I was a 48 year old woman who had acne like I was 16. Because of an increase in my insulin levels, I went "low carb". A few weeks later, I realized my acne had disappeared. My teenage kids started low carb, their acne disappeared. It was amazing.
I too have been chasing breakouts my entire adult life. I am a 50 yr old Male. I have been following dr Berry's advice for about 2 weeks and have seen a huge difference. I have cut out all sugar and starches as well as following the keto diet and having the green smoothie he mentioned. Remember, acne is not just a teenager problem.
@@jeffreymacintyre2711 I neglected to mention that I've been "low carb" then keto for the last ten years. It was an evolution for me. Giving up carbs "hurts" in the beginning, but after a time, your taste change. Now, when I'm hungry, I'm thinking of dipping my bacon in the egg yoke. Toast never enters my mind. I tried a crust of garlic bread, freshly toasted a few years back. The butter was delicious, with bits of garlic, but the bread itself was tasteless. I honestly wondered what I ever saw in it. I"m glad you've started your journey. Stay on it, don't give up. If you fall off, then just get back on again. The next right step.
43 years old. Discovered this on my own by starting keto. If someone had told me this 20 years ago I would have immediately switched diets and saved a lot of anguish and money.
I remember fighting with my dad 25 years ago for insisting that I should cut out sugar, when the doctors said accutane was the only option. Turns out dad was right all along.
Omg me too! My dad always told me it was my diet and I didn’t believe him. I did two rounds of accutane and started having kidney issues. I wish I listened
I had the opposite reaction. I was 18 years old and the dermatologist told me that the only thing that can get rid of bad acne was acutane. My intuition told me that cant be true. So I became distrustful of him and refused to go on acutane even though he insisted that I did. Now on a carnivore diet and healing my gut from all the garbage food and prescription drugs.
Hey Crystal, I had acne into my 30s. About 5 years ago I started Keto (and completely cut out gluten and dairy) my skin cleared up within 2 weeks and it's been clear since. My skin appears to be okay if I eat a bit of white rice or quinoa... but anything with gluten, corn flour, canola oil, soybean oil, dairy and (unfortunately) coffee makes me break out like crazy
He didn't say #4 as you've written it. (He didn't say to avoid all antibiotics and creams.) He just said to avoid medications with either bromine or fluorine in them.
I suffered with acne my entire adult life till Keto. I now at the age of 59 have amazingly clear skin and have people comment often on how smooth it is 🤗🤗🤗🤗
Never had acne but at 33 I got dermatitis that traveled all over my face for a year. Lots of carbs and cardio. Everyone said go to the doctor and get an rx. ONE WEEK after going lazy low carb it disappeared! Nine weeks in, it's still gone. Love watching you and your wife!
I developed a sudden, horrific case of cystic acne my freshman year of college...Accutane (at that time) was sort of a miracle cure. I also received injections directly into my worst cystic breakouts to "cut the inflammation." Yes...I said "cut the inflammation." My skin thankfully does not show the horrible scarring, but as a 51-year-old, I still was never completely breakout free, although it had gotten better over the years. That said, I haven't had a SINGLE tiny pimple, let alone a cystic pimple since starting keto 3 months ago. Here's the sad realization for me: During my junior and senior years of high school I chugged shocking amounts of sugar due to emotional eating and because I never gained weight I thought I had dodged a bullet. Ack!!!! I have already been sharing this blessed keto side-effect with those close to me who suffer with acne. Thank you, Dr. Berry, for covering this!!
Hi Katie! Do you eat beans or potatoes since you started your keto diet? I mean, do they cause you breakouts if you eat them? I feel I need them because of lack of energy... no other carbs, no grains at all, but at least beans and some potatoes every other day...
Inflammation is at the heart of the so many health maladies. Diet in the form of sugars, grains & refined carbs is predominantly at the heart of the vast majority of inflammation.
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Wish my mom could have known about this portion of your advice! However, after suffering with acne for over 35yrs, accutaine did work. It changed my life.
Completely agree! Since starting my dairy-free ketogenic diet I have noticed INSANE improvements. I am very far from clear, but there is a definite reduction in the amount of 'active' acne
Dr. Berry, I'm not a doctor, dermatologist or nutritionist. I'm "just a mom". I am 42 with a 15 yo daughter. She rarely breaks out. I may get a pimple on occasion. I have found that "washing" our face with olive oil clears up all pimples within 2 or 3 days. Granted, neither of us have severe, inflamed, acne. I mention it because...well....that's what works for us. Olive oil on a cotton ball, gently wipe face or apply directly to pimple. Follow with a cloth dampened in hot water and laid over the face. Pat dry. Not only does it nix any breakouts, but it leaves my face soft and without the need for a moisturizer. Thanks for making these videos. So helpful.
Mom LookingUp coconut oil is also supposed to do this. Oil breaks down other oils, and unclogs pores. Virgin cocoa oil also has natural antibacterial components.
Thank you Dr. B. It's so much more about what you put in your body than on your skin. Wish I would have found Keto when I was a kid with a face full of acne. Keep telling truth!!
My doctor DID, in these exact words, tell me that "diet has nothing to do with my acne". This caused years of suffering and confusion though my teens and early 20s until I decided to do my own research. So happy we have the internet... BTW, if anyone has pitted scars from acne, I recommend dermarolling. You can do it at home!
I’m only 2 weeks into Keto. I’m seeing a lot less oil and fewer pimples. My hair isn’t falling out near as much. I’m not diabetic or obese, but I expect life changing improvements otherwise.👍🏻
You've blown my mind, doctor berry! Thanks for delving into this particular topic because I've been searching for a way to get rid of my acne "naturally"; without using any synthetic products or medicine.
@@momlookingup3555 I've read your comment about using olive oil to treat acne, and I'd like to try it someday; unfortunately, from where I live, olive oil isn't very affordable, so I'll stick with the low-carb diet for now.
THANK YOU for saying diet matters. Smoke comes out of my ears when I hear those infomercials that have those "doctors" that say, "what you eat doesn't matter". BTW, I looked into it and my smoke condition is not due to diet. Another tip: AVOID Iodized salt! When I was younger, I went to a great dermatologist twice. The time I went for acne, simply said, stay away from Iodized salt, Bromine and caffeine. WOW, huge changes within days.
Terrible acne as soon as I hit puberty, so bad I was on antibiotics for years. I was a big milk drinker back then, well over a pint a day. I quit dairy in my 30s, acne 95% gone but I'd get outbreaks every so often. I went ketovore 1 year ago (at 50), acne now 100% gone, including my monthly hormonal acne. Acne is 100% diet related for most, if not all, people.
