I agree with the poster. I am still skeptical after all these years reading magazines and people claiming it has no effect. Even doctors claim that acne is not caused by diet! Of course, from my personal experience–my diet DOES have an effect on my acne. My personal experience: I started to shave at 9 years old out of curiosity from watching my mother shave. She warned me that it would be darker and thicker. Well, guess what? I couldn’t wear shorts anymore. I was too embarrassed, and I even tried leaving it on for months unshaved. It makes no difference in making the hair like it used to be. Finally at around age 12 and 13, I decided to shave despite my mother wanting me to wait until age 15. It was the biggest mistake that I made. Also, I had tummy hair growing. I was a curious pre-puberty child weirded out by some strange body changes. I shaved that–BIGGEST MISTAKE! I never shaved it for years and it just stayed dark.
I am also the type of person who do not believe every scientific facts. There are studies claiming acne is not caused by diet. Same thing can be with the hair growth.
I know that many of you, including Andrea, will continue to believe that fact, but I don’t believe it, period. My own body does not make sense with these studies. They use certain people and not everyone in a fair way including the acne studies.
Let me tell you why diet causes my acne because my back cleared up using the Perricone diet in 3 days. The inflammation went away completely because of all the Salmon I ate which reduces inflamation. Eating lots of fruits makes my skin glow rosy like it never is.
This has nothing to do with acne, but it’s an example to show why I don’t believe scientific studies prove everything for everyone. I even read that companies are claiming that shaving doesn’t change the hair growth, but that they use that to keep customers buying their razors. I totally believe in that. I believe there are nasty secrets with drugs companies, doctors and the government that are being withheld from the people.
I was hearing this man on tv after midnight and he has a book called Natural Cures Doctors Don’t Want You To Know About. He says that there are cures for MS, diabetes, acid reflux (drinking vinegar!). It’s the companies that are trying to stay powerful pushing their drugs and having people come back to get their $200,000 income. Fast Foods have additives to make people come back for more and addicted to Fast Food. Why is it the fattest country in the world? After all, it’s a Capitalism country. It’s up to you to be skeptical and believe your own studies and your own personal experience.