Hello,

Thank you for visiting my website about the best treatment for acne scars. My name is Michaela Korr.

For the longest time I suffered from acne. During my teenage years I don’t think I ever wore anything that exposed my back or my upper arms. Swimming costumes were always worn under t-shirts.

Unfortunately, I couldn’t cover my face up (although I had wished fervently many times that I could) and had to suffer embarrassment and to a certain humiliation growing up. Who wanted to be feel ugly? Or looked at in a weird way? Or worst yet, to be ignored?

My mum dragged me to her friend a beautician to ‘extract’ all the blackheads and pimples. It wasn’t a nice experience and you looked even worse for a few days after, but to a certain extend it worked…. provided you kept going back (and it was not cheap).

Then she took me to another friend who was a dermatologist and that was worse. He had a severe dislike for beauticians and decided to do what a beautician would do to my face to make a point. Only it was a lot less gentle and to this day, I can still see the looks on all those faces in the crowded waiting room when I came out. I looked and felt pretty ‘battered’ for a few days.

Finally with another doctor (I refused to go back to the first one, friend or not) I was put on acne antibiotics. That helped but it was not a long term solution and soon after I stopped taking the medication, the acne came back.

Now meanwhile I was not eating properly. Which teenager does? And I was diagnosed as a diabetic.  Had I known then what I know now, I would have tackled my acne very differently.

Firstly I would have eaten a lot better and taken supplements. If you read my posts about acne vitamins and acne diet, you will see a list of stuff that’s good for your skin and for acne. That’s from years of experience.

Alpha Lipoic Acid acne scar and skin treatment was not well known then, and is still being looked into now, but that is another supplement I would have taken to heal my scars and keep my skin healthy. I take it religiously now everyday and my skin is fine.

Zinc would have been another one. Actually, I found that mens’ multi-vitamins contain a lot more zinc than female ones, mainly because zinc is vital to the reproductive organs (ie: sperm production), whereas female multi-vitamins had more calcium, to combat loss of bone density.

Anyway, the thing that really made a huge difference to me was blood sugar control. Even if you do not have diabetes (but beware as it is a disease that is becoming much more common), sugar should be avoided. That and too much carbohydrates in a diet – things like rice, pasta, bread, potatoes…. and of course cakes, biscuits, sugary drinks (that includes pure fruit juice).

Check out the post I did a on  adult acne and pre-diabetes

My acne only improved when my blood sugar was under control. And if you are an adult with acne, have a family history of diabetes and carry excess weight around your waist, get checked.

Finally, modern technology has enabled many new acne scar treatments to become available. Things such acne scar dermabrasion and acne laser treatment are some of the acne scar treatments worth looking into.

This is a blog about all us acne and acne scar sufferers past and present. I would love to hear your thoughts, stories, experiences and suggestions, and would appreciate your taking the time to leave a comment.

Thank you.

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• Controversies about acne (medicineandtechnology.com)