Posted by LOOPS on June 29, 2005, at 13:05:07
In reply to More skin talk, posted by Glydin on June 28, 2005, at 7:04:57
Hi -
I had acne before starting fish oil, and I still have it, although it isn't so bad as it used to be. I read that flax seed oil is supposed to be beneficial for acne, but seems that too can make it worse (same with moodiness!).
Hmm. I'm experimenting at the moment with different natural approaches to upping nutrition to go with my EFAs via bee pollen, green juices, wheatgerm oil and some royal jelly if I can get it. Luckily these things I can actually buy here in Chile very cheaply - not sure of the quality, but worth a shot.
I added in the bee pollen a few days ago and...I think...I stress *think*, my acne is a little better today. Certainly the horrid rash I've had round my eyes due to damp conditions here and doesn't respond to any of my eczema creams, seems to have gone done somewhat.
I will say that for me any highdose megavits/B vits/zinc etc. do absolutely nothing for my skin problems - so I still have acne, but my eczema is much better, which is mostly due to the EPA I think in the fish oil and the GLA.
What used to really get my goat, is people always assume if you have acne your diet is to blame, and I've always eaten really well - no crap, wholefoods etc.
Having said that, the other reason they say is hormones, and i do believe that, as I've always been ahem, irregular with the TOM. I'm wondering if fish oil raises testosterone at all or one of the other *male* hormones?? Don't know what I'm talking about here, just remember something about acne, especially 'chin' acne, being related to too much of a certain hormone.
Regarding hormones and EFAs - I was talking to my doc about evening primrose oil helping PMT and she thinks it is because the EPO is estrogenic - reasserting a balance just before the dreaded P.
Interestingly fish oil is supposed to drag down levels of vitamin E in the body - maybe that is a reason for the acne as well?
Sorry, bit off topic there!
Loops
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