I sense another myth in the making. The media and natural health websites promote probiotics as the next big thing in acne. They are said to fix the bacterial imbalance in the gut and help with skin problems. Or do they? In this post, we’ll do a reality check on probiotics. At the first blush, … Read more
I have another reader question post for you, this time dealing with probiotics and gut health. This is a follow up to the previous reader question post about Candida. The person emailed me with follow up questions to that post. Since the email is a bit long, I broke it up in pieces and answer … Read more
According to a new study published at the Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery, probiotic supplementation may fight acne and reduce side-effects from oral antibiotics. This is going to be a rather short post as the details of the study are in short supply. But this is an important topic, so I figured you should … Read more
There’s a good reason to believe gut health is linked to skin health. Gut problems are more common in acne patients, and treating those reduces acne. With the why out of the way we should turn to how. What are the gut problems that aggravate acne and how we can treat them? I spent the … Read more
Antibiotics are the first-line treatment for moderate to severe acne. And most acne patients walk out from dermatologist’s office with a prescription for course of oral antibiotics. Doctors prescribe and we take them assuming they are safe and without a second thought. While antibiotics are generally safe, there’s now good reason to believe they may … Read more