Acne Q & A Archive: Wai's diet is awesome!

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jstolz182 05-20-2003 06:13 PM	Hey Wai, thanks for answering all my questions and thhanks for saving my life. I'm gettin ready to go work.I finally applied to be a server at a resturant by my house. I didn't want to before because I was afraid of guests and co-workers looking at face in disgust. Well I just looked in the mirror right before heading out the door and for the first time in 10 years my face is just about clear. All the money I spent, all the jobs I quit, all the girls i dumped, quitting high school at age 15 all cause of my acne and now today I woke up and enrolled in community college, and I start my new job in about 30 minutes. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I think God led me to your free acne book cause I don't even remember how I got there but I'm glad I did. I'll be around the board still with questions and stuff but for now just wanted to say thanks a million. It feels like after a decade I finally woke up today...
Wai 05-23-2003 09:37 AM	how severe was you acne before the diet? (how many zits a week / at any given time) was your acne cystic as well?
jstolz182 05-23-2003 04:36 PM	To be honest i dont know what cystic acne is. If it is the large ones that hurt well then yeah I got like 1 or 2 per week and they hurt like hell. They were pretty big to. I have lots of marks from previous breakouts. I'd say I would have 15 to 20 little red ones most of the time. I'd clear up like every 2 months or so but not for long. I went on the low carb diet (high fat & protein). I noticed that my skin pretty much broke out same as it usually did. But then after 2 months i broke out BAD! I used all the topical products in the world but of course it didnt help. I did "scotch tape" and everything else under the sun. When I broke out bad I went online and searched and searched. I found "acne miracle" by that leo guy. 20 bucks! Well he said eat greens and take a billion supplements. Well that lasted 2 days until i was searching some more and somehow I came upon your site. I read in disbelief. Everything I always thought was true was actually all lies. I went on your diet immediatlly but I kept cheating like once a week (usually when i was hung over). I finally got strict these last 2 weeks and it worked!! I cleared up and so I was like hey alright. So I had over the course of 2 days, 3 salads with cheese, bacon bits, and eggs on top with regular dressings. I paid the price. Not real bad cause i didnt have meat or anything super high in protein but still i got about 5 new zits. I'm back on.3 days perfectally. I hope I clear back up. I don't think my skin can handle ANY munch food. That will be hard to handle. Will my sebum production ease up with age? I'm 23 and have had acne since I was 13. thanks again Wai!!
Wai 05-24-2003 08:26 AM	thank you J, i think that RRM also had acne since he was 13 he is now 37 and his skin has become a tiny little bit more tolerant this year, in the sense that he can now eat more raw fish than before (up to 300 gram a day), and can occasionally even take some ginger with the salmon now, while this always resulted in new pimples when he tried that during these past 7 years that he was on the 100% strict diet what keeps him going, is his perfect skin, knowing that he doesnt want those pimples all over anymore (including the big painful ones, the cysts, indeed) but, in most people with acne, the sebum production resides sooner, so your changes are pretty good
jstolz182 05-24-2003 09:16 PM	Hey Wai, well i'm kinda breaking out again. I'm getting discouraged but I'm tryin to stay strong. So RRM STAYED clear while maintaining the diet??? Even when I'm on the diet I just have this feeling every morning that I'm gonna start breaking out anyways. Once I am on the diet for awhile and I clear up, should I then rest easy at night knowing I won't break out as long as I'm maintaining the diet and following all the rules of course??? Thanks Wai for any comments!
PhiVan 05-25-2003 12:41 AM	hormonal imbalance and stress can also cause acne. i break out during finals, before my period, and when i fight with my boyfriend...no matter how careful i am with the diet. but of course, with the diet, the break out is A LOT LESS SEVERE
Wai 05-25-2003 10:56 AM	quote: JStolz wrote: So RRM STAYED clear while maintaining the diet??? not just RRM loads of people yes, 100% clear as long as sticking to the strict acne sample diet for 100% after having strayed from the diet with cheese and bacon, on May 23 you wrote: quote: I'm back on.3 days perfectally. one day later, you wrote: quote: i'm kinda breaking out again. I'm getting discouraged but you havent even been on the strict diet for one week yet!!!
jstolz182 05-25-2003 11:26 AM	good point:o)