Teessider No need to be so rude. It’s not just hormonal. And it’s ignorant people like you that cause others to doubt the truth. Seriously, don’t understand nasty people that come on just to be mean when I’m only trying to help. You are probably one of those people who would just pile on the medications and believe whatever the doctor tells you. One doctor gave me steroids for my daughter eczema. She never mentioned anything about diet or explained how steroids can actually ruin her skin. My daughter was two at the time! I put the cream once and then did research. Decided not to use it again and look at her diet. We realised it was oranges that caused her eczema. Stopped the oranges and bye bye eczema. My friend daughter had eczema on her arm. We figured out it was tomato’s (she had a love for ketchup and would also eat tomatoes regularly).
Many doctors do not want to discuss diet because it’s complicated, takes too much time, they don’t always know or understand the correlation. Far more easier to prescribe pills.
Anyway, do research and you will find MANY who have cured acne through minor diet changes. I have done so much research on diet and acne because I was miserable for two years w cystic acne covering my face and some acne on my back. The face was far worse as people can see it even with make up. I spent hours DAILY looking online, reading books on health and diet etc. That was 20 years ago and after I figured out the culprits I was acne free by the time I was 22. However, I can easily bring back my acne by eating nuts. So yea - diet plays a huge role. The problem is everyone is different. What causes one person to break out doesn’t for another.
Many people aren’t taught how foods effect them, when really they should be. It’s amazing actually.
I’m sure you most don’t know this - you can actually reverse serious heart disease with diet instead of doing surgery - whole foods plant oil free diet. But most people don’t know or want to cha get their eating habits.
Anyway to the other poster - look at the hat your son is eating. It’s probably something daily. Either diary, nuts, wheat or too much sugar etc. If you have a hunch about the culprit. Take out the food for two weeks. You will see an improvement with that time. If it improves a little, but still some spots, it means there might be more then one. Some people are so lucky and figure out it’s one thing like soda or dairy and don’t have to go through cutting and adding things.
For me I would cut things and then add something, but would accidentally add another culprit. Like the line seeds! Bc those are supposed to be good for your skin! It broke me out like crazy in small spots. Did the same for my sister (she had clear skin and started eating them the same time as me because I bought them). And then when I started having rice milk daily I started getting spots on my chest (cut the rice milk and gone went the spots).
Anyway, I always post when someone mentions acne in the hopes it will help them realise there is a cure - you just need to figure out what it is that causes it and stop eating it. The odd spot here and there is hormonal. If you are covered in acne, that is inflammation and the body reacting to something you are intolerant or allergic to. I use to spend hours reading online and searching for real life success stories. It helped me continue with my search for what my offending foods were. And now that I am clear, I can have the offending foods here and there. I’m fine. But if I had for example nuts every day I’ll start breaking out. Or if I have a huge bar of chocolate daily I’ll break out. But if I have chocolate twice a week that is fine. Anyway, I hope this helps someone.