Resolved Question: Skin care: I’ve stopped eating sugar, now what?
Friday, December 18th, 2009I’ve finally weaned myself off sugar completely, after connecting the dots (no pun intended), and realizing I had hypoglycemic acne. My daily diet is made up of mostly fruits and leafy vegetables and broccoli now, with some almonds, a very small amount of organic yogurt, a very small amount of salmon, and either brown rice and plain oatmeal, and green tea occasionally. I take a ballet class 3-4 times a week, and feel very, very good, and very energetic and balanced. I’m left with the ravages of nearly 19 years of cystic acne on my face, neck, and chest, though, and am wondering what I can do- now that I’ve addressed what I can of the underlying cause- about my somewhat oily, pockmarked skin. I’m currently using Clinique face wash for Oily Skin, and am finishing up a tube of Neutrogena’s Anti-Wrinkle moisturizer (which I won’t be buying again). I don’t want to get involved in a massive project with revitalizing my skin, just a few really, really good products that actually have long-term results in clarifying scarred skin, and preventing some wrinkle formation. I’m not expecting my scars to disappear, or to push off aging indefinitely (I’m 28), and am not looking at surgery or skin resurfacing as options. I’m not made of money, but I will pay for a really good product that works. The only caveat is that it can’t be tested on animals, and is preferably vegan (ie, it has the flying bunny logo on it). That pretty much leaves anything on the Sephora website as a viable option, and I’d really appreciate any ideas-
Thank you in advance.
I drink at least 60 ounces of water a day, sometimes more.
Birth control did help with my acne, but I had to stop taking it because of nausea (and everything made me nauseous).