Natural Healthy Skin

How can you have natural healthy skin? Beauty is certainly more than skin deep. There are many things to consider in order to discover the real secrets of healthy skin.

Please see below for natural remedies for your specific skin ailments such as dry skin and adult acne.

Years ago I was plagued with blemishes, my complexion was a ghostly white and I had eczema on my hands for about 20 years.

When I began taking my classes to be a Naturopath I discovered exactly what my body needed and the best kinds of food for my body type. I made changes to my diet. I learned how to better manage stress. I tested my pH and found out I was overly acidic. I took some supplements and vitamins to balance out what I was missing.

My eczema completely disappeared never to return. My skin began taking on a healthy glow. Every time I looked in the mirror I couldn't believe the rosy color in my cheeks as I had always been so pale!

Needless to say I have continued along my healthy lifestyle and my energy and strength just keep on increasing. Most often I am given 10 years younger than my actual age. And now I am able to help teach others how to transform their health and regain their healthy glow.

OK, So let's get started!

The Secrets of Healthy Skin

I've mentioned in a few other places on my site that 
the body has 5 ports of elimination:

So the first and most important thing to understand with natural healthy skin care is that all 5 ports of elimination must be working optimally.

You may have noticed that if you eat some kind of heavy fried food or some potato chips you can pretty well be guaranteed to have a pimple or a breakout the next day. Why is that?

The liver can only handle a certain amount of heavy fried food, or excess toxins. After that it has to find another method to rid the body of this oil overload ( ie another port of elimination), hence it uses the skin and pimples are the result.

Similarly, many skin conditions, such as eczema, psoriasis, etc, are due to the same reason. One or more ports - usually the liver or colon - are overworked and not working as well as they should, so the toxins are coming out through the skin.

Therefore, it is essential to:.

avoid constipation, eliminate 3 times per day, 

do a detox twice per year and 

check with a Naturopath to determine the exact cause of your skin problems and to ensure your liver and organs are functioning well.

Natural Healthy Skin Care

• Ensure proper digestion and assimilation of all foods
• Drink plenty of pure water to hydrate the skin and to ensure the kidneys are functioning optimally
• Get enough rest
• Sunshine in moderation
• Breathe fresh air every day
• Do not smoke
• Dry brush the skin
• Regulate any glandular problems
• On the emotional side learn how to better manage stress and anxiety

A healthy diet for skin is of course of utmost importance.

As well as vitamins for healthy skin

Testimonial:

I had been trying to get rid of hives, which sometimes covered half my body, for 4 years. I had seen general practitioners, and allergist and had tried drugs and medication, nothing worked.

After following Sue-Anne's guidelines the hives disappeared and have not reappeared.

Natural remedies for 
specific skin conditions

Adult acne cures According to the American Academy of Dermatology, acne has become the most commonly treated skin abnormality. Modern lifestyle and diet are at the cause of this epidemic. Find your acne skin care solution.

Home treatment for dry skin What's the best thing to do when your skin is really dry? Find the top 7 tips here. Simple things you can do at home to hydrate your skin from the inside out. And the best, natural oil to put on your skin, that's not expensive and 100% natural.

Natural herpes treatment Find the leading new herpes treatment. Natural cures for herpes will reduce the frequency of your outbreaks until they are almost non-existent. Your natural remedy for shingles includes a natural antiviral and a natural antibiotic that will strengthen your immune system instead of weakening it. 

Psoriasis Follow this psoriasis home treatment plan to learn how to cure psoriasis. This latest treatment of psoriasis looks at psoriasis and diet, vitamins and psoriasis and psoriasis causes.

Treatment for shingles The best natural treatment for shingles. Find the causes of shingles, shingles symptoms and shingles pain relief. I have helped clients clear up their shingles symptoms within 5 days and be completely healed within 2 weeks. 

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How to help eczema heal?

Submitted by Annette
(Canada)

Hello Sue-Anne,
First let me say thank you immensely for having suggested Rosehip Seed Oil for my children chicken pox scars. I really do believe that their skin would not have healed the same. I am amazed at how the results were quite immediate. Again I thank you for making that great suggestion.

Since their chicken pox, strangely they have developed eczema on their inner forearm specifically where you would bend your arm. They have never had any skin irritations prior to the chicken pox and they are almost 7 and 2.

I am convinced that it is related and I would like to know what natural oil we can try to calm the symptoms down. We have been using eucerin cream, it is not really working.
Thank you for your expertise in advance.
Annette

Sue-Anne's Reply:
Glad the Rosehip oil helped Annette. It is hard for me to offer suggestions without doing a consultation to gather all the information I need. Has a dermatologist confirmed that it is eczema, or could it be something else? It is very surprising that they would both have eczema.

How was the chicken pox treated? Did they take something that might have been hard on the liver? Many types of medication are hard on the liver. There are many different causes of eczema, if that is what it is, so by doing a complete evaluation in person I would be better able to determine the cause and work on a remedy.

Some possible causes of eczema include, food allergies or intolerances. A weakening of the digestive system or liver, so a need for digestive enzymes, or supplements to boost the liver, or a cleanse. A type of bacteria or a yeast type of infection or parasites. Candida albicans. A lack of essential fatty acids.

If it is a bacteria or fungal type of infection on the skin then a pau d'arco lotion applied topically can help. There are many other possibilities such as oregan grape extract, which can be used even for babies with eczema, but as I mentioned, we need to first determine the cause.

Excessive hair loss

Submitted by Janette
(NY. NY)

I had a tumor in one of my kidneys and was removed, before this I had a miscarriage. Then I became pregnant again and my hair loss stopped. Then after I had the baby my hair started falling out again. The baby is two years old and I'm almost bald. My hair is very thin, weak, and when I run my fingers through my hair I end up with a hand full of hair in my fingers.

I also gained 50 lbs. I checked my thyroid gland and doctors say it is working properly. I have been to acupuncturist, ayurvedic doctors and all kinds of dermatologists, general doctor, none can seem to find anything wrong. I just gave up.

Sue-Anne's Reply:

Well no Janette, you haven't given up because you are still searching for answers and trying to find the cause which is a good thing.

The first thing I would ask is, what are your thyroid levels, TSH, T3 and T4? The "normal" levels are set way too high. So if you are a little high, close to 4.5, this could be the cause. Supplements to boost your thyroid would help.

Second cause is a lack of minerals. Many people lack minerals as our soils are now depleted of nutrients and we are not eating enough vegetables especially organic vegetables. A healthy diet is essential to help heal any ailment and would of course help you lose weight.

Also, a body that is overly acidic is one that is very low in minerals as the body leeches minerals in an attempt to balance the pH. I would highly recommend a pH test to check this.

Third is a lack of protein, women need about 45 grams per day.

Forth is a lack of iron. Again, blood tests are often not a good indication of a lack of iron. My iron levels are fine on blood tests, but I take some extra iron for 3 months every year to keep my reserves and my energy up. If you get out of breath easily you may lack iron.

Lastly is of course is stress, the main reason for so many ailments. How are you handling stress in your life? Do you have many outlets to keep your stress controlled? I am sure with a toddler it is challenging but essential.