Atkins=Acne??

[ccmmw]

hey everyone. This is my 6th day of Induction. I had acne as a young teen but it when away as i hit puberty. I havent had 1 pimple or blemish in about 2-3years. Now, there suddenly being sneaky sneaky and popping up, and part of my face(where the acne used to be) is red. Whats going on? I havent done anything out of the ordinary except start Atkins. Is there a relationship?

[Finelly]

In general, the rule goes the opposite way. I haven't had a major zit outbreak since I started, and the same thing happened the first time I did it. Plus, eating flax seed meal made my skin moist and glowing, my nails and hair grow faster........

However, maybe part of the detox from carbs for you involves things coming up out of your skin.....give it time. Use a salicylic acid facial wash and put benzoil peroxide on the zits. The combo will take care of them.

[soliwit]

Yah same here, I had an outbreak when I started, I really think it was detoxing bad cabrs and such.
Now I have a very clean and smooth skin and nothing going on anymore, but I must say I was freaked out when it started.
I think the only thing you can do is sit this one out......

[so not mandi]

Yeah, I was just thinking about this yesterday. I started induction 9/2 with absolutely terrible acne. Within the past 2 days, it's seriously improved. I had been having acne problems for about 3 months prior without any significant improvements. But it looks a lot better now.

[Excellent]

Drink your water , as the weeks go by they will disappear.

[miss adventure]

Same here! I started on Saturday and as of today am having a smallish breakout. I'm chugging water, so I hope things level out and this isn't the start of a ghastly trend!

[Democat]

As Finelly said above, your body is probably detoxing. My sister broke out initially but now her skin looks great.