Awful acne with keto!
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Losinandmovin
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I've been following the keto diet for two weeks. I've never had acne in my life: now my face looks terrible! I have acne on my face-my chin, above my lip, my forehead, and on my nose. I don't have this painful zits anywhere else on my body. I'm not sweating, I stay within my macros, I drink like a crazy woman: I'm at a loss. I can't do this. This things hurt and look so bad: a face full of whiteheads when you're 50 is just odd. Anyone got any advice? I started using Oxy-- a facial cleanser for acne. I had been using hydrocortisone when they first popped up, but that did nothing-- they just keep coming. It's embarrassing. Everyone talks about how much better their skin is on keto: my is awful. I'm down 10 pounds in 2 weeks, but this is a bit much. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Jessica
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I'm afraid I have no real advice except that maybe your body is still adjusting? Some people react oddly to a big macro switch at first. I don't know.
I was one of the lucky one who had my adult onset acne clear up on this diet. For me, sugar and carbs = pimples.3 -
What supplements are you taking? Have any of your skincare ingredients changed in the last month?1
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Keto helped my acne clear up so I don't have any first hand advice to offer. I wonder if it's perhaps a hormone thing? I know keto can help regulate hormones so this could be a temporary thing while your body adjusts. Another thought is that perhaps you are eating more of a food your body is sensitive to? Is there anything you didn't much of before that you eat a lot of now?1
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My skin improved with Keto. Previously, I've had problems with caffeine making my skin break out. Or it could be that your body is releasing toxins that were being held in the fat cells??1
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I was one of those fat people who ate low fat--so the only thing that's different in my diet is the addition of fat. I always eat small amounts of cheese and occasional milk. This is so odd. The fact that it's just on my face like hormonal zits-- I don't get it.Keto helped my acne clear up so I don't have any first hand advice to offer. I wonder if it's perhaps a hormone thing? I know keto can help regulate hormones so this could be a temporary thing while your body adjusts. Another thought is that perhaps you are eating more of a food your body is sensitive to? Is there anything you didn't much of before that you eat a lot of now?
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moxleymama6 wrote: »My skin improved with Keto. Previously, I've had problems with caffeine making my skin break out. Or it could be that your body is releasing toxins that were being held in the fat cells??
If it's hormones from my fat... I have a lot of fat to lose! Is this gonna last forever is my question!0 -
No advice here either unfortunately! I've always dealt with the pesky pimple here and there before keto. After keto, I hardly ever break out. If I do, it's due to stress.0
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Have you significantly increased your dairy since going Keto? My niece cut out dairy and her acne disappeared. I know that would be difficult on Keto but not impossible.Maria Emmerich's book, "30 Day Ketogenic Cleanse", is completely dairy free. Even if you don't follow her plan (she uses intermittent fasting), you could used the recipes.0
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My skin cleared up right away going low carb. One thing I did notice was I added some butter to my diet over the weekend and I broke out big time for about a day and then it subsided. It was something I don't normally eat so I chalked it up to that food type. It is a stressful time of year so I normally tend to break out now and then in the winter plus the adjustment from warm to cool weather and fluctuating office temperatures I sometimes find myself on the warmer side than I normally am.0
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Vitamin C may help stop you from breaking out. I can't guarantee it will work for you but it's helped me in the past.0
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No answer in your case but I remember a lot of weird changes went on especially for my first 6 months of keto. Best of success.0
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Your body stores excess hormones with fat (especially if you drink and drink coffee as you liver filters based on what kills you first so it deals with alcohol before hormones) if you are now burning that fat its possible the excess hormones are back into your blood stream and affecting your skin.1
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You were low fat, so your body was not likely able to make the hormones it needed due to lack of raw materials - now you have plenty of fat, it might be overproducing in response. Also, as you metabolize fat estrogen is released, because it's stored in fat. So hormones can be a bit wonky in the beginning...give it some time, 30-90 days and everything should settle...Mary Kay makes an Acne Treatment Gel that is great for clearing up any kind of zit.1
