Skin health & pimples
Persistent pimples is a condition that is a monster that has many heads (no pun intended). That’s why we conduct regular skin clinics at Wade’s Compounding Chemist and Naturopath. The combination of frequency specific microcurrent, our specially-formulated Skin Treatment Cream, and our unique approach to healing from within by using targeted nutrition and our effective “gut bomb” technique is so popular. This reflects directly on the competence of your immune system.
Simple teenage pimples.
Acne occurs during the puberty growth spurt and happens because:
hormones that cause your puberty growth spurt cause sudden increases in sebum (oil) production
your skin becomes depleted of micronutrients that are diverted to support the growth process of sex organs, and bone and muscle tissue that are needed to support its local immune protection and normal glandular activity.
The result is a build-up of bacteria in the pores and glands in your skin and also sebum, resulting in pus formation as your sluggish “killer” white blood cells attempt to destroy the bacteria.
Adults – why me?
It has been our observation that adult acne develops from other microbes that are not susceptible to antibiotics. So, this acne requires a completely different approach to healing it.
Either way, your immune system becomes challenged and needs to be treated.
Hormones – not all they seem
But other things are also happening – your brand new hormones are causing a sudden rush of sebum and this can mix with the pus and clog your pores, causing even greater likelihood of the formation of pustules as the bacteria become ‘trapped’ inside. But there’s even more problems with hormone production at this age. Remember that I said that the puberty growth spurt causes a nutritional depletion? Well, the liver’s detoxification mechanism suffers also. What has this got to do with acne? Well, your hormones should be broken down after they have done their job by your liver. If it is not working then the levels build up even more than they should and you get excessive sebum production. Combined with your poor immune response, germs in your skin get a free reign.
Antibacterial skin washes – bad news
Meanwhile, those supposedly trusty antibacterial skin washes are washing off bacteria that should be present on your skin, leaving it defenceless to attack by candida. Candida forms pustules that can be mistaken for bacterial infection.
So, next your doctor will offer antibiotics. These can give a temporary response, but they don’t reach the skin in very high concentrations. However, they will deplete your ‘resident’ gut flora (bacteria that confer health) when taken over a period of time even more.
Adult pimples also – and with scarring
The cruelty that can occur here is that the sterile environment on your skin can now allow an even more prolific overgrowth of the only bug not affected by antibacterials and antibiotics – Candida. And Candida will also proliferate in your gut once your regular, protective bacteria in there are similarly depleted whether teenager or adult.
This means to you that you are being inundated with relatively massive colonies of Candida and also other bacteria that have survived the antibiotics. These, in turn may migrate around your body and proliferate in areas where they are definitely not wanted, including the basal skin layers. From here, it is a simple matter for them to grow up through your skin and really dig in.
Other unwanted effects
All of this activity in your gut causes a gut membrane to become dried and microscopically fissured. This state is termed ‘leaky gut’. This will need to be addressed to achieve any permanent resolution of the problem.
Food allergy too
Meanwhile, this latest drama has made you susceptible to food allergy. This may be addressed and allow you to finish up with a healthy immune system and great skin, a clear chest, clear nose and sinuses, normal blood glucose (sugar) levels, a sharp appetite and improved vitality overall – even if the original cause may have left you with ongoing fatigue and good resistance to the various microbes like viruses that may otherwise debilitate your immune protective system. Not only that but also you can achieve normal growth if you allow the nutritional story to unfold in a careful but abundant and certainly balanced way.
The solution
So, what do we do to turn the problem around? Take the recommended supplements listed below and get a health check-up. Also, SPEAK TO OUR NATUROPATH, Phil Wade
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Every case is different but in general
1) Build up your zinc reserves with Wades Zinac capsules, taken three times daily. It’s no good just taking zinc on its own as high doses of zinc alone can cause more harm than good. Sometimes that makes your acne even worse unless you supplement with zinc correctly. Our capsules contain a carefully-calculated balance of the co-factors that allow zinc to work within your cells.
2) Support your body’s energy production with our multivitamin powder, taken twice daily, or the Supasmoothi if your diet lacks garden-fresh foods.
3) Treat the pustules with our famous Skin Treatment Cream.
4) Wash with plain water or Natio cleanser (suitable for your skin type)
5) The remainder of the nutrition prescription will require individual information. You can download our questionnaire, send it in and then contact us for information that will be specific for your individual requirements.
6) At this point, we will probably ask you for more details and that may involve our Emailing you some more forms that will allow us to highlight any underlying cause or causes of your condition. CLICK HERE for FORMS
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