I've watched countless videos on acne management and this is probably the best. I had severe inflammatory and scarring acne for years. I gave up dairy and the inflammatory acne improved significantly, although I still have skin issues. I'm now eliminating all grains to see if I can diminish my acne further. Thanks Ken.
@@TIM.DREAMZ unfortunately no. going grain free low-carb with intermittent fasting and I still suffer from skin problems. my genetics are in the dumpster.
I'm not full keto, but have cut out lots of carbs and added more fats and organic foods in my diet. My diet is pretty simple now, and I rarely get those cystic zits anymore. When I do, it's usually because I ate something and it's easy to tell what it was, considering my simple diet. My skin care routine is very simple too these days. Based on my own experience, I can 100% agree with Dr. Berry here!
I’m 61, and have had the odd zit for most of my adulthood. After menopause, they turned into watery little white heads, easily popped. I noticed that if I ate something sugary, I’d get more of them. As of a month ago, with the exception of a week when I was away from home, and couldn’t completely control what I ate, and got sugar in things like tuna salad (!), I’ve gotten way fewer of them. I’ve been eating very low carb in that month. I’ve figured that zits are a symptom of inflammation, period, and sugar (and other simple carbs) cause it in my body, and therefore I should stay away from them. I’ve been following Dr. Berry for a few months now, and have been eating pretty close to carnivore for that month. Thanks, Dr. Berry! 😄👍🙏
Yup...53 years old and still get occasional pimples, like the one I got 2 days ago! Lol! I've always had them throughout my life, but only 2 years in high school did it get somewhat bad. That said, being keto 4 years (mostly keto carnivore the past year) absolutely keeps my skin more clear!
I don't have a gall bladder. I just very recently started taking ox bile supplements in an effort to reduce fat mal absorbtion. (Did I say that right?) I'm mentioning that here because one of the fat soluble vitamins is vitamin E, which is good for the skin. Dr. Berry, I was hoping you would chime in with your opinion on ox bile supplements, or bile salts for those without a gall bladder...
Thank you, Dr. Berry! It's so nice that you're teaching so many ways to make us healthy and you are not pushing supplements for us to buy from you or anything. Just good information that we can choose to implement. You're awesome!
I used Accutane, twice, and started developing acne again a few years after each treatment. I wish this information had been more prevalent when I was a teenager.
I know this comment is completely off the subject of this video, but, I want to say that I have been following LCHF basically KETO for a month now and the change I am most happy about is that mosquitos no longer bite me. All my life mosquitos follow me around and feast. Now they don't even attempt a bite. Dr Berry can you comment on this. Has anyone else experienced this?
i would add the following. 55 years ago, my doctor suggested that I wash my entire face with a shaving brush, and to lather and rinse twice. This I do this today, preventing my pores from getting clogged with old oil. The soap I use also has some tea tree oil in it, but the effect is based on the brush. It is NOT abrasive and takes a month or so to sow decent results, but it helped then and now with blackheads.
Great info Doc! Wish you were in L.A. I am a keto diet fan, but before keto, I found that topical sulfur, combined with high sulfur foods like eggs/garlic/onions could clear up my skin. I had chronic cystic acne since a teenager and went on every treatment, but they never addressed the cause.
I had bad acne in my teen years. Went to dermatologist-zero nutritional advice, I was prescribed antibiotics and that's it. Tons of skincare products, nothing worked. Acne stopped when I grew up without any drug or product. Doctors gave no info on diet so I ignored all dietary recommendations as unscientific, well, there goes my belief in mainstream medical advice. Now I have scars to deal with.
I just turned 40 and have been dealing with a resurgence of acne, since I started KETO, I've also upped my dairy, mainly Kerry Gold cheese and butter... I'll try to cut all the dairy out to see if that does it...
Love ya, Doc! 😊 You showed up tonight (link to this Video) in a Beauty/Makeup Group I Follow on FB. I immediately said to the poster, I have been following both you and Cooking Keto with Kristie for almost 3 Years. No issues with acne here (maybe its da butta and Heavy Cream, hehe) but your insight is always very informative. So glad I watched this video, grandkids sure can learn from this. Hugsss 😉
I stopped my cystic acne which was me for 7 years with cutting off the diary,grains,nightshades... Bonus was also treating my Hashimoto and significantly decrease my antibodies !! :)
I had horrible acne that started when I was 9 years old...way before puberty. I tried everything, but nothing worked. Still had lots of acne in my 40s and thought I was never going to get rid of it. After 2 months of keto my acne was gone. I get occasional hormonal flare-ups, but nothing like what I had before. I wish I had known what to do as a teen!! It would have changed my life.
Thanks Dr Berry, I've been keto for a few months now, and love it, I have now reduced the amount of glycemic foods in my teen daughters diets, in hopes it clears up their acne, hoping to see results before prom 😂
I'm 68 yrs., I started carnivore May 30th, 2022 and I started getting acne. I knew I was detoxifying and in a couple of weeks it cleared up and I have very soft and clear facial skin now. I've gotten compliments from my friends that I go to the pool with 💃💃💃
I’m in the military and just got back from training in Louisiana where it was hot and humid. I started with some acne on my face before we left for field training for 10 days. After ten days of living outside in the dirt, sweating etc. and not taking a shower for 10 days or cleaning my face even half as regularly as I normally do my acne got much worse. I also ate way less food then I normally do so there wasn’t much chance for any sugar to go into my body. I was in training for a month total. During that month I fasted often I also ate a lot less food then I normally do even when I ate. After I got back from the 10 days of field training I started cleaning my face with an acne face wash and occasionally some dish soap to get rid of so much oil and junk on my skin. My acne started clearing up a lot more. After I got home from the month of training I went back to my normal routine washing my face eating somewhat keto but, not really and my acne is better after getting back to my face washing routine still not where I want it to be though. I fasted, I didn’t eat much sugar because I didn’t eat a lot in general when I did eat though it was somewhat of a keto diet. I did that for a month 10 days straight of it being dirty and my acne was worse. When I got home and went back to eating normal amounts didn't change my diet but I washed my face a lot more in a hot shower to open my pores up and cleanse them out my acne got better. I think a lot of it is genetics. I know many people who eat and drink a ton more sugar than I do and eat what they want when they want and not a pimple on them not an acne scar and never struggled with acne at all. So I did a month experiment without thinking that I was doing it and after that month what changed in my routine was back to eating normal amounts of food but not a different diet than I normally have, exercising more, and cleaning my face better, my sleep wasn’t the best for those 10 days in the field but after and before that the rest of the month was good. And my sleep is back to normal now after being home.
