I'm so frustrated with my skin! Help!

[wtfbbq]

I found this naturalist woman on YouTube who inspired me to eat super healthy. This is my daily diet and skin regime!

breakfast: one granola bar, bottle of water or oatmeal with blueberries (no sugar)

Lunch: granola, water, salad

dinner: lean chicken, no skin, with broccoli, squash and tons of spinach.

I also drink green smoothies all the time (blueberries and spinach)

My skin always has moisturizer(oil free) with salicylic acid and I use an anti-acne foam that is on my face all night.

i also wash my makeup off the second I get home! But I STILL breakout. I just discovered new breakouts, and I'm so pissed :( no one else in my school has bad skin, and they eat so much junk food! literally, they all have skin like the gods and look like supermodels :( I'm CRUSHED. Help!

[XNicholex3]

I know how you feel I was there too.

I finally found something that works for me though.

Have a try at it and see if it works for you.

Witch hazel, rose water, tea tree oil, and lavender oil. The main thing that got rid of my acne was tea tree oil which you can get at any drug store like Walgreens or something.

And trust me, this is the only thing that worked for me.

I went to a dermatologist for a couple years, tried everything she had, and she gave up on me because my acne was seriously too difficult that she referred me to another dermatologist but that doctor never contacted me. So I pretty much was on my own, so I made up my own thing, and mixed Witch hazel, rose water, tea tree oil and lavender oil onto a cotton ball and put it on the infected areas. I only have about 2-3 pimples now, it really is a dream come true.

I know how it is, I have major hormonal imbalance, this stuff was the ONLY thing that worked, and incase you are wondering, I am 17 and had acne since I was 12. But I am almost completely clear because of this stuff.

[rachiee]

Some people just have skin that is more prone to breakouts. Nothing you can do. I suggest that you take multivitamins too. It also sounds like you may be over cleaning your skin. Pick one regime and stick with it but don't do it every night. Let your skin breathe. What I do when a breakout is coming I'll take a bowl of steaming hot water. Then I'll drape a towel over my head and lean over top of it. This always the steam to open up my pores. Then after about 2 minutes of the mini steam bath I'll put on this facial cleanser I've been using for years and wash it off (don't leave it on for more than a minute). My skin always dries up. It might work for you as well. But with your age and hormones, you're going to get break outs. Some kids your age get them more than others.

[Anonymous]

Who? Is it this one: link ? If not, try her advice.

One thing to note is if you're eating a typical granola bar, it's not much healthier than a chocolate bar, they're full of sugar and syrup. Not health foods like they're claimed to be.

Second, I'm not sure if this applies to raw spinach or if it's only cooked that is bad, so research this. But spinach contains oxilic acid which can pull certain nutrients (calcium) from the body, which might effect your skins healing. Not sure if it applies to raw.

Don't bother with "skinless lean meats" you need the fat.There's a big lie going around the media and food industry that fat is bad for you. Saturated fat is good for you. Also eat more fish and get omega oils, they're good for the skin.

You're still wearing makeup. Ever thought that's what it is? Doesnt matter if you wash it off when you get home, it's still sitting on and being rubbed onto your face every day. lol check out that girls videos if you haven't already.

[wtfbbq]

thats the same one!

[stubbsy]

It is not your diet that's the problem here, so go and see the gp and ask if your hormones can be checked, because if you have an abnormal amount or just high amount of one of the other ie estrgen or testosterone, then bad skin is common, also ther is amazing ointments out there that really help, so let your doctor know that you have tried almost everything but nothing seems to work, he will then give yo uhte pricey stuff, if not ask to see a dermatolagist, good luck,x

[xzinax2]

you're a teenager,''this too shall pass''! your skin will calm down.

also,if you've started this regimen recently,your body could be adjusting,and your skin is kind of ''detoxing'', sometimes,when you use a new product or change the way you take care of your skin,it will break out,then calm down and from then of it will be smooth sailing,except when your hormones go wild (that time of the month esp.) but you can't do much about that. so wait it out,if it doesn't get better-try a product,go through reviews online,find something that worked on someone with the same problems as you,or see a dermatologist.