For the 85% of teenagers suffering from acne, it is definitely not the best time of their life and it feels more like a handicap.

But they’re not the only ones that have to face the emerging white head you discover in the morning before going to school.

Indeed, approximately half of women between 21 and 30 years old suffer from acne, as well as others in their 30’s.

In all cases, remember that acne is just a symptom, the tip of the iceberg, that reveals underlying problems:

• bad diet, 
• specific food intolerance and sensitivities,
• hormonal unbalance
• or accumulation of toxins in the body.

You get it, acne is an external sign of what is wrong inside…

So it’s not just about cleansing the surface, it is about rebalancing your gut, healing it when necessary, so your liver can finally feel better and process the toxins that fuel inflammation and produce those breakouts.

Therefore, if you would like to get your baby-skin back, you must adapt your diet.

Acne diet

I could tell you : simply stop eating and drinking what damages your digestive system and fuels your candidosis. But it would sound like Chinese to most of you. So, to translate it, here it is :

• Removing fat and fried food, refined food and sugar from your diet is a good start that alone can help get rid of acne.
• Nothing is better than avoiding dairy products overloaded with sugar and breakfast processed cereals to get rid of acne.
  

Meaning that fast food is to be banished, unless it is part of this new wave of smart fast food that we can find more and more all over the country, real food that uses whole cereals, wheat-free, with a lot of green vegetables and dried beans, good oils, hormone-free meats, not including the typical sugar overloaded deserts.

This is something that teenagers may like. After all, who doesn’t love a good natural burrito? Yes, it is Mexican and teens love it.

• A healthy burrito, with whole rice, onions, peppers, grilled meat, simmered beans, with guacamole and fresh salsa represent a healthy, balanced meal without processed, useless and toxic ingredients that you could find in bad-quality sandwiches. Simply skip the cheese and sour cream.
  
• Certain types of foods might trigger acne, such as chocolate or coffee, but sudden cravings, who often are signs of intolerance (we always crave the food to which we are intolerant) are even more linked to acne.

You need to identify these food sensitivities and intolerances (http://www.yorktest.com/)  to have a chance to repair your digestive system, eliminate correctly and absorb what needs to be.

It all brings us back to the digestive system balance:

• cleansing your liver,
• eliminating non-tolerated food and stimulants,
• practicing regular colon hydrotherapy
• restoring the intestinal flora with fermented food, pre and pro biotics
  
• making sure you are not infested with a candida overgrowth

remain your best weapons against acne.

For example, a few years ago, a friend of mine in her 40’s was suffering from acne. I suggested her to simply go get her colon cleansed. After four sessions, her breakouts were gone.

All she needed was to get rid of the toxins accumulated in her colon and relieve her liver.

To summarize :

• Start by cleansing yourself from inside with colon hydrotherapy and liver detox.
• Identify your food intolerances.
• Maintain a diet that is poor in refined carbs but rich in vegetables.
• Use probiotic, 1000 mg of vitamin C and omega-3 supplements to reduce the inflammation and encourage skin healing
• Consider your internal inflammation and plan to effectively fight it with a proper natural anti-candida treatment like this one.

and most importantly, use the powers of aromatherapy:

Aromatherapy for Acne

The benefit of essential oils is that not only are they going to work on the surface to help rebalance and repair your skin, but they will as well provide a deeper holistic treatment balancing your physical state, energy and emotions.

The quality of your sleep, your digestion, your nervous system and your hormones will make the difference.

To treat breakouts, prepare your super powerful anti-acne cream

In an empty moisturizer jar, pour:

• One tablespoon of arnica-infused oil
• One tablespoon of jojoba oil
• One drop of vitamin E oil

Add:

• 6 drops of thyme essential oil (thymus vulgaris var. linalool)
• 6 drops of peppermint essential oil (mentha piperita)
• 26 drops of lavender aspic essential oil (lavandula latifolia)
• 20 drops of patchouli essential oil (pogostemon cablin)

Stir well and apply on breakouts with a Q-tip twice a day.

Cleanse the skin with a liquid soap-free, chemical free, non aggressive product.

 One again, treating externally only won’t take you anywhere. There is no magic pill : tons of chemicals exist to give you the illusion everything looks good, but those products simply add to your internal toxicity, visible as soon as you stop using it. The smart way is to read what your body tells you : “help me clean up that internal mess! “. It’ll thank you.