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Don't Blame Bacteria for Causing Acne
All life forms strategize to survive and procreate. Weeds,
worms, birds, fungi and bacteria all work to sustain their own
lives on this planet. In fact, we humans survive because of the
biological games constantly unfolding in our mist.
Propionibacterium acnes, or p acne bacteria, are no different.
They want and need to survive. Skin bacteria perform an important
function. Bacteria use the secretions of our sweat and sebaceous
glands (sebum is the oil that makes our skin look shiny) as
nutrients. P acnes that are in balance with your body prevent
colonization by more harmful bacteria.
P acne bacteria only encourage acne formations if the production
of oil on the face is excessive. This surplus of oil of prompted by
hormonal, nutritional, environmental and/or psychological changes
in the body. So to prevent acne, you do not what to kill bacteria
per se, but keep the amount of bacteria on your skin at an optimal
balance. You optimize your oil secretion by understanding and
controlling your response to hormonal, nutritional, environmental
and/or psychological changes.
If we upset the balance of bacteria in our bodies by taking
antibiotics, our resident flora is upset and this enables harmful
bacteria (such as Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter
baumannii) to colonize our skin. What's more, antibiotics can
destroy the balance of intestinal flora and cause constipation.
In short, using antibiotics on bacteria is a battle amongst
intelligent parties involving the bacteria, the body, and the human
mind. If we fail to appreciate the bacteria as bodily maintenance
workers and continue dousing them with antibiotics, the bacteria
just become more resistant to our antibiotics. The bacteria are
practiced at playing dead as a tactic for survival. Even people who
have used the strongest acne drug on the market, Accutane, have
witnessed the cunning behavior of bacteria as zits reappear some
months after using this course of acne treatment. These people have
discovered that bacteria do not die; they silently and
strategically multiply. If you do not want your bacteria out of
balance, do not provide them an environment conducive to acne.
Health author and Stanford University graduate Naweko San-Joyz
lovingly writes from her home in San Diego. Her works include "Acne
Messages: Crack the code of your zits and say goodbye to acne"
(ISBN: 0974912204) and the upcoming work "Skinny Fat Chicks, Why
we're still not getting this dieting thing" (ISBN: 0974912212) for
release in June of 2005. For useful acne self-help articles visit
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