Debunking Acnes Greatest Myths
by admin on Thursday, February 3rd, 2011 | 25 Comments
Via http://www.dermtv.com – True of false: eating chocolate cause acne? What about covering acne blemishes with makeup will worsen them? And, how about, if you pick your pimples, you’ll cause scars? Find out as Dr. Schultz debunks these and many other of acne’s greatest myths.
Duration : 0:5:3
They have done …
They have done studies that show a relationship between dairy foods and acne. I myself stopped eating dairy and my back acne cleared up, so i think it has more to do with diet than we think. But i do agree with everything else he said.
iodine causes acne? …
iodine causes acne? really now? then why did the japanese who eat seaweed and seafood on a daily bases not get acne until america introduced refined foods into their diet?
this video is …
this video is really great, you should write a book about acne
@alstan25 A complex …
@alstan25 A complex issue with a small amount of evidence suggesting that refined sugar products in Japanese may be related to an increase in the occurrence of acne. But most studies don’t support a causal relationship which is further complicated by genetics that definitely do play a role and certainly pre-exist the introduction of the refined sugar foods. While the Japanese diet does include a large amount of iodine, true excess iodine causes certain thyroid diseases that don’t seem to be…
@alstan25 increased …
@alstan25 increased in the Japanese population. So there are many inconsistencies here. The following study from 2003 published in the Journal of Japanese Cosmetic Science Society did not attach any importance to the issues we are discussing. Abstract: An epidemiological study of acne vulgaris for the 793 students, which consist of 64 of the sixth grade of the elementary school, 120 of the junior high school, 120 of the high school and 489 of the nursing or medical school students…
@alstan25 …was …
@alstan25 …was performed by questionnaire. Of 793 students, 315 were male and 478 were female, and their ages ranged from 11-12 years-old to twenties. This acne study revealed that 58.6% of the students (male: 45.7%,female: 67.2%) were suffered from acne vulgaris, and that the average onset was 13.3 years of age, acne lesions appeared on the forehead first and later developed on the cheek and jaw…