may sound odd, but neutrogena shampoo the strong coal tar in the blue bottle.
the stuff smells and burns a little but I used that during my break out times. nothing else short of using dish soap worked to get the film off my nasty hide.
[quote]LiquidMercury wrote:
prim rose oil = great way to raise estrogen…
I’ve got omega3’s aplenty and barely any carbs and mine still sucks heh.[/quote]
I’ve heard it can do that to an extent, not sure by how much. My understanding is that it acts more to bring the hormones into balance more than to necessarily raise estrogen.
[quote]LiquidMercury wrote:
I have this problem bad. I’m 22, use salicylic acid body wash twice daily and use those oxy-pads too on my back. I take a shower within 30 minutes of finishing my workout, I have net carbs of 70g/day 25 of which is fiber. I take plenty of antioxidants and generally it still sucks.
Either my testosterone is through the rough or my life just sucks. Been to a dermatologist and really only thing that ever worked was accutane when I was 16 and generally that fucked with my head so I stopped taking it after 2 months. Anyone else got some thoughts?[/quote]
acne.org. Hit the boards there.
That site is to acne what T-Nation is to health and working out.
Thanks for the advice. My skin is just weird. I’m alergic to benzoil peroxide on my chest/neck but not on my back/face. I’ll have to check out acne.org and see if I can get it fixed.
MK, primrose oil is great for menopausal women. Not so great for us. Trust me on it. Plus I want as big of an imbalance between test/estrogen as possible. That = more muscle.
[quote]tayjeremy wrote:
cyph31 wrote:
- do you have a diet that is net anti-inflammatory
None at all.
LoL. Most of us are Totally in the Inflammatory zone. I dont really see how veggies 2x a day is gona help. I’ve had acne problem on my back since puberty. It got worse as i “trained”. but now its kind of “tamed”.
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this is why i go to sites like nutritiondata.com and look at whole foods that are moderately or strongly anti-inflammatory
onions
carrots
spinach
broccoli
almonds
olive oil
flaxseed
so that when i eat a big portion of a strongly inflammatory food like beef or eggs i have all these other anti-inflammatory foods around it to overcompensate, and then finish it off with 6-10 grams of fish oil per meal
as for the hormonal issue
i spent a lot of time at the nutritional boards at acne.org myself before i figured out what eliminated most of my facial acne and oil
testosterone is not the problem, the problem is having that convert to DHT which causes inflammation all over the body (including your scalp leading to hair loss)
mega-dosing fish oil is one way of seriously reducing DHT
it’s a similar idea with food sensitivities/allergies, your body fights the food like a foreign invader leading to more cortisol and more inflammation
remember that your skin is one of your main waste elimination pathways along with your liver