How do the health effects of green tea and black tea differ?
I keep seeing the health benefits of green tea.
I believe most of these studies are done in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, where green tea is prevelent.
However, I mostly drink black tea.
How does the fermentation of tea affect the antioxidant levels, and other phytochemicals?
I've suddenly gotten really bad acne?
I used to get a couple a month, but for the past two months i've been getting tons of acne between my eyebrows, on my forehead, and chin. I don't wear foundations or powder.
My skin gets really dry in the winter, but it's also sort of oily like it is in the summer.
Nothing works. I've used acne spot treatment, acne cleanser, scrubs, masks. The things that used to work for me, no longer do.
Do you have any cheap suggestions for me?
I'm currently using:
clean and clear advantage 8 hour spot treatment, st.ives green tea cleanser, st helens acne mask, and i used vasaline on my cheekes, and clean and clear dual action mosturizer on my acne prone areas.
I'm fed up with acne.
*vasaline lotion.
*vasaline lotion.
I'm obsessed with my facial blemishes?
In over 4 years I have acquried an obsession with my facial blemishes. I have a few nodules, I mainly get pustules (but I haven't in awhile), ocassionally papules & some whiteheads(closed comedones). I have a bunch of small acne scars on my forehead from picking but I've broken that habit.
I have combination skin meaning its oily on the forehead, nose & some of the skin under my eye right next to my nose. The parts that are oily are the areas that get acne & the dry areas are flawless. & I do use oil control film but it fails me.
I have tried everything from creams to foams to scrubs to facials to home remedies to on the spot acne treatments, benzoyl peroxide, salisylic acid, toners & so on.
I've used brands like Neutrogena, Cetaphil, Clean & Clear, Clearasil, St. Ives, Stridex, Sea Breeze, Eskinol, Olay, Erythromycin Topical Solution (prescribed by my dermatologist)
I have a device from Dermanew that uses microdermabrasion to refine & polish the skin & get deep down into the pores.
I mainly use honey if its for anything pimple related but I have used basil, oat meal, apple cider vinegar, sugar, green tea, etc.
I live cleanly & healthy. I was my hair everyday & make sure not to clean my hairline with conditioner. I pin my bangs up. My bed is clean. My house is clean. My town is not so clean. I eat healthy & drink tons of water, in fact its all I drink. I get enough hours of sleep. I am not stressed. My family hasn't suffered acne problems just the typical teen zits. I have finished my period a week ago too.
I have consulted my dermatologist about this & she gives me perscriptions that don't work or my mom won't buy it because its too expensive.
My acne isn't as severe as those people who desperately need it but on a scale from 1 - 10 of how pimply I am is about a 5.
So what can I do to rid myself of this acne or a way to cope with the ugliness.
Btw, all my treatments I have spaced out & I changed products like 4 or 5 months out of no results in usage.
I'm not stressed I'm just really bothered with all my acne.
whats are some good face products for acne?
basically i use olay foaming face wash and moisturizer i use the cleanser to remove my makeup, sunscreen. So yea. i have dry skin. After my cleanser i use moisturizer
then possibly a tomato and lemon mixture as a spot treatment? Will that heal the acne if i put it on after the moisturizer
i also have very dark undereye circles, nothing works
also i want a makeup remover with grapefruit and green tea extract.
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Are there better spot treatments?
i have pimple redness, so i want that to go.
Also when i remove my makeup, my skin looks dry and ugly
but when i put on moisturizer my skin looks dewy but greasy.
maybe i need cetaphil?
get rid of spots and pimples?
okay so im a teenager and ive got spots. i wouldnt say acne, but i have a lot of spots, and mostly pimples which drive me insane, mostly on my chin and forehead, and the odd few on my cheeks. ive tried spot-clearing treatments and creams and teatree face washes and stuff, but none of them are helping.
i really need to get rid of these pimples theyre really getting me down. i wear makeup about 5 days a week, but not a lot, and its mineral-based, and i take it off as soon as i get home from school.
ive heard green tea is really healthy and can help, so for the past 2 days ive been drinking about 3-4 glasses of plain green tea. but i dont think its de-caf. i also put a bit of the tea actually on my face. if anything, theyve got worse. is it a case of it gets worse before it gets better?