Let me just say this outright. I probably don’t agree with a lot of what your alt-med converted doctor tells you. Especially sine he put you on homepathic remedies. I used to believe in that stuff, but have in recent years become a very skeptical about them. Alternative medicine is medicine that’s not been proven safe and/or effective. Anyway, that’s besides the point.

It’s hard to say what you’ll learn from Clear for Life (if any) and I don’t want to turn this into a sales pitch. Maybe you can post to the forums and I’ll be happy to give you my opinnion on things?

I agree that topical treatments are not the most powerful way to treat acne – especially if it’s caused by something you eat or stress/emotional suffering. That said, you shouldn’t dismiss it completely. A good acne treatment program should always include topical treatments also. Topicals are, for example, the best way to get vitamin E on the skin, which is crucial in protecting the skin from further inflammation.

I have to confess that I don’t know completely what causes acne. And it changes from person to person. What I do with CFL is to give you a complete and holistic way to look and treat acne. I ask you to focus on acne, lifestyle, emotions and so on. Not all of these are relevant to everybody, but over time you’ll figure out which make a difference for you.

I hope you don’t mind the following questions, but from what I see you give great, honest feedback, and I wanted to get your opinion on what would work for me regarding the CFL programme. I feel I’m sort of quite far down the road with my understanding of acne, but still feel there is something missing.

I have suffered from adult acne for the last seven years (had it as a teen – was cleared up by roaccutane – came back when I was 22 after coming off the pill and going through some quite devastating emotional stuff, eventually it all took its toll, I got ill with a virus as clearly my immune system was bashed, the acne started and it hasn’t cleared up since). It has gone through peaks and troughs but the underlying causes – of which, I totally agree, with you are several fold and in my case include poor digestion, PCOS and, yes, I believe, candida – have never really being completely tackled – until now, I hope. I am working with an excellent holistic doctor (a conventionally trained doc who moved over to the ‘alternative’ side) and nutritionist. They have identified candida, various viruses in my body and parasites in my digestive tract – and I’m on a diet and homeopathic/herbal regime to tackle this – it’s been about sevenweeks now and I’m starting to see a slight turn in things; though I’m still breaking out, it’s less severe and the clarity of my skin just seems a lot better. However, I have no intention on being this strict a diet for the rest of my life and don’t want to get to the point where I’m scared of having a drink or eating a treat.

I use mineral make-up and natural cleansers and skincare – I don’t feel that the answer lies with what I’m putting on my skin. I have already read Mike Walden’s Acne No More (amazing, but SO much information, I struggled with knowing what to do first!) and, really if I’m honest, am wondering what more I’m going to get from CFL. If I’m already this far down the road with my thinking and mindset, what else can I be doing, and therefore what parts of your programme may be helpful to me? I’m really interested in your emotional approach, and am wondering if I’m better off buying the emotional healing/meditations package or if I’ll get more from the original CLF e-book.

I hope you don’t mind my questions – sorry, realise it’s a bit of an essay, just wanted to give you the full picture. And after spending literally thousands on various treatments over the last few years, I’m having to get more strategic with what I spend my money on!

Thanks so much for your time, and I look forward to hearing from you.

xx

http://www.clear-for-life.com/community/index.php?/topic/181-clear-for-life-draft-updates/

Thanks for your business, and I’m really glad to hear your skin is getting better