Let me take a look into the crystal ball.
It tells me the next craze in the acne market will be…
Botox.
Dermatologists have noticed a positive side effect on the patients who have got Botox injections. Acne cleared in the areas Botox was injected. Apparently the results lasted for four months.
Doctors theorize that Botox works because it ‘relaxes’ facial muscles and skin ducts. ‘Relaxed’ ducts then won’t pump that much sebum. Less sebum, less bacteria and less acne.
Here’s the link to the post I learned this from:
News: Can You Really Botox Away Your Acne?
Here’s how I see it.
First, Botox doesn’t ‘relax’ anything. It paralyzes. It kills. It’s a toxin. It’s even called Botulinum toxin. It’s from the same group of toxins that causes fatal food poisonings. So the relaxation is something of a more permanent kind.
Obviously when you injecting a potent poison into your skin is going to have an effect. If it doesn’t kill it paralyzes the facial muscles and the skin around the injected area. It’s not a big surprise that this messes up the delicate hormonal receptors in the skin.
When these receptors won’t work anymore the sebum producing cells won’t get the ‘produce more sebum’ messages anymore. So they won’t produce that much sebum anymore.
The toxin also causes free radical damage. Over time this drains the body’s antioxidant storages. And when you are low in antioxidants your skin becomes sensitive to sunlight, chemicals and other irritant and toxins.
Is Botox dangerous?
Besides the free radical damage is Botox dangerous?
First I have to point out that Botox has been used for 25 years. There have been total of 16 reported deaths and 180 people developed life-threatening conditions. As this article points out:
Death by Botox? The Hidden Toll of the Quest for Beauty
I don’t like to be alarmist. You have to put those cases in proportion. In 2005 3.8 million Botox treatments were performed in the US alone. And those 16 deaths happened between 1997 and 2006. So less than 2 deaths a year. So the change of developing a fatal reaction is less than one in a million.
But there’s something else you need to understand also. And very few people get this.
Just because you don’t develop visible symptoms to something doesn’t mean that substance is safe.
The toxin (Botox) is in your body and the body must get rid of it. Your body won’t allow toxins to stay in the body. So Botox enters your blood and lymph circulation. From there it goes to your liver and eventually thrown out.
It may not cause noticeable symptoms but it nevertheless adds to the burden the body has to carry.
Two more ideas: health accumulation and health degradation.
As you stress the body (with wrong diet and lifestyle and subjecting it to toxins and chemicals) bit by bit your health degrades. Over time your health slips and slips and until at one point you start to get symptoms (acne is one of them).
Though Botox may be safe in a sense that it won’t kill you or cause immediate symptoms it’s still one more blow to your health. And it makes it that much more difficult to rebuild your health and get the permanently clear skin you are looking for.
The only way out of that mess is to start building your health. With time and patience the body regains enough vitality that it can clear up your acne. But you don’t just get clear. Your skin starts to radiate health and youth. You look younger. You feel happier and more optimistic.
And doing this is not difficult. It takes little effort to get started, but within in two to three weeks you look and feel so much better you never want to go back.
And Clear for Life shows exactly how to do this.
So why would you get injected with a poison instead of living a life that makes you healthy, happy and clear for life?
Can you look into a mirror and ask yourself that question?
Because the only thing standing between you and lifetime of clear skin is staring back at you. And the lies (reasons) you keep telling yourself of why you can’t eat healthy foods and live a healthy life.
What’s your excuse?
Is that excuse more dear to you than clear skin? For many people it is.
If not, how long are you going to let it keep you from getting clear?