The Acne Battle Book

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The 8 Most Common Skincare Mistakes You're Probably Doing

As I near my mid-thirties it has become painfully obvious that the havoc I wreaked on my skin has contributed greatly to the battles I now fight daily. Think of your skin like karma – what you do t...

I Tried the Caveman Regimen for 1 Week and Here's What Happened

I Tried the Caveman Regimen for 1 Week and Here's What Happened

by Kali Kushner   What's The Caveman Regimen? If you haven't heard of the caveman regimen, it basically means you stop using any skin care or products on your face and you avoid scrubbing or pi...

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Tips On How To Prevent Travel Acne

By Elizabeth Nguyen Traveling can be fun especially when we want to explore other places or countries but it can be also stressful when you suddenly get acne pimples the day before your flight. But...

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How to Prevent Acne When You Quit Birth Control Pills

By: Samantha Rizzo   Everyone with acne who’s on birth control probably wonders from time to time: how do I prevent a breakout when I stop the birth control pill? Birth control is commonly presc...

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Acne Getting Worse On A Vegan Diet? Here's What You Need To Do

By Samantha  Veganism is becoming more popular now, for good reason. People are becoming more conscious of where (and who) their food comes from, the environmental repercussions of a destructive,...

Accutane Purge

My Accutane Purge Experience The Drug of Last Resort

My acne had been bothering me for a year, so I decided to go on Accutane. Here's my experience with Accutane and whether I had the dreaded Accutane Purge and side effects. 

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Aztec Secrets Indian Healing Clay Review

by Kali Kushner It has over 12,000 reviews on Amazon, 10,000 hashtags on instagram, and is a well kept secret among the beauty community for being a supercharged zit zapping mask. Yup, you gue...

7 Ways on How to get rid of stretch marks and cellulite naturally

 STRETCH MARKS: AN OVERVIEW Stretch marks are long, narrow streaks, stripes or lines that develop on the skin and occurs when the skin is suddenly stretched and are extremely common. Stretch marks ...

HOW TO TREAT DRY HANDS

How To Treat Dry Hands From Hand Washing

Our hands are our direct means of connecting with the world and are exposed to a lot of irritants. The structure of the skin on our hands makes them less able to retain moisture and more prone to e...

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Professional Microneedling vs At-Home Microneedling Treatment For Acne Scars

By: Kali Kushner If you've noticed photos of people’s faces dotted with tiny blood spots, you might be seeing the effects of a PRP microneedling facial—also called a "vampire facial." This tre...

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Foods That Fight Acne

  We all know how pesky acne can be. It is common knowledge that the average  American spends $500 in a quarter on skincare products just to alleviate a skin condition. While we spend more on skinc...

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What it’s Really Like Living With Adult Acne

By Kali Kushner   Living with adult acne felt confusing. Frustrating. Embarrassing. Eye opening. Empowering. Wonderful. Probably not exactly the words you were expecting but trying to wrap up the ...

BANISH Acne Diaries: A Movement for Skin Positivity (Application)

BANISH Acne Diaries: A Movement for Skin Positivity (Application)

by Dannii A Want to be part of our skin positivity movement? What is the BANISH Acne Diaries Initiative? Acne shouldn't be ignored or dismissed as superficial or vain, it can be an actual, sev...

I Tried Celery Juice For One Month and Here’s What Happened

I Tried Celery Juice For One Month and Here’s What Happened

by Kali Kushner       Although it may be a fad now, juicing isn’t anything new in our culture. In fact, it’s been around forever. Practically since caveman squashed fruit with their bare f...

How Brian Turner Cured His Acne

How Brian Turner Cured His Acne

“Scars may give somewhat of a character to the person, I notice it in a good way in other people because I have also gone through the same experience with acne.” Brian Turner- a vegan, bodybuilder,...