I have been doing keto for about 4 years now. My skin has broken out badly in the last 3 months. Nothing in my diet has changed over this time. If anything, I’m probably healthier. I’m 52, and one of those healer people speculated that it may actually be related to hormones...decrease in estrogen or something. Very frustrated. Thinking of trying DIM.
@Charley Mack thank you. Such a useful response. The only thing that has changed in the past year are hormones so I don't think we can underestimate their role.
I do an omad carnivore (for the past 4 months). I don’t do dairy. I don’t drink alcohol. I don’t have any sugar. I am 50 with acne. It only goes if i take lymecycline - which I don’t want to be on forever.
Not watched the video yet but I bet the number one ‘cure’ is Keto 😉 Edit: Bingo! Btw, since going low carb, high fat around three months ago (not truly keto though, yet), my skin has dramatically improved. Dr Berry is absolutely correct yet again.
In 2007, Chinese authorities pulled a batch of imported snack chips from store shelves because they believed the chips contained potassium bromate, a *food additive banned in China.* The chips' country of origin? The United States. *Is bromine the same thing as potassium bromate?*
Excellent video, i agree with you.I am gonna add something, food intolerances could get worse the acne as well. In a low carb diet you can eat nuts, coffee, dark chocolate and so, but these foods could be a issue for some people, like me.
Had bad acne when I was a kid and wish I had this info back then. Absolutely right, no matter how much I scrubbed my face with those damn Oxy pads it only made my skin dry and irritated. Know with a daughter who is starting to go through the same thing I will be sure to pass on this info if she wants it. Thanks for the great info!
Hey Dr. B! Thanks as always for all that you do to keep us healthy...maybe not sane, but healthy. Haha! Just messin' 😉 Anyhooo, speaking of sanity, I am still perplexed on what the right course of dietary action would be for someone having a potentially catastrophic health event and if you could address this in a future video. Lots of celebs and others that get cancer, seem to go the vegan route for their pre and post-treatment as well as those folks like actor/director Kevin Smith who had a massive heart attack a few months back. Is there a medical reason why newly-recovering heart attack patients shouldn't have saturated fat and be better off on a vegan or vegetarian diet? You made a video a couple of years ago about cancer loving sugar (and carbs that become glucose in your liver) and I had also read about that from other enlightened folks and so I had always assumed that eating keto would be the way to help should I (god forbid) ever get cancer. However, I am not really certain with issues related to hearts/arteries and stent placements post-attack (or to tie in the cancer, hearts that weaken from chemotherapy). Is this just another way cardiologists "echo" poorly thought out nutritional info? Thanks again for considering this for a future topic! xoxo Christine in sunny CO 🌞
I’ve had acne since I was 12, I just thought of it as normal teenage acne. I was told by my pediatrician that everyone gets acne at some point in their teens and 20’s and it’s normal to have. Like in girls and women, 1 or 2 pimples a week before your period is completely normal. I’m now 23 and it’s still present, it comes and goes but it’s not the occasional 1 or 2 pimples a month like it used to be when I was in my mid to late teens. I have drank soda almost everyday for years so I may have to cut down to maybe once a week and then maybe once a month. I could never cut it out completely. I’ll have to try one thing at a time and see how that goes.
My dermatologist considered diet to be a factor in skin health. I’ve suffered from acne ever since I was 12, I’m now 16. I’ve suffered from cystic acne and I’ve went on diets where I’ve cut out manufactured sugar, carbs, dairy, etc. Cutting those out definitely helps but in my personal experience with my skin it never “cured” cleared it but did help lower redness and inflammation and the severity of the breakouts.
When I was around 11 I started drinking skim milk (about a gallon every other day) and that's when my acne got extremely bad. I didn't make the connection until I was in my early 30s! My face freaks out when I eat/drink dairy, eat high amounts of refined grains, and sugar.... especially around the jaw line. I have been on antibiotics and accutane for my acne about 10 years ago and it only worked for 2 yrs then came back. Diet has been the only way to keep my acne in check.
Yup...53 years old and still get occupied pimples like the one I got 2 days ago! Lol! I've always had them throughout my life, but only 2 years in high school did it get somewhat bad. That said, being keto 4 years (mostly keto carnivore the past year) absolutely keeps my skin more clear!
Man I wish I saw this video back in high school. I spent about 12 years with bad acne and countless useless doctor visits , only to get prescribed creams that never worked or dried the hell out of my skin. I'm extremely disappointed with the medical community as they never told me anything about my diet. At the end of the day acne is actually a blessing in disguise because it teaches us to take care of her health early on and not eat crap food.
My acne improved on keto, but not disappeared completely. Some keto-friendly foods like walnuts were giving me serious acne break-outs within hours of eating them. I've eliminated those foods but acne didn't want to go away. Now I went off the keto diet because I've lost too much weight. I can see that my acne has got worse again. On keto I mostly had shallow pimples. They were annoying too because nobody wants those white spots on their face but they were so shallow that most of them would break apart when I gently rubbed my face with a towel. When I eat carbs, I'm getting deep and painful pimples.
I'm a 64 year old woman and I've never had acne or even a pimple; praise God! My daughter usually gets a pimple, but only a few days prior to her period, and that's it!
I agree that cutting out sugar and carbs will help. I disagree that topicals won't help. I have 2 siblings, and myself, have skin that easily gets carpeted in pimples. Once, I got covered head to toe in them :eyelids, ear canals, back. And I shower 2x daily. I quickly learned to clean skin every 3 hours with cotton balls and alcohol every 3 hours and layer on the oxy10 after each cleaning. Even though I was a high carb teen and 20s, I escaped the severe acne and scaring that my siblings succumbed to.... Yes, I finally was forced to cut out all dairy and carbs at age 31,which helped acne and general inflammation. I am 1 year younger than Dr. Ken B.... Even now, I must use a similar topical regime on keto to avoid the random annoying pimple. Genetics too will dictate the degree of susceptibility to severe acne.... My grandmother was still breaking out at age 87.
I keep getting breakouts all over my body. I'll feel a slight itch then notice a small red pimple. It's driving me crazy. Been to 3 dermatologists and they always give me heavy antibiotics right away and I don't think that's necessary. I'm not going to keep taking those because I know it's not good unless absolutely necessary. I am overweight and I have been eating a ton of sugar over the past few years. One thing I've noticed though, when I do alternate day fasting, I end up getting more of that acne, almost immediately. Which is odd, because I thought the inflammation would go way down. I'm at a loss at this point
Is it normal to experience acne when starting IF as a middle age woman on no medications? Because I am experiencing a MAJOR issue with that, one week into IF. My diet has not changed substantially, though I am eating less carbs, and I do not eat a lot of dairy to begin with as I discovered years ago that it gives me cystic acne. Any insight? Is it just my body adjusting to my new eating habits, and it should subside in time, or is this a sign I am doing something wrong?
