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Posted by Spriggy on June 26, 2005, at 16:17:49
This may not be connected but I have not had problems with pimples/zits/acne/face mountains since my late teen years.
The last month, I have noticed some serious break outs. What's up? I'm waaay past the point of puberty. ROFL
Anyway, I started using Cod Liver oil. Is there any way it could cause a break out??
*runs for the Clearasil*
Posted by Spriggy on June 26, 2005, at 17:41:43
In reply to can fish oil cause acne???, posted by Spriggy on June 26, 2005, at 16:17:49
Posted by KaraS on June 26, 2005, at 19:57:30
In reply to can fish oil cause acne???, posted by Spriggy on June 26, 2005, at 16:17:49
> This may not be connected but I have not had problems with pimples/zits/acne/face mountains since my late teen years.
>
> The last month, I have noticed some serious break outs. What's up? I'm waaay past the point of puberty. ROFL
>
> Anyway, I started using Cod Liver oil. Is there any way it could cause a break out??
>
> *runs for the Clearasil*
I have had that problem in the past. I started a thread on this a while back. There have since been other threads on it. Fish oil and flax seed oil used to give me horrible problems with acne. I'd get actual cysts (I like your term "face mountains" better.) It was awful. Lots of others here have reported the same. Interestingly, I think they may have been all women.About a year ago I started taking fish oil again. (1 gram per day of Dr. Michael Murray's RxOmega-3 Factors) and I haven't had that problem. I don't know if it's just a low dosage, a purer brand and/or whether it has something to do with aging and less hormones in my system. Or maybe all 3.
Do a search here. You'll probably get some good info on this.
Kara
P.S. Better stock up on that Clearasil!
Posted by Sarah T. on June 26, 2005, at 21:14:59
In reply to can fish oil cause acne???, posted by Spriggy on June 26, 2005, at 16:17:49
Hi Spriggy. Have you started any other medicines recently that might be causing the acne? I do remember reading about your recent diagnosis, so fish oil might be the culprit, but if you're taking other new meds, they might be aiding and abetting the problem. One other thing that occurred to me. . . I do remember reading that patient's with your diagnosis have to be careful about being in the sun. Some of the ingredients in Clearasil might make you more sun-sensitive. What does Clearasil contain now? Back when I used it, it had a different chemical composition. I think benzoyl peroxide might be in it now (it's in almost all OTC acne lotions). That can make your face sun-sensitive. One thing that can really increase sun-sensitivity is Retin-A. Be sure to check with your doctor before you use any of those over-the-counter acne creams.
Posted by tealady on June 26, 2005, at 22:20:30
In reply to can fish oil cause acne???, posted by Spriggy on June 26, 2005, at 16:17:49
> This may not be connected but I have not had problems with pimples/zits/acne/face mountains since my late teen years.
>
> The last month, I have noticed some serious break outs. What's up? I'm waaay past the point of puberty. ROFL
>
> Anyway, I started using Cod Liver oil. Is there any way it could cause a break out??Yes as Kara said..dreadful breakouts..I think all are premenopaual women :-) I just gave up on the fish oil.
tea
Posted by ed_uk on June 27, 2005, at 14:55:03
In reply to can fish oil cause acne???, posted by Spriggy on June 26, 2005, at 16:17:49
I used to have really bad acne, my face looked like a pizza. I was on Accutane for 4 months - I've never had acne since :-)
~Ed
PS. Sorry, I know I'm not answering your question!
Posted by ed_uk on June 27, 2005, at 15:12:23
In reply to Re: can fish oil cause acne??? » Spriggy, posted by ed_uk on June 27, 2005, at 14:55:03
PS. I'm not recommending Accutane! I just had the urge to make a random comment. Sorry :-)
~Ed
Posted by KaraS on June 27, 2005, at 20:21:20
In reply to Re: can fish oil cause acne???, posted by ed_uk on June 27, 2005, at 15:12:23
> PS. I'm not recommending Accutane! I just had the urge to make a random comment. Sorry :-)
>
> ~Ed
Hi Ed,
I took Accutane when it first came out. I don't remember how long I was on it but it worked really well .... until the fish oil!K
Posted by Glydin on June 28, 2005, at 6:24:34
In reply to Re: can fish oil cause acne??? » ed_uk, posted by KaraS on June 27, 2005, at 20:21:20
Kara and I had a discussion on fish oil and breakouts a while back. Salmon oil did not seem to cause as bad a problem for me. As well as I remember, Lar did weigh in on it and couldn't come up with a rationale for the WHY of the breakouts. For some reason my muttled brain is remembering something about increasing B vits to combat the breakout issue - now, I could be making that up. You aren't alone, others have noticed this "beautiful" (???) effect.
Posted by Glydin on June 28, 2005, at 7:04:57
In reply to Yes, zits for me, too, posted by Glydin on June 28, 2005, at 6:24:34
The old old Clearsil was alot like a product called Acnomel. Very difficult to find in local venues like Walmart and the like but can be ordered easily. It's Resorcinol 2%, Sulfur 8%. For my "mature" skin it works well. Benzoyl Peroxide tears my skin up as does most other strong products.
Of course, the cyst type eruptions are difficult to fight at skin surface level.... sigh.
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
Posted by Glydin on June 29, 2005, at 13:32:05
In reply to fish oil and acne, posted by LOOPS on June 29, 2005, at 13:05:07
How are ya? How's sunny Chile?
I just restarted EPO for the TOM issues. I'm gonna see if everything about me, including my skin, likes it or no.
Glydin
Posted by LOOPS on June 30, 2005, at 8:00:45
In reply to Hey LOOPS--, posted by Glydin on June 29, 2005, at 13:32:05
Hi Glydin -
Thanks for asking!
