| I'm glad you're getting to the bottom of your health issues. Sounds like you're on the right track. I'm fascinated by it because of my history: I've had acne my whole life. Starting at 11, I'm 39 now. Still have it. I've tried every medication known to man. Nothing works. Dermatologists can't explain it, they just give me the same canned answer "You produce too much sebum". "Ok, how can we control that?". "We're trying". I take two showers a day to try to ward off the sebum oil from clogging my pores. I wash my face, hands, and all multiple times a day and wipe with clinical strength salicylic acid (6% instead of 3% you can get over the counter). Still, nothing works. Except one thing which could have adverse affects on me later. The Sun. When I get a tan, all my acne clears up for a brief while. Maybe that's the cis-urocanic acid doing it's thing. Maybe it's the sun burning that sebum and sealing the pore. I'm not sure. I'm pretty sure I'll get skin cancer if I continue this line of "treatment" but I'm out of options. It's ridiculous. It's on my face, my arms, my back, my ass, my legs, my chest and has been since middle-school. I'm ready to just graft the whole body. So thanks again as I have some other avenues to discuss with my doctors as well as some research to show them. |