My surge come from 1- capped honeycomb 2- organic 50 gram 72% dark chocolate with 25% sugar 3- organic Full fat milk 4- rice 5- organic vegetables if I found organic Is this okay ?
Get some lilly's chocolate. It has stevia and is delicious. He said no rice. Rice is highly glycemic, as a grain. Veggies all have a glycemic value. Look up the keto friendly veggies and even look into a healthy keto diet. Honey or even honeycomb is a high glycemic item. There is no other way around it. It sucks, but hey, we gotta do what we gotta do, instead of what we've been doing.
I remember asking my dermatologist if food had anything to do with my then severe acne. He scoffed while laughing( like as though I said the most ridiculous thing ever) and said there is no connection between acne and food which later turned out to be a lie. I cured my acne by going on a keto diet. The reason I tried the keto diet ( and I'll never go back to a high carb diet ever again ) is cuz someone on the net said that she cured her acne that way. I was doubtful but desperate for a cure. So I decided to try it for 3 months and see and the results were nothing short of miraculous. I gave up the meds prior to embarking on the keto diet cuz they did squat for me. Actually, my acne got worse while I was on them. Doctors should keep up with the medical advances and knowledge and not rely on something they've studied decades ago. They are doing their patients a big disservice.
@@mcmacshalfilya Thank you!❤ My acne has been gone since 2017 and I'm still on the keto diet and always will be. I don't crave that junk any more because I know how much my skin suffered as a result. Much love and light to you, beautiful soul 💜✨.
I notice when I eat terribly, take out, food on the go, etc I get acne and sweat more. When I eat more meat 🥩 drink salty water at least once a day along side some fruits, I have great skin.
That is Soo true what you just said that if your dermatologist tells you that it doesn't have to do with your diet is a complete lie!! I started doing green juices with wheatgrass every morning and it cleared my face!
I know ppl won't want to try this but, some anti-depressants work and you don't need to be on them very long. Clears up your face to be looking at a babies lovely soft skin.
I have struggled with Acne Vulgaris since I was 13 yrs old which I inherited from my mother. I am now 51 and have been on Birth Control pills for 25 years which for a while improved my acne. However, 5 years ago, I started noticing I was getting redness on my nose and cheeks in addition to pimples. I went to the dermatologist and he said what I had was Rosacea and prescribed a topical gel called "Finacea" (Azelaic Acid 15%) which helps with the redness. I have done a lot of research and my own and have read that some doctors believe that Rosacea is actually a Vascular rather than skin problem since the redness is caused by burst blood vessels under the skin. You may want to ask your derm about that on your next visit.
K. Have done all that for almost a year now. I actually see that the inflammation and acne have WAY gone down. What I have issue with NOW...keratin deposits. Those hard white embedded bumps that do not go away unless I maybe use something that takes layers off the skin. They're surface and deep and they don't come out. They don't remove from warm clothes or seem to even have a pore to do so? Idunno. But I'm in my early 40's and these things, though small, are in a bit of an abundance.
If i have sensitivity to gluten (I watched your videos and learned that I have to quit grains 👍)...what about sprouts? And homemade oilfree sprouted buckwheat bread? Or no grains at all? I quit oats and noticed immediate change- inflammation went drastically down..I hope 🤞 to get answer to that because I don’t want to suffer acne..thank you!
Keto has solved my acne outbreaks. The only thing that causes it now is pork. If I eat pork, I get bad cyst/acne like spots along my chin line and hair line. So I haven't eaten pork in about 15 years.
I was a 48 year old woman who had acne like I was 16. Because of an increase in my insulin levels, I went "low carb". A few weeks later, I realized my acne had disappeared. My teenage kids started low carb, their acne disappeared. It was amazing.
Great news!
Same!!
I too have been chasing breakouts my entire adult life. I am a 50 yr old Male. I have been following dr Berry's advice for about 2 weeks and have seen a huge difference. I have cut out all sugar and starches as well as following the keto diet and having the green smoothie he mentioned. Remember, acne is not just a teenager problem.
@@jeffreymacintyre2711 I neglected to mention that I've been "low carb" then keto for the last ten years. It was an evolution for me. Giving up carbs "hurts" in the beginning, but after a time, your taste change. Now, when I'm hungry, I'm thinking of dipping my bacon in the egg yoke. Toast never enters my mind. I tried a crust of garlic bread, freshly toasted a few years back. The butter was delicious, with bits of garlic, but the bread itself was tasteless. I honestly wondered what I ever saw in it. I"m glad you've started your journey. Stay on it, don't give up. If you fall off, then just get back on again. The next right step.
I also finally gave up drinking after drinking daily for over 20 years! I have already dropped 10 lbs
43 years old. Discovered this on my own by starting keto. If someone had told me this 20 years ago I would have immediately switched diets and saved a lot of anguish and money.
Indeed! Good job, and keep it up!
Right! All the money spent on products that didn’t even work 🙄
Back then we were told to avoid meat and fat 😬 to treat acne.
I remember fighting with my dad 25 years ago for insisting that I should cut out sugar, when the doctors said accutane was the only option. Turns out dad was right all along.
Damn I wish I'd known about the ketogenic diet before my parents put me on accutane.
Omg me too! My dad always told me it was my diet and I didn’t believe him. I did two rounds of accutane and started having kidney issues. I wish I listened
I had the opposite reaction. I was 18 years old and the dermatologist told me that the only thing that can get rid of bad acne was acutane. My intuition told me that cant be true. So I became distrustful of him and refused to go on acutane even though he insisted that I did. Now on a carnivore diet and healing my gut from all the garbage food and prescription drugs.
Ever since I started Keto, my acne has disappeared completely. 15 months into Keto and 153 lbs lost! You are amazing Dr. B! Congrats on your baby❤
Wow, Crystal, that's incredible! YOU"RE incredible for doing that!
Well done Crystal yr a champion
Did you cut out dairy or no?
how long it takes for acne to fade
Hey Crystal, I had acne into my 30s. About 5 years ago I started Keto (and completely cut out gluten and dairy) my skin cleared up within 2 weeks and it's been clear since.
My skin appears to be okay if I eat a bit of white rice or quinoa... but anything with gluten, corn flour, canola oil, soybean oil, dairy and (unfortunately) coffee makes me break out like crazy
I have Keto skin at 68 , glowing , healthy , and wrinkle free ! Thanks for the advice , Doc !
1- Remove sugars from your diet
2- Take high fat diet (Cod Liver Oil also have required fats)
3- Take 10-20 mg zinc
4- Avoid antibiotics and Creams.