Chile's a bit cold and damp at the moment (La Serena bit anyway) - which is odd, as it never rains here, just gets cold humid, which is nasty as there's no central heating in the houses. I am therefore very emotionally attached to both the fan heater and the gas heater on wheels, which goes everywhere with me (inside the house that is!).
However....today it looks like the sun is coming out, which will warm things up (desert-like conditions here)- also warms the people up and they go outdoors then and are more sociable. I think we have vast changes in both temperature and air pressure here, which makes me more nuts than I ever was before!
So this is the hardest time of the year for me being Winter, and this year's thrown a bit more isolation my way than before. Also my husband's off to some astronomy conference in La Palma for 10 days, which leaves me as usual all on my Tod. Ah well. I'm trying to compile a big portfolio of lots of composition (music) but it's not going very fast. I get sidetracked so easily!
One of my main problems here is I can't *officially* work (Chileans don't like giving English people visas) - in fact officially I don't even exist here - I am here on my husband's visa! I have to be very careful about this or we'll both get deported. HOwever I do teach the piano to a couple of people, but wish it could be more, like when I was in England (not that I want to go back there).
So I have too little meaningful contact with people and not enough things to do (that I really like doing). Apart from that I'm basically most of the time better than I was (fell into a deep angst-ridden depression after about a year here), but....I still have bad days (yesterday for instance was really crap). My bad days do coincide with two things usually - 1. midweek boredom/loneliness and 2. cloudy dank weather.
You'd think with being half Scottish I'd be used to this kind of weather, but I just seem to react more strongly to it that most people seem to.
Aha - I'm sure you didn't really want to know all that, but once I get going....
And how are things going for you?? I hope you have success with the EPO - how much will you be taking??
Loops
Posted by ed_uk on June 30, 2005, at 11:12:13
In reply to Re: Hey LOOPS--, posted by LOOPS on June 30, 2005, at 8:00:45
Hi LOOPS,
I was surprised when you said you lived in Chile, your English is perfect..........
.........but then you said you were English LOL.
~Ed
Posted by LOOPS on July 1, 2005, at 9:43:58
In reply to Re: Hey LOOPS-- » LOOPS, posted by ed_uk on June 30, 2005, at 11:12:13
Ha ha - you should hear my Chilean Spanish! Que hueva huevon? (Apologies to any sensitive Latin ears).
L
Posted by Sarah T. on July 1, 2005, at 18:18:51
In reply to can fish oil cause acne???, posted by Spriggy on June 26, 2005, at 16:17:49
I don't know about fish oil causing acne, but this hot, humid weather and all the sweating make my skin look terrible!
Posted by LOOPS on July 1, 2005, at 21:06:39
In reply to Re: can fish oil cause acne???, posted by Sarah T. on July 1, 2005, at 18:18:51
not to sound like a new-ager or anything, but I had this rash round my eyes and bad skin, and this bee pollen seems to have cleared it up. Odd, as I don't usually buy into bee products doing amazing things for me (as anything). Hubby even commented on how ...ah. sooooft my skin is. However he's now **ggered off to Europe for 10 days.Grrr.
And I wish it was hot here - it's damp and cold. I want to go to the Northern hemisphere right now. I would trade in this weather anyday.
I do hope that bee pollen doesn't make me *hypomanic*. Suppose there always has to be a balance to everything though.
L
Posted by tealady on July 2, 2005, at 3:16:49
In reply to bee pollen rant...you are forwarned!!(sp?), posted by LOOPS on July 1, 2005, at 21:06:39
> And I wish it was hot here - it's damp and cold. I want to go to the Northern hemisphere right now.
>yeah :-)
> I do hope that bee pollen doesn't make me *hypomanic*. Suppose there always has to be a balance to everything though.
>
I thought bee pollen would give you a buzz...sorry
Posted by LOOPS on July 2, 2005, at 9:52:09
In reply to Re: bee pollen rant...you are forwarned!!(sp?) » LOOPS, posted by tealady on July 2, 2005, at 3:16:49
oh ha ha, you're so funny! (sorry, sarcypants just got out of bed).
Yes! The sun has come out today and blown the horrid dank cloud away! And yet what am I doing? I'm still sat behind the computer surfing the web. Must get up and do something more constructive.
L
Posted by chiaroscurro on July 6, 2005, at 15:45:51
In reply to Re: can fish oil cause acne??? YES it can!! » Spriggy, posted by KaraS on June 26, 2005, at 19:57:30
I've had similar facial trouble with fish oil, including canker sores in the mouth, and it's not strictly a female problem in my case. --C
> I have had that problem in the past. I started a thread on this a while back. There have since been other threads on it. Fish oil and flax seed oil used to give me horrible problems with acne. I'd get actual cysts (I like your term "face mountains" better.) It was awful. Lots of others here have reported the same. Interestingly, I think they may have been all women.
>
> About a year ago I started taking fish oil again. (1 gram per day of Dr. Michael Murray's RxOmega-3 Factors) and I haven't had that problem. I don't know if it's just a low dosage, a purer brand and/or whether it has something to do with aging and less hormones in my system. Or maybe all 3.
>
> Do a search here. You'll probably get some good info on this.
>
> Kara
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> P.S. Better stock up on that Clearasil!
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Posted by chinablue on August 24, 2007, at 17:49:54
In reply to Re: can fish oil cause acne??? » ed_uk, posted by KaraS on June 27, 2005, at 20:21:20
Kara S - if you are still there, i was wondering whether the fish-oil induced acne subsided after you stopped taking it, & after how much time. i am worried that it has totally reverted my skin to its pre-accutane state ...
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