Thursday, July 3, 2008

Emu oil acne and prescription medication for hormonal acne

This one is an easy one, and something I wish I had known years ago. Vegetable oils (as found in cooking oils like sunflower oil) cause horrible acne. When I stopped eating vegetable oil my acne cleared up DRAMATICALLY in a matter of days.
The skin contains sebaceous glands, which have receptors, like most organs and cells in the body. Just as the muscle cells respond to steroids by growing, the sebaceous glands respond to steroids (particularly the androgen Dihydrotestosterone which the body produces as a byproduct of increased testosterone) with increased secretion. Just as the teenager with high testosterone levels suffers from acne, the 40-year old man with artificially high testosterone levels will suffer from acne for the same reason. The higher the dose, the higher the testosterone level in the body, which results in worse cases of acne.
In reality, teenagers that suffer from acne will have more than one spot so clearing one spot is hardly a reason to purchase anything. Also, teenagers that only get the odd spot every now and then won't need to buy any expensive products to remove their spot that will go on its own naturally. These companies are making millions every year out of the two scenarios just mentioned.
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