Thank you
He didn't say #4 as you've written it. (He didn't say to avoid all antibiotics and creams.) He just said to avoid medications with either bromine or fluorine in them.
I suffered with acne my entire adult life till Keto. I now at the age of 59 have amazingly clear skin and have people comment often on how smooth it is 🤗🤗🤗🤗
59 years young here, weird back and shoulder pimples and bumps went away on keto🤯
Never had acne but at 33 I got dermatitis that traveled all over my face for a year. Lots of carbs and cardio. Everyone said go to the doctor and get an rx. ONE WEEK after going lazy low carb it disappeared! Nine weeks in, it's still gone. Love watching you and your wife!
Hello. Do you got rid of sebderm with the low carb diet?
Wish I knew this 45 years ago. Man, my life would be different.
@@dorianthournir2053 did it work?
I developed a sudden, horrific case of cystic acne my freshman year of college...Accutane (at that time) was sort of a miracle cure. I also received injections directly into my worst cystic breakouts to "cut the inflammation." Yes...I said "cut the inflammation." My skin thankfully does not show the horrible scarring, but as a 51-year-old, I still was never completely breakout free, although it had gotten better over the years. That said, I haven't had a SINGLE tiny pimple, let alone a cystic pimple since starting keto 3 months ago. Here's the sad realization for me: During my junior and senior years of high school I chugged shocking amounts of sugar due to emotional eating and because I never gained weight I thought I had dodged a bullet. Ack!!!! I have already been sharing this blessed keto side-effect with those close to me who suffer with acne. Thank you, Dr. Berry, for covering this!!
Hi Katie! Do you eat beans or potatoes since you started your keto diet? I mean, do they cause you breakouts if you eat them? I feel I need them because of lack of energy... no other carbs, no grains at all, but at least beans and some potatoes every other day...
My skin has cleared up tremendously on keto. I've only been doing keto since last October, but the results became visible after less than 2 months.
Had acne since I was a teenager, I'm now 33! Been on keto diet for 1MONTH, acne gone, skin feels so smooth =)
Oh, and 22lb lighter
@Kimberlynn Xø no, no suger hardly at all
No, no fruit. Still raises my sugars big time
Sunshine also lowers harmful bacteria on the skin, and provides good stimulus for healing acne. Along with the right diet, that's a powerful combo!
Make sure your applying SPF though when out in the sun. Hyperpigmentation can occur from healing acne if exposed to much sun ☀️.
Already sent this to my 16-yr old. Love the systemic logic you present Dr. Berry!!
Inflammation is at the heart of the so many health maladies. Diet in the form of sugars, grains & refined carbs is predominantly at the heart of the vast majority of inflammation.
Sources?
Dont forget omega6
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Oh how I wish my younger self would've known this. It would've saved me years of needless and even dangerous use of antibiotics. Thank you!!!
Wish my mom could have known about this portion of your advice! However, after suffering with acne for over 35yrs, accutaine did work. It changed my life.
So glad it worked for you. Many have tried Accutane and been disappointed. All the best :)
Accutaine cured mine and both my kids too! i am so grateful!
Completely agree! Since starting my dairy-free ketogenic diet I have noticed INSANE improvements. I am very far from clear, but there is a definite reduction in the amount of 'active' acne
Are you still dairy free or were you eventually able to add it back in? I worry about calcium deficiency if I avoid dairy forever.
Dr. Berry, I'm not a doctor, dermatologist or nutritionist. I'm "just a mom". I am 42 with a 15 yo daughter. She rarely breaks out. I may get a pimple on occasion. I have found that "washing" our face with olive oil clears up all pimples within 2 or 3 days. Granted, neither of us have severe, inflamed, acne. I mention it because...well....that's what works for us. Olive oil on a cotton ball, gently wipe face or apply directly to pimple. Follow with a cloth dampened in hot water and laid over the face. Pat dry. Not only does it nix any breakouts, but it leaves my face soft and without the need for a moisturizer. Thanks for making these videos. So helpful.
Mom LookingUp coconut oil is also supposed to do this. Oil breaks down other oils, and unclogs pores. Virgin cocoa oil also has natural antibacterial components.
@@mamaw4180 exactly! Thanks :)
Thank you Dr. B. It's so much more about what you put in your body than on your skin. Wish I would have found Keto when I was a kid with a face full of acne. Keep telling truth!!
My doctor DID, in these exact words, tell me that "diet has nothing to do with my acne". This caused years of suffering and confusion though my teens and early 20s until I decided to do my own research. So happy we have the internet... BTW, if anyone has pitted scars from acne, I recommend dermarolling. You can do it at home!
I’m only 2 weeks into Keto. I’m seeing a lot less oil and fewer pimples. My hair isn’t falling out near as much. I’m not diabetic or obese, but I expect life changing improvements otherwise.👍🏻
When
I was a teen in the 60s, they tod us we were eating too much fatty foods.
How I wish this info was taught when I was a teenager. Keto is the only thing that has cleared up my skin.
You've blown my mind, doctor berry!
Thanks for delving into this particular topic because I've been searching for a way to get rid of my acne "naturally"; without using any synthetic products or medicine.
I use olive oil. I commented my routine and how it helps me.
@@momlookingup3555 I've read your comment about using olive oil to treat acne, and I'd like to try it someday; unfortunately, from where I live, olive oil isn't very affordable, so I'll stick with the low-carb diet for now.
Certainly! I never meant to imply to use oo instead of diet. Nutition is #1. :)
Thanks for directing me to your comment by the way. Peace ✌️
I needed this 15 years back. !!
THANK YOU for saying diet matters. Smoke comes out of my ears when I hear those infomercials that have those "doctors" that say, "what you eat doesn't matter".
BTW, I looked into it and my smoke condition is not due to diet.
Another tip: AVOID Iodized salt!
When I was younger, I went to a great dermatologist twice. The time I went for acne, simply said, stay away from Iodized salt, Bromine and caffeine. WOW, huge changes within days.
Terrible acne as soon as I hit puberty, so bad I was on antibiotics for years. I was a big milk drinker back then, well over a pint a day. I quit dairy in my 30s, acne 95% gone but I'd get outbreaks every so often. I went ketovore 1 year ago (at 50), acne now 100% gone, including my monthly hormonal acne.
Acne is 100% diet related for most, if not all, people.
I've watched countless videos on acne management and this is probably the best. I had severe inflammatory and scarring acne for years. I gave up dairy and the inflammatory acne improved significantly, although I still have skin issues. I'm now eliminating all grains to see if I can diminish my acne further. Thanks Ken.
Did you get it done?
