Lets talk acne
/This morning I woke up with no inspiration. I thought long and hard what product I wanted to review or what service or treatment I can break down and frankly nothing was coming to mind. Then thankfully my light bulb went off. We are going to have a quick discussion about acne.
Since my business is apparently non essential and I haven’t been able to treat my clients skin issues, my texts messages have been a little crazy with my clients needing help for their skin conditions. So why the spike in acne issues while we are all at home??? Well here’s my theory…
Since California is still pretty much on a stay at home order and we are all bored out of our minds, I think diets have been horrible, we are not exercising like normal, we are stressed out because there is no money coming in and some of us have just given up on self care.
So lets talk about our diets. I personally have always been a big advocate of no dairy, no gluten and minimal processed foods and refined sugars. What I think is happening, the first few weeks of stay at home order was a novelty so we kinda ate bad and stopped exercising because it was like a mini vacation. But now this has gone on for way too long. People have continued to eat poorly and have forgotten about self care and stress relief. I don’t know about you but a good cycle class or weight lifting class at the gym was my release. So now we are approaching 2 months of this so called new lifestyle that is suppose to keep us healthy but instead our diets keep on getting worse and the stress keeps mounting when we don’t see relief in sight.
SIDE BAR…
My clients have been dying for me to get back into the spa to help clear up their skin. Unfortunately there is no date for our industry to go back. Only people speculating that its maybe in phase 3. I have clients that are desperate, believe me so am I and the rest of the skincare industry in California. ( The State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology has sent out letters to us stating If we are caught working we will get our licenses revoked, up to $1000.00 fine and up to 6 months in JAIL.)
LETS GET BACK ON TOPIC…
So I have to help treat my clients via text message and phones calls to help their poor skin conditions. Its so extremely hard to make a good assessment this way. What I can say in my opinion, acne is caused by predominantly what we are putting in our bodies. We have sat on our butts for 2 months or longer feeding our faces full of food we don’t typically eat.
Dairy is one of the biggest causes of acne. Why you ask??? Dairy is full of hormones, even the organic kind baby cakes. Dairy is produced by a cow for the baby calf to grow. Whey and casein are to proteins produced by the momma cow in her milk to give the babies the nutrition they need to get big and strong. When our bodies start breaking down and digesting the whey and casein it triggers a response in our body that mimics insulin resulting break outs. These hormones in the milk also cause a reaction in our bodies which can confuse our endocrine system and cause break outs too. So people put down the cheese and grab an apple. I know for myself when I am off the dairy I have less inflammation in my body less bloat and brain fog. Seriously do we really need milk products, when we have amazing alternatives these days.
I always suggest when getting off of dairy to quite for at least a month and start taking probiotics. Now comes the topical. Once you have made the commitment of no dairy then its time to start working on the blemish control products. My absolute favorite is the Spotless Regimen for Rodan + Fields. Out of all the acne products this one has worked the quickest for my clients. We start seeing results with in 2 weeks for most people. I have never had a kit returned. I only get text messages of praise after my clients have used it and watched the magic happen.
So there you have it folks avoid dairy & processed food like its covid. Lets clean up our diets so our bodies can function better through these interesting times. Get outside and take a walk in the sunshine and you will soon see it will turn into a run and maybe a little more self care that we have forgotten about. I love all of my clients so much and just want the best for everyone!!!