Skin Re-Visited pt. 1

For those of you who follow my blog, you may remember a previous post from this past Winter that I wrote, sharing a bit about my skin troubles. In case you missed that entry, I will share a little  history of my skin story with you, before delving into my current status of clear skin

Growing up, I never really dealt with any severe skin issues. Aside from the minor pimples here and there that are inevitably going to accompany hormonal changes, I always had very clear skin. As I became more focused on my health and healing, I struck an interest in the raw food diet. I decided to convert to eating strictly raw foods. I followed this path for quite some time, before negative health conditions began to surface. My digestive system was failing, I was constantly fatigued, and appeared severely malnourished. I was terribly orthorexic, and would embark on full-on fasts way too often. I was beating myself up unconsciously, and it began to show in my physical appearance.

That is when I became plagued with skin troubles. It came in a few forms, but it began with acne. I started having severe breakouts. They were constant, consistent, and unbearable. It didn’t start slowly, either. The breakouts came full force, in excess all along my forehead, and scattered across other parts of my face. I was totally blown away. How could eating such a clean diet, drinking pure spring water, and detoxing so frequently result in horrific skin issues?

I tried a million things. I did several liver flushes (more fasting…), consumed several dozen different herbs on a regular basis that are said to treat acne, used progesterone cream directly on my face, experimented with multiple skin cleansers, masks, etc, etc etc. The list goes on. Nothing worked. Not even a little bit. I was fooled momentarily, when my progesterone cream seemed to provide a slight improvement but then my skin went back to a state of distress a week later. What was going to improve my skin? I thought I tried everything.

I always loved David Wolfe’s line about people claiming to have “tried everything”. I’ve heard him repeat on countless occasions, upon asking clients what they have tried so far to treat their ailment and they respond with, “I’ve tried everything” ~ He always associates that with not having tried anything! It is true. There is a way to treat everything, it just takes coming across the right Source and information.

I was not prepared to accept this challenge with my skin as a reality. Acne is not something a person is born with and should have to deal with for the rest of their lives. I knew there was something that I could do to fix it, it just meant doing some detective working and really looking into my body. Then, I remembered someone telling me how our skin is a mirror of the condition our insides. I realized this challenge was something that needed to be treated from the inside, out. I was treated my skin troubles strictly externally. So, I set me research off on a new course. I was going to work from the inside out. What exactly was it that was plaguing my insides?

What it was, and what really wound up facilitating my healing, totally shifted my understanding of health.

Stay tuned! Part 2 of this story will be shared later this week