@@TIM.DREAMZ unfortunately no. going grain free low-carb with intermittent fasting and I still suffer from skin problems. my genetics are in the dumpster.
@@logwind maybe try carnivore diet?
I'm not full keto, but have cut out lots of carbs and added more fats and organic foods in my diet. My diet is pretty simple now, and I rarely get those cystic zits anymore. When I do, it's usually because I ate something and it's easy to tell what it was, considering my simple diet. My skin care routine is very simple too these days. Based on my own experience, I can 100% agree with Dr. Berry here!
I’m 61, and have had the odd zit for most of my adulthood. After menopause, they turned into watery little white heads, easily popped. I noticed that if I ate something sugary, I’d get more of them. As of a month ago, with the exception of a week when I was away from home, and couldn’t completely control what I ate, and got sugar in things like tuna salad (!), I’ve gotten way fewer of them. I’ve been eating very low carb in that month. I’ve figured that zits are a symptom of inflammation, period, and sugar (and other simple carbs) cause it in my body, and therefore I should stay away from them. I’ve been following Dr. Berry for a few months now, and have been eating pretty close to carnivore for that month. Thanks, Dr. Berry! 😄👍🙏
Yup...53 years old and still get occasional pimples, like the one I got 2 days ago! Lol! I've always had them throughout my life, but only 2 years in high school did it get somewhat bad. That said, being keto 4 years (mostly keto carnivore the past year) absolutely keeps my skin more clear!
Thank you! I went off keto for about 2 months and broke out so much... Back on keto and clearing up.
I don't have a gall bladder. I just very recently started taking ox bile supplements in an effort to reduce fat mal absorbtion. (Did I say that right?) I'm mentioning that here because one of the fat soluble vitamins is vitamin E, which is good for the skin. Dr. Berry, I was hoping you would chime in with your opinion on ox bile supplements, or bile salts for those without a gall bladder...
Shane Gallant I second that. Please cover it in as much detail as possible.
Great info. Thankfully I didn't suffer with acne, just minimal pimples. Glad to see you back.
Great info, my kids have suffered from acne since they were young.
Thank you, Dr. Berry! It's so nice that you're teaching so many ways to make us healthy and you are not pushing supplements for us to buy from you or anything. Just good information that we can choose to implement. You're awesome!
I’d like to say this to my 22 year old daughter who suffers from acne, but want to be as sensitive as I can when sharing this.
Every one of your videos is so valuable. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. You're one of the good guys.
I used Accutane, twice, and started developing acne again a few years after each treatment. I wish this information had been more prevalent when I was a teenager.
Only had 5 or six pimples in the last year. Also dry dandruff is gone. Never had eczema since doing keto.
Does it help with dandruff
I know this comment is completely off the subject of this video, but, I want to say that I have been following LCHF basically KETO for a month now and the change I am most happy about is that mosquitos no longer bite me. All my life mosquitos follow me around and feast. Now they don't even attempt a bite. Dr Berry can you comment on this. Has anyone else experienced this?
In a future video, a bunch of us would appreciate a video on rosacea. Unfortunately 2 years on strict keto has not helped mine. 😢
i would add the following. 55 years ago, my doctor suggested that I wash my entire face with a shaving brush, and to lather and rinse twice. This I do this today, preventing my pores from getting clogged with old oil. The soap I use also has some tea tree oil in it, but the effect is based on the brush. It is NOT abrasive and takes a month or so to sow decent results, but it helped then and now with blackheads.
Great info Doc! Wish you were in L.A. I am a keto diet fan, but before keto, I found that topical sulfur, combined with high sulfur foods like eggs/garlic/onions could clear up my skin. I had chronic cystic acne since a teenager and went on every treatment, but they never addressed the cause.
Thank you Dr. Ken. This vid helps. I can now share this to my teenager son. Be blessed.
Ken is kickin ass and taking names.
Gut inflammation is absolutely linked to acne
I had bad acne in my teen years. Went to dermatologist-zero nutritional advice, I was prescribed antibiotics and that's it. Tons of skincare products, nothing worked. Acne stopped when I grew up without any drug or product. Doctors gave no info on diet so I ignored all dietary recommendations as unscientific, well, there goes my belief in mainstream medical advice. Now I have scars to deal with.
I just turned 40 and have been dealing with a resurgence of acne, since I started KETO, I've also upped my dairy, mainly Kerry Gold cheese and butter... I'll try to cut all the dairy out to see if that does it...
Love ya, Doc! 😊 You showed up tonight (link to this Video) in a Beauty/Makeup Group I Follow on FB. I immediately said to the poster, I have been following both you and Cooking Keto with Kristie for almost 3 Years. No issues with acne here (maybe its da butta and Heavy Cream, hehe) but your insight is always very informative. So glad I watched this video, grandkids sure can learn from this. Hugsss 😉
I stopped my cystic acne which was me for 7 years with cutting off the diary,grains,nightshades... Bonus was also treating my Hashimoto and significantly decrease my antibodies !! :)
I had horrible acne that started when I was 9 years old...way before puberty. I tried everything, but nothing worked. Still had lots of acne in my 40s and thought I was never going to get rid of it. After 2 months of keto my acne was gone. I get occasional hormonal flare-ups, but nothing like what I had before. I wish I had known what to do as a teen!! It would have changed my life.
This man deserves a nobel price.
Thanks Dr Berry, I've been keto for a few months now, and love it, I have now reduced the amount of glycemic foods in my teen daughters diets, in hopes it clears up their acne, hoping to see results before prom 😂
Did it work
Is there a video for acne scarring? I also took DIM and it cleared up my acne
I'm 68 yrs., I started carnivore May 30th, 2022 and I started getting acne. I knew I was detoxifying and in a couple of weeks it cleared up and I have very soft and clear facial skin now. I've gotten compliments from my friends that I go to the pool with 💃💃💃
How are u now?
Nice to know. I’m 52. Started carnivore 1 month, get bad cystic acne 😢
@@Jkhiterer Did you continue with the carnivore diet beyond one month? If so did it help reduce acne?
