to this type of laser treatment, so it is very promising news for those with hard to treat eczema that they may actually have other options that work.

When you’re battling acne, you hear many remedies, cures, tips and ‘how to’s’. For instance, how many times have you heard ‘Healthy skin starts from the inside out?’ Probably, many times. But while you may be tired of hearing it, it’s true. Working from the inside out is the best acne treatment you can use.

I’ve pretty much beaten the fact that drinking a lot of caffeine, or a lot of other nervous system stimulating beverages like coffee and caffeinated tea, may make certain people break out more than others. I personally break out pretty quickly when my body is on caffeine overload, or any other type of energy and nerve system stimulant.

This is usually because the person’s hormones are particularly susceptible to being thrown off balance by these types of stimulants, and therefore they produce more sebum when their nervous system is overstimulated. Sometimes I may see a lag time of a day or two on a caffeine binge and a breakout, but it almost assuredly always happens when I drink a lot of it, or when I’m under large amounts of stress or anxiety.

So, when we talk about soda, particularly caffeinated sodas, like the ever so popular and seemingly addictive diet colas that are out there, there are a lot of ingredients besides the caffeine itself, that really aren’t skin friendly.

And for those that have acne prone skin, we need all the dietary help we can get when it comes to getting the right hormone balancing foods and nutrients in our bodies so we can “fight acne from the inside out” as has become such a popular marketing phrase for so many of the popular acne fighting supplements today.

Phosphoric acid is a common ingredient in soda, and although it is no so much caloric in and of itself, it breaks down into sugars in your body. Sugar is another skin sin, and you should strive to minimize it in your diet, if not totally eliminate it (I know, this is impossible, I love desserts and especially chocolate and that’s just never gonna happen for me, but I do try to minimize it).

Sugar basically can throw off your blood sugar levels, which in turn aids in breaking your face out by turning on the hormones that cause acne or throwing them out of balance. It also is bad for your collagen, as it makes your collagen cells rigid, which is why we look more aged. Your collagen cells should be soft, and pliable, and excess sugar in the diet makes them rigid.

Soda is also loaded with artificial flavors, chemicals and a host of other body and cell toxins that boil down to nothing but trouble for your skin. If you think drinking diet is any better, then you’re wrong because artificial sweeteners have their own host of bad side effects as well. The bottom line is that you should try to steer clear of any type of carbonated soda and try to drink non carbonated, healthy drinks in it’s place for your skin.

So, it’s been about two months now that I’ve had my pricey Clarisonic facial cleanser tool. For a refresher, the Clarisonic is a device that is made by the same folks who make those Sonicare toothbrushes, which I have to admit I’m dying of curiosity to try and see if it works better than your run of the mill manual toothbrush. It uses “supersonic” cleansing action, where the bristles rotate so quickly that they literally help get down deeper into the pores, and get your skin cleaner.

I got it because I wanted to start really getting my face clean and smooth every night since I do wear moisturizer, foundation and an additional SPF face perfector tinted product as well. I just felt like I wasn’t getting my skin totally clean at night I guess, and I thought that this Clarisonic tool may help with that. Plus, I thought it would be nice to treat myself to a relaxing, massaging, deep humming and soothing type of cleanse every night.

So I bought it. I like that way it made my skin feel right away, but I couldn’t really gauge whether it was making my skin look better or not until I went a week without using it when I forgot to pack it when I went on vacation for a week to the Carolinas.

I did miss it, but I really wanted to see if my skin looked any different. It seems that this thing does help to keep away those little irritation bumps that tend to pop up on my chin. Perhaps those were there because I wasn’t getting my face 100% clean every night and leaving debris in my pores, or maybe there is another reason. Whatever the reason, I did notice my skin looked slightly better when I started using the Clarisonic again.

It looks a bit clearer, and smoother and more evenly toned, so I think this thing does make a difference. I don’t however think this is a necessity, I think you can probably get good results using a cheaper method of deep cleaning, but I think this may last a long time, so in the end, it will probably end up only costing me pennies a day to use.