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That’s right, a surge in estrogen or other hormones is often to blame for the acne you get on your jawline, neck, and back. Now this doesn’t mean vitamin A supplements, cleansers, and spot treatments won’t help treat neck acne, but its usually antibiotics that will work best. For women, pay attention to your menstrual cycle, you might notice some patterns between your breakouts and your period.

It’s okay to to boost your vitamin A intake during this time to fight the dreaded neck acne. Just beware. It can be toxic if you day more than 25,000 iu a day.

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Sorry, I know the thought of having no skin is sort of disgusting, but I just had to know the skin facts. How much of our body weight is the result of our skin’s weight?

The truth is that our skin makes up15% of our body weight. So if you weigh 150 pounds, then your skin weighs 22.5 pounds.

Like the rest of our body, skin is made up of mostly water (about 70%) and proteins (about 28%). The rest are trace minerals and other chemicals.

Now that you know 15% of you is skin, don’t you want to take better care to keep up your skin fitness?

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It’s Thursday again and I still have chemical peels on the brain. So here is a list of what an at-home chemical won’t do for you (even chemical peels from a dermatologist or esthetician won’t do this):

• Get rid of a double chin

• Tighten skin

• Eliminate deep scarring (it can work wonders on superficial scars)

• Change the size of your pores

I definitely recommend at-home or professional chemical peels, but don’t expect miracles. This is a superficial treatment that will get you mild results and with persistance relatively good results.

If you have sensitive skin or have never had a chemical peel before, I’d recommend seeing an esthetician to get your first. You want to do it right and you don’t want to hurt your skin.

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