I’m in the military and just got back from training in Louisiana where it was hot and humid. I started with some acne on my face before we left for field training for 10 days. After ten days of living outside in the dirt, sweating etc. and not taking a shower for 10 days or cleaning my face even half as regularly as I normally do my acne got much worse. I also ate way less food then I normally do so there wasn’t much chance for any sugar to go into my body. I was in training for a month total. During that month I fasted often I also ate a lot less food then I normally do even when I ate. After I got back from the 10 days of field training I started cleaning my face with an acne face wash and occasionally some dish soap to get rid of so much oil and junk on my skin. My acne started clearing up a lot more. After I got home from the month of training I went back to my normal routine washing my face eating somewhat keto but, not really and my acne is better after getting back to my face washing routine still not where I want it to be though. I fasted, I didn’t eat much sugar because I didn’t eat a lot in general when I did eat though it was somewhat of a keto diet. I did that for a month 10 days straight of it being dirty and my acne was worse. When I got home and went back to eating normal amounts didn't change my diet but I washed my face a lot more in a hot shower to open my pores up and cleanse them out my acne got better. I think a lot of it is genetics. I know many people who eat and drink a ton more sugar than I do and eat what they want when they want and not a pimple on them not an acne scar and never struggled with acne at all. So I did a month experiment without thinking that I was doing it and after that month what changed in my routine was back to eating normal amounts of food but not a different diet than I normally have, exercising more, and cleaning my face better, my sleep wasn’t the best for those 10 days in the field but after and before that the rest of the month was good. And my sleep is back to normal now after being home.
He is so right...after all, you are what you eat! ❤️
I have been doing keto for about 4 years now. My skin has broken out badly in the last 3 months. Nothing in my diet has changed over this time. If anything, I’m probably healthier. I’m 52, and one of those healer people speculated that it may actually be related to hormones...decrease in estrogen or something. Very frustrated. Thinking of trying DIM.
@Charley Mack thank you. Such a useful response. The only thing that has changed in the past year are hormones so I don't think we can underestimate their role.
I do an omad carnivore (for the past 4 months). I don’t do dairy. I don’t drink alcohol. I don’t have any sugar. I am 50 with acne. It only goes if i take lymecycline - which I don’t want to be on forever.
Dr. Berry I love your honesty, Thank you!!
Not watched the video yet but I bet the number one ‘cure’ is Keto 😉
Edit: Bingo!
Btw, since going low carb, high fat around three months ago (not truly keto though, yet), my skin has dramatically improved. Dr Berry is absolutely correct yet again.
You're looking great Dr. Berry! Thank you for another awesome video! 🥰
Minocycline is a mass prescribed antibiotic from the dermatologists against acne. It's also used against Lyme
It was the most effective thing I used when I had acne.
Been on it for years
Does anyone think being on an antibiotic long term is a healthy thing?
@@armadillotoe I've been on it for years with no side effects.
A lot of people would much rather smear anti-acne goop all over their faces than eliminate sugars, grains, and dairy. Keto is easy, c’mon now!
Didn't work for me
In 2007, Chinese authorities pulled a batch of imported snack chips from store shelves because they believed the chips contained potassium bromate, a *food additive banned in China.* The chips' country of origin? The United States. *Is bromine the same thing as potassium bromate?*
Let's get rid of acne!
Excellent video, i agree with you.I am gonna add something, food intolerances could get worse the acne as well. In a low carb diet you can eat nuts, coffee, dark chocolate and so, but these foods could be a issue for some people, like me.
Had bad acne when I was a kid and wish I had this info back then. Absolutely right, no matter how much I scrubbed my face with those damn Oxy pads it only made my skin dry and irritated. Know with a daughter who is starting to go through the same thing I will be sure to pass on this info if she wants it. Thanks for the great info!
Hey Dr. B! Thanks as always for all that you do to keep us healthy...maybe not sane, but healthy. Haha! Just messin' 😉 Anyhooo, speaking of sanity, I am still perplexed on what the right course of dietary action would be for someone having a potentially catastrophic health event and if you could address this in a future video. Lots of celebs and others that get cancer, seem to go the vegan route for their pre and post-treatment as well as those folks like actor/director Kevin Smith who had a massive heart attack a few months back. Is there a medical reason why newly-recovering heart attack patients shouldn't have saturated fat and be better off on a vegan or vegetarian diet? You made a video a couple of years ago about cancer loving sugar (and carbs that become glucose in your liver) and I had also read about that from other enlightened folks and so I had always assumed that eating keto would be the way to help should I (god forbid) ever get cancer. However, I am not really certain with issues related to hearts/arteries and stent placements post-attack (or to tie in the cancer, hearts that weaken from chemotherapy). Is this just another way cardiologists "echo" poorly thought out nutritional info? Thanks again for considering this for a future topic! xoxo Christine in sunny CO 🌞
Great info!!! Thanks for this video with such helpful tips!
I’ve had acne since I was 12, I just thought of it as normal teenage acne. I was told by my pediatrician that everyone gets acne at some point in their teens and 20’s and it’s normal to have. Like in girls and women, 1 or 2 pimples a week before your period is completely normal. I’m now 23 and it’s still present, it comes and goes but it’s not the occasional 1 or 2 pimples a month like it used to be when I was in my mid to late teens. I have drank soda almost everyday for years so I may have to cut down to maybe once a week and then maybe once a month. I could never cut it out completely. I’ll have to try one thing at a time and see how that goes.
Let's go! Before, I hesitated going on keto but since your comment encouraged me more, let's start this new journey together!
My dermatologist considered diet to be a factor in skin health. I’ve suffered from acne ever since I was 12, I’m now 16. I’ve suffered from cystic acne and I’ve went on diets where I’ve cut out manufactured sugar, carbs, dairy, etc. Cutting those out definitely helps but in my personal experience with my skin it never “cured” cleared it but did help lower redness and inflammation and the severity of the breakouts.
When I was around 11 I started drinking skim milk (about a gallon every other day) and that's when my acne got extremely bad. I didn't make the connection until I was in my early 30s! My face freaks out when I eat/drink dairy, eat high amounts of refined grains, and sugar.... especially around the jaw line. I have been on antibiotics and accutane for my acne about 10 years ago and it only worked for 2 yrs then came back. Diet has been the only way to keep my acne in check.
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You're the BEST Dr Berry, thanks for what you do. Love my "tribe" T
Yup...53 years old and still get occupied pimples like the one I got 2 days ago! Lol! I've always had them throughout my life, but only 2 years in high school did it get somewhat bad. That said, being keto 4 years (mostly keto carnivore the past year) absolutely keeps my skin more clear!
Missed your videos Doc. Thanks again.
Man I wish I saw this video back in high school. I spent about 12 years with bad acne and countless useless doctor visits , only to get prescribed creams that never worked or dried the hell out of my skin. I'm extremely disappointed with the medical community as they never told me anything about my diet. At the end of the day acne is actually a blessing in disguise because it teaches us to take care of her health early on and not eat crap food.
Thank you for your videos. How do you feel about Retin A for acne and hyper pigmentation?
Can you please do a video on Keto and keeping gout at bay. Please!!!!!!!!!!!!
My acne improved on keto, but not disappeared completely. Some keto-friendly foods like walnuts were giving me serious acne break-outs within hours of eating them. I've eliminated those foods but acne didn't want to go away.
