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Skin Care Q & A: I've Tried Everything. Why Do I Still Have Skin Problems?

09/13/2008

Some people try one skin care product after another and are never able to resolve their problems. It may be dry skin or oily, maybe they have eczema or frequent breakouts, or maybe their skin just doesn’t look healthy. It’s true that most skin care products contain harmful ingredients that, while they may give some initial relief, don’t actually cure the problem, but there are a lot of people using natural skin care products that aren’t having much luck either. Why is that?

Although finding the answer takes investigation, it’s not impossible. Here are some of the major things to look for:

• Diet: Most people who use natural skin care products also tend to eat well. They are aware of the dangers of chemicals in their food and try to avoid them. They eat plenty of salads, and very little junk. But even eating well doesn’t stop you from developing an allergy or sensitivity to a particular food or food group. The most common are wheat, dairy, chocolate, peanuts, and corn. But that list is by no means exhaustive. Just about every food sensitivity manifests on the skin and skin care products do not address it.
  
  
• Nutritional deficiencies: There are lots of people taking regular vitamins and minerals who are, nevertheless, still deficient. If you start taking vitamin supplements without checking your current levels, you may be taking things you don’t need and not taking things you do need. In fact, because vitamins and minerals are designed to interact at certain ratios, taking supplements could even exacerbate a deficiency or create one by throwing things out of balance. There are several vitamins and minerals that directly affect the skin and, again, if nutritional deficiencies are a problem, skin care products are not the answer.
  
  
• Hormonal imbalance: Many people probably associate hormonal imbalance with women, menstruation, menopause, and so on. But it’s much more common than you would think. And it’s a problem with both sexes, of all ages. There’s probably nothing that messes with the skin more than hormones.
  
  
• Chemical exposure: Whether or not skin care products can help this problem depends on whether the chemicals have accumulated in the body enough to cause internal toxicity or whether the problem is just with contact. If contact is the problem, a shielding lotion will help. A good shielding lotion prevents damage from environmental chemicals as well as those in cosmetics and skin care products and household or personal care products. However, if the body contains so many toxins it can no longer eliminate them through normal channels, the body will try to get rid of them through the pores. And that adds up to messy skin.

Bear in mind that all of these problems except the sensitivity to chemicals on contact will probably be accompanied by symptoms other than skin problems. If you don’t feel healthy, energetic, strong, calm, and have a general sense of well-being, there’s a good chance your skin problems are caused by one of the above and you should get them checked out by a good doctor who’s oriented towards nutrition and can do the tests needed.

If you do feel good, your skin problems are probably connected to contact with chemicals. To solve that, eliminate household chemicals in cleaning and laundry products, in your skin care treatment products (‘natural’ doesn’t always mean chemical free – do a little more research on what natural really means), and even in your clothes. Get rid of the polyester and load up on silk, wool, cotton, hemp, bamboo, or rayon. For environmental chemicals that you can’t get rid of, use a shielding lotion.

No one has to have bad skin. If you do, recognize that there’s a problem. It’s not something you’re just born with and can’t do anything about. Use natural skin care products and make sure you check for food allergies, nutritional deficiencies, hormonal imbalances and chemical exposure. You might well resolve your skin problems, and you’ll feel better all over.

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