Why You Are Lucky For Having Acne

"You are lucky for having acne" is what an old pharmacist once told me when I went to his shop to buy an acne treatment. "It is a symptom" he said "that something is wrong with your body internally. You must do something about it before your acne will go away". The question left unanswered was what must I do?

It is only now that I understand the truth in what the old pharmacist had said. The accepted medical wisdom is that acne cannot be cured. It can only be managed. The pharmaceutical industry has developed a bewildering range of topical and other treatments to manage the condition. None of them are anything more than a palliative. If you continue using these treatments, your acne will always come back.

There is a metaphor that perfectly describes acne and the way the medical profession and pharmaceutical industry deal with the condition:

If you use chemicals to kill all the mosquitoes around a pond, you will get rid of the mosquitoes for a little while. However, as the cause of the mosquitoes is still there, the stagnant pond where mosquitoes find food and lay their eggs, they will always come back.

Those over the counter treatments may help to reduce your breakouts, but do nothing to deal with the "stagnant pond" that is the real cause of your condition. Just like the mosquitoes, your acne will return and you will be back to where you started.

You are indeed lucky for having acne. Your condition is message from your body telling you that something is wrong internally that needs to be corrected. You have a choice. You can either:

#1. Ignore the warning and continue using the over the counter products. That would be just like using chemicals to kill the mosquitoes around the pond; and, it will have the same results; or you can

#2. Do something about fixing the internal problem that causes your acne. You will not only get rid of your acne, but you will also re-balance your body.

The holistic ways of treating people have been around for thousands of years. They work irrespective of whether you have teenage or adult acne; whether you suffer from acne on your back, shoulders or chest or if you suffer from female related acne such as during pregnancy, the menopause or acne due to monthly cycles. The key is in having a healthy diet and more active lifestyle.

The best natural medicine is eating good food, particularly a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, including green vegetables and drinking plenty of water. These are the foods our bodies were designed for. They provide us with all the nutrients we need for good health. They also provide us with dietary fibre, which keeps our digestive system healthy and able to eliminate waste and toxins. Drinking water keeps our bodies properly hydrated and helps to flush out toxins through our kidneys.

We were designed to be active. Taking moderate daily exercise not only helps maintain our overall health and fitness, it also assists our bodies in eliminating toxins and restoring hormonal balance.

It is within your power whether you have clear skin. You can make it happen if you apply the holistic approach described above to curing your acne.