Now I went off the keto diet because I've lost too much weight. I can see that my acne has got worse again. On keto I mostly had shallow pimples. They were annoying too because nobody wants those white spots on their face but they were so shallow that most of them would break apart when I gently rubbed my face with a towel. When I eat carbs, I'm getting deep and painful pimples.
I wanted to try keto, but I can't afford to lose weight. Any suggestions?
I'm a 64 year old woman and I've never had acne or even a pimple; praise God! My daughter usually gets a pimple, but only a few days prior to her period, and that's it!
I agree that cutting out sugar and carbs will help. I disagree that topicals won't help. I have 2 siblings, and myself, have skin that easily gets carpeted in pimples. Once, I got covered head to toe in them :eyelids, ear canals, back. And I shower 2x daily. I quickly learned to clean skin every 3 hours with cotton balls and alcohol every 3 hours and layer on the oxy10 after each cleaning. Even though I was a high carb teen and 20s, I escaped the severe acne and scaring that my siblings succumbed to.... Yes, I finally was forced to cut out all dairy and carbs at age 31,which helped acne and general inflammation. I am 1 year younger than Dr. Ken B.... Even now, I must use a similar topical regime on keto to avoid the random annoying pimple. Genetics too will dictate the degree of susceptibility to severe acne.... My grandmother was still breaking out at age 87.
I keep getting breakouts all over my body. I'll feel a slight itch then notice a small red pimple. It's driving me crazy. Been to 3 dermatologists and they always give me heavy antibiotics right away and I don't think that's necessary. I'm not going to keep taking those because I know it's not good unless absolutely necessary. I am overweight and I have been eating a ton of sugar over the past few years. One thing I've noticed though, when I do alternate day fasting, I end up getting more of that acne, almost immediately. Which is odd, because I thought the inflammation would go way down. I'm at a loss at this point
Is it normal to experience acne when starting IF as a middle age woman on no medications? Because I am experiencing a MAJOR issue with that, one week into IF. My diet has not changed substantially, though I am eating less carbs, and I do not eat a lot of dairy to begin with as I discovered years ago that it gives me cystic acne. Any insight? Is it just my body adjusting to my new eating habits, and it should subside in time, or is this a sign I am doing something wrong?
Thank you Dr Berry.
You are awesome and i hope you are doing well.
My surge come from
1- capped honeycomb
2- organic 50 gram 72% dark chocolate with 25% sugar
3- organic Full fat milk
4- rice
5- organic vegetables if I found organic
Is this okay ?
Get some lilly's chocolate. It has stevia and is delicious. He said no rice. Rice is highly glycemic, as a grain. Veggies all have a glycemic value. Look up the keto friendly veggies and even look into a healthy keto diet. Honey or even honeycomb is a high glycemic item. There is no other way around it. It sucks, but hey, we gotta do what we gotta do, instead of what we've been doing.
Thank you and please do one on sugar lows people say they can’t do the diet I don’t have a answer.
I remember asking my dermatologist if food had anything to do with my then severe acne. He scoffed while laughing( like as though I said the most ridiculous thing ever) and said there is no connection between acne and food which later turned out to be a lie. I cured my acne by going on a keto diet. The reason I tried the keto diet ( and I'll never go back to a high carb diet ever again ) is cuz someone on the net said that she cured her acne that way. I was doubtful but desperate for a cure. So I decided to try it for 3 months and see and the results were nothing short of miraculous. I gave up the meds prior to embarking on the keto diet cuz they did squat for me. Actually, my acne got worse while I was on them.
Doctors should keep up with the medical advances and knowledge and not rely on something they've studied decades ago. They are doing their patients a big disservice.
I'm glad to hear that helped for you. You look GREAT
@@mcmacshalfilya
Thank you!❤ My acne has been gone since 2017 and I'm still on the keto diet and always will be. I don't crave that junk any more because I know how much my skin suffered as a result. Much love and light to you, beautiful soul 💜✨.
@@saraa4353 Goodbye to the junk! AMEN. Blessed Sunday to U 🖤
@@saraa4353 P.S. Much love and light to you also. Beautiful SOUL 💫
@@mcmacshalfilya
Thank you so much! 💙🤗. I hope all your Sundays, days, weeks, months and years are as lovely as you are. 💫. God bless you, always.
I notice when I eat terribly, take out, food on the go, etc I get acne and sweat more.
When I eat more meat 🥩 drink salty water at least once a day along side some fruits, I have great skin.
Thank you so much for all the really really helpful videos.. :)
That is Soo true what you just said that if your dermatologist tells you that it doesn't have to do with your diet is a complete lie!! I started doing green juices with wheatgrass every morning and it cleared my face!
I know ppl won't want to try this but, some anti-depressants work and you don't need to be on them very long. Clears up your face to be looking at a babies lovely soft skin.
Will this also help rosacea? I don't have acne, and I eat lower carb (but not enough), and my rosacea still flares up at times.
Ditto
Look into demodex.
I have struggled with Acne Vulgaris since I was 13 yrs old which I inherited from my mother. I am now 51 and have been on Birth Control pills for 25 years which for a while improved my acne. However, 5 years ago, I started noticing I was getting redness on my nose and cheeks in addition to pimples. I went to the dermatologist and he said what I had was Rosacea and prescribed a topical gel called "Finacea" (Azelaic Acid 15%) which helps with the redness. I have done a lot of research and my own and have read that some doctors believe that Rosacea is actually a Vascular rather than skin problem since the redness is caused by burst blood vessels under the skin. You may want to ask your derm about that on your next visit.
My rosacea went away with keto!
K. Have done all that for almost a year now. I actually see that the inflammation and acne have WAY gone down. What I have issue with NOW...keratin deposits. Those hard white embedded bumps that do not go away unless I maybe use something that takes layers off the skin. They're surface and deep and they don't come out. They don't remove from warm clothes or seem to even have a pore to do so? Idunno. But I'm in my early 40's and these things, though small, are in a bit of an abundance.
Yes, me too. How do we get rid of them?
If i have sensitivity to gluten (I watched your videos and learned that I have to quit grains 👍)...what about sprouts? And homemade oilfree sprouted buckwheat bread? Or no grains at all? I quit oats and noticed immediate change- inflammation went drastically down..I hope 🤞 to get answer to that because I don’t want to suffer acne..thank you!
Keto has solved my acne outbreaks. The only thing that causes it now is pork. If I eat pork, I get bad cyst/acne like spots along my chin line and hair line. So I haven't eaten pork in about 15 years.
thanks doctor. this helpful. could u do video for acne scars too?