How do people have fair skin?(my most vain thread ever)

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Alyeska wrote:Actualy bad diet DOES cause zits. I have tracked every single major break out I have had to a time in which I ate a lot of crap food that I shouldn't have.
Strange, since I know a girl my age who eats more junk food than me (not excessively much, I suppose - she's not overweight or anything) but has clearer skin than I have. Then again, she might shower more often than I do.
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I used to have moderate acne on my face throughout puberty. Absolutely nothing I did got rid of 'em. I continued to have them well past HS, until I stopped washing my face.
When I was a teenager, I was always using some facial wash, soap in the shower, or those Oxy pad things. In hindsight, it seems like all those cleansers were actually making the problem worse. Now all I do is scrub my face in the shower with a washcloth, and that pretty much takes care of things.
Now, though, I still get 'em on my shoulders, back, and chest, and nothing I've tried helps much, although cutting back on the use of soap (going to the washcloth scrubbing) seems to have reduced their numbers.
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aerius wrote:Must resist...oh damnit, the answer's obvious, it's because they touch themselves at night! Sorry, couldn't help it. :D
I have heard the story that semen can actually help cure stuff like that. Heard it from a friend who knew a guy who did it and wasn't BS'ing me.
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Saurencaerthai wrote:
aerius wrote:Must resist...oh damnit, the answer's obvious, it's because they touch themselves at night! Sorry, couldn't help it. :D
I have heard the story that semen can actually help cure stuff like that. Heard it from a friend who knew a guy who did it and wasn't BS'ing me.
So he regularly sprayed himself in the face? :wtf: Sounds like the cure being worse than the disease.
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Crayz9000 wrote:Don't eat french fries, I'd guess. Or a lot of other fatty stuff. I avoided those for most of my teenage years (not that I like french fries that much anyway) and the most trouble I've had is blackheads and the occasional zit.
Chocolate, that will give you zits.
Diet does not cause acne. Common myth.
No, but Chocolate does cause zits, zits and acne aren't exactly the same( severity wise I guess).
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