Here’s another money saving tip for you. Actually two acne books you should avoid. One pure and simple money-making scam and other an honest attempt to help acne victims but still not worth the money.
Let’s start with the scam.
It’s a book called Understanding Acne: Causes, Cures and Myths. The cover is on the left. If you see that, run.
So why it’s so bad.
First, Understanding Acne gives you no useful information on curing acne. None. It just repeats the same old and tired myths and information you can find on any average acne website.
Second, this book is written by marketers with the sole purpose of making money. They have no interest in helping you to cure your acne.
Click here for more detailed review of Understanding Acne: Causes, Cures and Myths.
In short, don’t make the marketers who are just out there to make money any richer.
And now for the second acne ebook you should avoid.
It’s called… well… I don’t even know the name of the book. So I just call it Acne Guide: by Sufferers for Sufferers. John Dunne stands behind this book.
Acne Guide is actually an honest attempt to help acne victims. I do believe Mr. Dunne’s intentions are good.
It’s just that the execution falls short on intentions.
I liked the fact that Acne Guide emphasized the connection between health and acne. There’s even something on detoxing.
So it’s pointing to the right direction.
The problem is that the advice is too simple to be useful for anyone. Diet advice is at the level of ‘eat more fruits and vegetables and avoid greasy foods’.
Nice, but not very useful.
Here’s more detailed review of Acne Guide: by Sufferers for Sufferers.
Unfortunately most of the acne books in the market suck. Acne is such a big market that money-hungry scammers gravitate to it like flies on manure. You can see it in the quality of these ebooks.
Besides my own book Clear for Life, I’ve only found one good ebook that I can honestly recommend to people with severe acne.
That’s Acne No More.
Acne No More outlines a rigorous fasting and detoxing regimen that, if followed, will cure your acne - no matter how severe it is. Of course the problem is that following such a regimen is no walk in the park. It takes lots of discipline. For my liking Acne No More relies too much on supplements, so following it is going to cost a bit.
Still, despite these limitation Acne No More is a good book and gets you clear. I’d even go so far that it’s going to get you clear faster than Clear for Life. So in that sense it’s better than my book.
On the other hand, Clear for Life is not so difficult to follow. It focuses more on building diet and lifestyle habits that get and keep you clear for the rest of your life. There’s less detoxing so it’s much easier and more practical to follow.
Anyway, if you are looking for a surefire way to cure your acne both Acne No More and Clear for Life will show you how.
August 9th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
hello Seppo, i’m reading your clear for life book and finding at a very good read that makes alot of sense. Its very decent of you to recommend someone else’s book, it shows you really care about getting people clear, keep up the good work.
April 30th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Hi Seppo, I just bought your ebook and will let you know how it works out for me. I have to comment about on “Acne No More”. I had bought the book and followed the regimen pretty closely, which is an absolute nightmare. After exhausting hundreds of dollars of my next-to-no student income, I was left with the same face I started with. It didn’t do a thing for me - whereas simply taking some Vitamin A daily seems to have helped far more than Acne No More. But my greater concern for the readers is this: I kept all my receipts, and contacted Leo for a refund/return. And I never heard back. So I contacted him again, and then again, and then the support team, and then again. I can’t remember how many emails I sent, and never received a single response. It’s obvious to me now that this is a scam - please don’t fall for the ‘ironclad’ money back guarantee and say goodbye to your money and any chance at curing your acne with Leo’s e-book. Leo, if you’re reading, please explain your behaviour.
April 30th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Sorry! I guess I made a big boo boo and mixed up the ebook names! (can you blame me with the amount of acne ebooks on the market these days?). The e-book I was warning against is actually called “The Last Acne Solution” by Leo Kiesen, which I believe to be a total scam. My apologies to the author or “Acne No More”, which I have not read.
May 1st, 2009 at 9:01 am
Thanks for your comments Ash. Sorry to hear you got scammed by Leo Kiesen’s ‘Your Last Acne Solution”.
I know the book and I have to agree with you. It’s going to end up costing you a lot with all the supplements and exotic foods you have to eat.
I wonder when these people learn that pissing off your customers is not a good business strategy. It’s ridiculous not to honor the money back guarantee - just to keep few dollars. You just end up getting complaint all over the internet and those complaints cost sales. In the end they shoot themselves on the foot.
Anyway, you can always ask your credit card company to reverse the payment. That way you’ll at least get your money back.
Acne No More is much better than Leo’s Last Acne Solution. But even Acne No More is going to end up costing with supplements and it’s a rigorous regimen to go through.
May 1st, 2009 at 9:02 am
Oh yes… and thanks a lot for getting Clear for Life. I really appreciate it. Let me know how it works for you and email me with any questions or comments you come up with.
February 8th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
if i order this it better work im soooooooo sick and tired of acne u dont understand it made my life a living hell id be better off dead so ii this fails me god knws how angry ill be
February 8th, 2010 at 11:36 pm
is it ok to eat brown rice??
February 16th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
hey will clear for life treat people with severe acne
February 17th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
@Dee
Clear for Life doesn’t treat anything or anyone. It’s simply a lifestyle plan to support your body own healing mechanisms.
In my experience severe acne is often easy to bring down to moderate/light level. That usually happens quite quickly. Often it takes much longer to fade away mild acne and red marks.
July 31st, 2010 at 10:51 pm
Can do I do a combination of the different cleanses you recommend in the book?
For ex. Have a green smoothie, some fruit after and stop eating at 6p? Would that delay the results or it wont matter?