Acne Protocol

Acne is a very common issue that is rather straightforward in resolving altogether, but most doctors and estheticians will prescribe you either toxic drugs or products that will exacerbate the cycle.

I will say, the basics of having clean sheets and pillowcases are crucial, wash them at least once a week minimum. Detergents and other hygiene products you use on your skin are also crucial in being mindful. For detergents, as few synthetic ingredients as you can find. For soap, I'm lucky to get free soap from my wife, but animal fat and natural oil bases are very effective and feel amazing on the skin. Moisturizers, sunscreens, lotions, keep as minimal as possible. Lastly, a shower filter can be extremely useful surprisingly because lord knows what the hell is in our water nowadays. You'll want to find a comprehensive filter within your price range, but I personally use this one. Rather affordable and covers most bases.

As always, you must eliminate the common recreational drugs, all smoke, alcohol, and even excessive caffeine can contribute via cortisol. It screws up your liver function for one, but the smoke is just terrible for the skin. Both cannabis and tobacco. You'll notice how much more vibrant your skin looks when you quit.

The primary factors aside from the basics are as follows:

• Carbohydrate wastes
• Estrogen wastes
• Liver dysfunction
• Gut microbiome dysbiosis
• Malnutrition

Refined sucrose, grains, and bread in any variation are the two primary dietary triggers, aside from industrialized vegetable/seed oils and fast food. Cow dairy can also be another trigger. All of which contribute to gut microbiome dysbiosis as well. Eliminating these food groups is necessary if you experience severe acne. Begin to implement more seafood and shellfish, bone broth for amino acids that make up collagen, eggshell collagen membranes, healthier fats such as butter, ghee, tallow, olive oil, avocado oil, and coconut oil, fruits for vitamin C, and ORGAN MEATS. Specifically, the liver. Accutane is a megadosed retinol analog called a retinoid, its side effects are very similar to vitamin A toxicity. It's crucial to skin health, but not in megadoses. The B vitamins, namely thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, folate, and B12 are crucial here, all of which the liver covers in sufficient amounts. Copper, zinc, magnesium, potassium, sodium are also necessary to cover. Aside from vitamin A, vitamin C, D, E, and K2 are also crucial here. The previously mentioned fruits cover C, sufficient sunlight at sunrise, midday, and sunset for D, seafood, Styrian pumpkin seed and palm oil for E, and grass-fed meats, dairy, butter, emu oil, and fermented vegetables such as natto for K2. It's essentially more about what you eliminate from your diet, there is always a trigger for acne.

Aside from fermented vegetables and eliminating the above foods, kefir, sauerkraut, kimchi, kvass, non-soy miso... All excellent additions to nourish the gut microbiome. The black seed oil of course is a useful tool in managing any present dysbiosis as well as minimizing related inflammation. It also supports the liver's ability to eliminate these related wastes. If your facial skin is not sensitive to oils, a light layer of black seed oil certainly wouldn't hurt. 

The final piece of advice I have here is to cover your liver detox pathways for estrogen wastes: glucuronidation and sulfation. Now, the bone broth, eggs, pork, etc. will cover sufficient sulfur to fuel sulfation as well, but the daily grapefruit or apple, followed by ground chia/flax seed soaked and blended in your kefir will cover glucuronic acid to fuel glucuronidation and the fiber necessary to bind to and eliminate these hormone wastes. Kombucha interestingly is another solid source of glucuronic acid, and minimal amounts of probiotic bacteria, at least in comparison to the other fermented foods/drinks.