Hey guys, ever since moving to a new country I (F25) have been experiencing these deep painful acne plus several blackheads on my face. I never had any acne in my life before this.
I have done IF before and it helped with my digestion issues. Has fasting helped you with acne and should I try it? Thanks :)
You have cystic acne. I also developed it out of nowhere in my early 20s. Ask your doctor to prescribe you doxycycline. It is a cheap, effective, and common antibiotic. I tried everything under the sun and it turns out I just needed a $2 antibiotic.
This is some of that “not medical advice but it worked for my grandma” kind of talk, but on the subject of acne in relation to diet, I was told in the past that acne is basically a build up of oils, and that oil has to come from somewhere. Eat less oily/fatty foods and acne can’t really come from anywhere.
Old-timey quirks like this can hold some truth sometimes. Not sure how much evidence is out there to support this, but oily fried food isn’t great for you anyways, so might as well lose it.
I guess I’m saying there could be some merit to what you’re asking based on this old-timey advice. If you’re staying intermittent, I would suggest that when you do go for a meal, actively avoiding fried and oil/fat based foods would be the best way to test and see if it works for you.
Not what you asked, but I had skin issues when moving to a different country, as well (before I knew about fasting), and giving up sugar made all the difference in the world. Bacteria thrive on sugar. So it stands to reason that fasting would help, yeah? One thing to keep in mind too, I don’t know where you moved, but if you moved to/from the tropics, it’s really common for women to get yeast infections; the climate change is a mofo on pH levels 😩