The paper is titled “Dietary Patterns in Acne and Rosacea Patients—A Controlled Study and Comprehensive Analysis” and can be accessed here with no login required: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/20/4405. The paper was published in October of 2023. Here are some interesting findings. I’m going to mostly ignore the acne section and focus on the rosacea group. The researchers…
Things that affect skin coloration: melanin, carotenoids, exercise, sleep, and stress Some biohacks to make your skin less red: supplement tyrosine (used to make dark melanin), avoid all meat (contains methionine and cysteine, which are used to make red melanin) and other food with methionine or systine. Eat tons of greens (broccoli, spinach, brussel sprouts…
Before the scientific method, we had collective learning. One person learned something and passed it on. Good ideas lived on, bad ideas died. Collective learning is something that distinguishes us from all of the other species. Dermatologists have ignored folk wisdom about what works to a surprising degree. Probably because patience adherance to diet and…
Summary: Studies have shown that people who produce more superoxide dismutase (SOD) experience fewer and less intense acne breakouts. A person can produce more SOD can be by regulating the melatonin cycle and treating carb malabsorption; both are explained in great detail in this article. The skin’s failure to produce sufficient superoxide dismutase (SOD) is…
The first time I was able to get lasting perfect skin was on a ketogenic diet. Here is a keto thread on reddit with 15+ people chimming in that a ketogenic diet cleared up their skin. Here is another one. Given everything written on this site, and the large number of studies showing that sugar…
Scottish scientists founds that Americans who ate just 3.1 more servings/day of fruit and vegetables were found more attractive. It’s interesting to see how small of a diet change can make a significant difference in sexual attraction. The desire to reproduce with a healthy partner is a powerful evolutionary trait.
Please tell us about your experiences with Nexplanon and acne below. Birth control affects women differently. Usage often leads to improved skin, but many users find this site because Nexplanon triggered an acne outbreak. This study found a 94% reduction in lesions in women who used another oral contractive, ethinylestradiol. However, in this study a…
Please us about your experiences with Juuling and acne in the comments section below. Nicotine is a stimulant, and a Juul contains a a very high concentration of it. 55-60 milligrams of nicotine per ml of liquid, according to some estimates. There are a number of mechanisms by which stimulants can cause or aggravate acne, including sleep disruption,…
Fasting is the single fastest and best way to improve your skin. Intermittent fasting (eating for 8 hours/day, fasting for 16) will make a difference in your skin. But there is nothing like a serious fast for getting rid of all acne. A 24 hour fast is where benefits begin to show, but at 48…
The scientific world of 2019 is broken. Dozens of studies have proven that diet has a profound impact on acne, yet the American Academy of Dermatology’s official position is that diet has no effect on acne. A terrible position that will shame them for at least 100 years, once all of the evidence is out….