By Dr. Grace Soltynski, DAOM, LCSW

While acne has long been a problem for teenagers, more and more adult women complain about facial outbreaks. Many of my patients have tried their children's anti-acne topicals such as Proactiv, to find that it simply does not work. Frustrated by their dermatologists who insisit that there is no connection between diet/lifestyle and acne, when they bring up ideas that diet might be aggravating the problems, the women feel lost.

If you suffer from acne, you are in the company of approximately twenty million adults diagnosed with acne in North America, with millions more who do not seek medical care.

I am here to tell you that diet and nutrition, although refuted and rejected without adequate testing, is a MAJOR FACTOR in acne for most people.

If you suffer from acne, do the following for 60 days:

1. Wash your face twice daily (once daily is not enough) with a mild cleanser

2. Stop eating grains (they not only lack precious vitamins and minerals such as zinc, selenium, and Vitamin B6, which have all been linked to protection against acne, but also contain gluten, which is harmful, when you are fighting any chronic health condition including acne)

3. Stop eating any dairy products. They are strongly associated with acne.

4. Take 4-6 grams of fish oil (preferably with krill oil)

If your skin condition does not change to your satisfaction after making the above changes for at least 60 days, consider testing your hormones.

At The Healing Sanctuary, we offer saliva hormone testing, non-invasive, safe, and accurate way of checking your hormone levels, from Estrogens to Testosterone. Help is only a phone call away.