How much fish oil and flaxseed oil should I take?
I have been taking 2 grams of fish oil every for the past few months because I have been on a muscle building routine. I just purchased a bottle of ON flaxseed oil soft gels and was wondering how much I should take of each. I would like to mix the two even though I have heard it's unnecessary.
Is it ok to mix the two?
How much should I take of each?
When is the best time to take them?
What drugstore products (that actually work) can you use for severe (nodular) acne?
So, I have pretty severe acne...after doing some research online I think it's called nodular acne. I get these huge, painful red bumps all over my nose and sometimes on my forehead. I also get some smaller acne on my cheeks and on the sides of my face, but that seems to clear up more easily. The big, painful acne is the problem. Right now I wash my face every morning and night, and I use one of those oil absorbing sheets after school. I also have tried a variety of different spot treatment creams and gels for the really bad spots, like my nose, and they get rid of the redness, but I still end up with these weird, embarrassing, hideous bumps that never go away. I've had some of them since 4th grade, and I'm in high school now! It's so irritating!
I really want to go to a dermatologist, by my family has no insurance, and my parents say we can't afford it. (My dad lost his job a while ago, so money is pretty tight.) So, are there any products that you can find at, like, Target or CVS or somewhere that are affordable and actually work for my kind of acne? And also, is there any way at all to get affordable help from a dermatologist if you're in a position like mine? Or is there any way to get prescription strength acne medication without going to a dermatologist?
acne prescription, why it is good/bad? ?
so just a few questions...
i really want to go to a doctor and get acne prescription!
But need some help (and info to convince my mom to let me go)
because my mom spent a lot of money on pro activ and it didnt work at all
1. Is going to a doctor and getting a prescription for acne going to work or not really, like is it effective?
2. Do you have to have a parent or guardian with you to get a prescription because my mom says i cant go so i wanna take my sister..... shes older =]
3. Are acne prescriptions bad for you?
4. Is there a pill other than birth control for acne because i dont want to use like gels and crap because i have acne all over.... not just my face....
5. Do acne prescriptions also treat blackheads?
because pro-activ treated all my white heads but didnt treat my blackheads?
6. Are prescription drugs really expensive and after you get the prescription how often do you have to go to the doctor to "renew it" or do you not have to...
lol
im pretty clueless to this.... thanks for reading!
Picking at a mole??
About 4 days ago a bump popped up on my shoulder which I thought was a pimple. I started picking at it and I was putting acne spot treatments on it regularly. My dad took a look at it and told me to stop because it's a mole.
Should I have it checked out? What could happen from picking/squeezing it and putting acne gels on it?
How do you shorten the duration of a pimple that has not surfaced yet ?
Sorry for the gross question but when the blackhead or whitehead is on the surface of your face, you can use acne creams and gels - what can you do when you can "feel" it right under the surface of your face but it won't break through the surface ???
Thanks in advance !
Good acne treatment for semi-oily skin?
Ok, so I have semi oily skin (next to and on nose and forehead) and I need a good acne treatment. I've been using store brand acne wipes, but they don't seem to do anything but dry out my skin. I'd like to avoid foams, gels and soaps (basically anything with bubbles) because no matter how careful I am, it always ends up in my hair. I also would prefer nighttime treatments because my morning and afternoon schedules are pretty hectic, but night is much more relaxed. Please don't say proactive or anything else that costs a fortune or is herbal: I don't have a lot of money and my dad's a scientist. Sorry if that's really picky, I just want to find something that really works.
Anyone have an acne system that may work for me?
I've always had bad skin and nothing seems to work. I've tried Proactive (that crap doesn't work for everybody!!!), Murad, IQ Derma, Natures Cure, Clearasil, Neutrogena, Acne Free (got that from Costco), Garnier, just plain Witch hazel, and probably a couple more that I can't think of.
A coworker, who's an esthetician, says that my skin seems to build up, not getting rid of the old skin. She says I should stick with a system that has a 2% salicylic acid treatment as part of it. (She told me to try a system from Avon, which I just started using about a week ago). The only problem is that my skin is so sensitive. Gels seems to make me break out more. The salicylic treatment in IQ Derma was the first one that made my skin feel healthy but it won't get rid of this beard of zits I seems to have right around my mouth nor my onslaught of blackheads.
Any ideas?
(oh and as a side note I drink about 64 oz of water a day and my diet is relatively good.)