SKIN PROBLEMS: ACNES

Posted: April 7th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: Allergies | No Comments »

Of all skin conditions caused by allergy and Candida, acne is the most likely to be complicated by bacterial infection. If the red acne bumps have yellow heads then they have been infected by the bacterium Corynebacterium acnes.

The best way to tackle acnes is to raise the bacteria killing power of the while blood cells. You can do this by:

• eating three balanced meals per day as set out in the Metabolism-Balancing Program or, if applicable, the Anti-Candida Program or the combined Anti-Candida/Anti-Allergy Program;

• taking a good multi-vitamin and mineral formula that contains the six essential minerals (calcium, magnesium, potassium, zinc, iron and manganese, plus hydrochloric acid to facilitate absorption);

• significantly reducing stress levels by doing the deep breathing exercises described in the chapter on stress and, if you have time, the mental relaxation exercises as well;

• getting adequate sleep—’beauty’ sleep is no myth.

If acnes are proving to be very resistant to the white blood cells, nature’s own antibiotic, garlic, can be used to help kill the bacterium. The odourless garlic capsules are just as effective as the raw garlic and five to six capsules should be taken directly after breakfast.

Antibiotics should be avoided, wherever possible, as they aggravate Candida yeast infections which in turn aggravates the allergic condition that gives rise to acne. In the long-term antibiotics aggravate acne, even though initially they reduce the intensity of it.

Don’t confuse flat, red blotches under the skin with acne lesions. These are acne scars and will fade in time. If you are taking a good multi-vitamin and mineral formula containing the six essential minerals the scars will fade a lot more quickly. Be patient, scars can take up to twelve months to fade.

If after six to seven months of sticking strictly to everything, including the short course of antibiotics, you arc still getting red bumps (minus the yellow heads) breaking out you are more than likely allergic to something you are eating or are significantly stressed. Check yourself for allergies again by going back to your allergist for a second lot of allergy tests and reassess your stress levels.

Squeezing acne pimples produces more of them. When you squeeze a pimple only a small portion of it emerges through the top of the bump. The rest is pushed down into the skin where it spreads out and causes new areas of inflammation. These new inflammations spring up as new acne bumps. Leave pimples alone. Remember, if you kill one by squeezing it, four or five will come to its funeral and despite sticking to your program and resting you will never get rid of your acne.

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