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Well it became dry and such because I stupidly used toothpaste to clear up a smallish flesh colored pimple. That practically burned off the top layer of my skin.

Also, In that excerpt you included with the transpiration of water loss. What would the numerical number of someone who has really oily skin in the units they used "(mg/cm^2)." Like, i think the last one was about .6. Would that even be way more than a person with extremely oily skin. Is 3.7mg/cm^2 more than 10 times the amount of a person with oily skin, or ten times the amount of a person with average sebum production? The...

Hey, I found an old post of mine on another site where I had actually copied that same passage from the study! That would be from: "Studies on the Effect of Shampoos on Scalp Lipids and Bacteria", A. M. Kligman, K. J. McGinley, and J. J. Leydon, from the book Hair Research Ed. by Orfanos, Montagna, Stuttgen. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1981. Refatting of Hair Apart from the amount of sebum on the hair...

Moved to the General Acne Products board. Get it as wet and soft as possible, then gently go over your skin in little circles. If you're using an actual loofah, be careful, 'cause they can be breeding grounds for bacteria. Also, I wouldn't suggest using a loofah on acne-prone skin, since they can irritate the acne there. ------------ Click here to find out why I'm so frustrated. ... and watch out for those RBDs.

QUOTE (Honey Girl @ Nov 27 2009, 08:10 PM) i think once you get your acne under control by other means (for me it was through epo and zinc supplements) it doesnt matter if you drink, masturbate, have regular sex, eat dairy prods (althoguh I stay away from sugar) you won't breakout. 100% TRUE. You just gotta find out what triggers it. EVERYONE is different.

i think i speak for the whole community when i say what a load of bollocks

Clinique do good Scrubs if you can afford them.

jojoba oil with ur moisturizer should do it

Hey, I bought the castor oil and jojoba, and I mixed the two in shower...it was so thick that I had to use a cleanser to wash it off afterwards...am I doing it wrong? Could you help me please, it would be highly appreciated it. You can find it at vitamin shoppe. they have everything--castor, jojoba, flax seed, grapeseed, vit. e oil etc. try them or whole foods market

I'm sexually active and this is just rubbish. Sperm does have protein but it doesn't mean it has a lot of it. A ejaculation only contains about 5 calories and so your only getting about 1g of protein max. Don't buy into this. I have been having oral sex since I was 14 and I still have acne.