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improving skin 23 Jul 2020 12:35 #330482

how do I remove blackheads on the nose? i have oily skin and some times it looks really bad.

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improving skin 25 Jul 2020 02:09 #330497

What is your current skin regimen?

Biore, oil cleansing, vacuums, and manual extraction loops empty them, but they end up filling back up in a couple days. Reducing pore size, oil production and sebum is the true longterm fix of the CAUSE

Post a pic if you want real targeted advice. Alot of people who think they do don't even have blackheads and just have enlarged pores.

General regimen:

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improving skin 25 Jul 2020 11:30 #330507

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This ain’t about blackheads but if you eat a lot of leafy greens, vegetables and do cardio your skin will improve a lot
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improving skin 26 Jul 2020 04:41 #330524

^how many grams of leafy greens do you eat a day?

I'm sure something is better than nothing but I'm wondering if I'm eating enough or should eat more.
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improving skin 02 Aug 2020 02:02 #330607

RogerRoger wrote: ^how many grams of leafy greens do you eat a day?

I'm sure something is better than nothing but I'm wondering if I'm eating enough or should eat more.


As much as possible. Fresh kale, spinach, broccoli, broccoli sprout are best but realistically us guys are too lazy to rinse, saute or prepare them often so I've found genesis and perfect food to be good supplements, not replacements. These have alot other good stuff like probiotics adaptogen mushrooms, maca root


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improving skin 02 Aug 2020 23:48 #330609

^Yeah I've been using different greens formulas for years. But keep in mind you're typically missing out on fiber when using supplements. My roommate actually uses a fiber supplement but that's still only soluble fiber.

I'm currently eating on the daily (I buy pre-rinsed and just microwave; I do bake the kale /greens though):

42g Kale / Mustard Greens / Turnip Greens
21g Spinach
85g Broccoli
85g Green Beans
85g Cauliflower
(+85g carrots and 2 bananas although those aren't greens).

As much as possible.

For reference, what are you eating?
(And still interested on rapitup, other dude's takes.)
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improving skin 06 Aug 2020 02:50 #330639

Check out hyram on youtube. He has great beginner guide to skincare. Then check out skincareaddiction reddit when you need more advanced stuff. Some blackheads can be taken away from careful exfoliation over the course of several months, but some blackheads are genetic.

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improving skin 06 Aug 2020 21:23 #330650

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You might try some tools to help extract them. After that its about keeping the pores clean. If you're lucky some pores might shrink a little if you keep them clean for a while.

I also prefer a less than 5% benzoyl peroxide wash. I like it better than most with salicylic acid. 10% is too strong and just causes more damage. I use this one, it's gentle enough to use a couple times a day and cleans away the oil.

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improving skin 23 Aug 2020 16:49 #330903

I'm sorry to take over the topic a bit. I have 2 questions for the skin-care experienced guys:
-is the black nubian soap Chris used to recommend ( www.amazon.com/dp/B001E0VBDK?tag=lifesty...NEB1PFAGXX34S4Q&th=1 ) still good despite them changing the ingredient formula to someting shittier (read the amazon comments)?
-is Chris' skin care guide still good ( www.gll-getalife.com/skin-care-routine )?
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improving skin 25 Aug 2020 23:17 #330939

lucasxpogba wrote: I'm sorry to take over the topic a bit. I have 2 questions for the skin-care experienced guys:
-is the black nubian soap Chris used to recommend ( www.amazon.com/dp/B001E0VBDK?tag=lifesty...NEB1PFAGXX34S4Q&th=1 ) still good despite them changing the ingredient formula to someting shittier (read the amazon comments)?
-is Chris' skin care guide still good ( www.gll-getalife.com/skin-care-routine )?
Thanks guys


The issue with giving skin advice to the masses is that you don't give approaches to individual skin types. Understanding what the soap does and if that addresses your skin is the real approach. African black soap has oils so it works like oil pulling in removing impurities and sulfur which is antifungal. Palm ash dries your skin, shea butter moisturizes it.

I've used the original stuff and I was neutral on it. Bought about 10 bars, but stopped buying. I didn't like how it sticks to the tub and clogs my drain over time (like most bar soaps) and never noticed much improvement in my skin compared to other good cleansers like cerave sa.

The new ingredients look suspect and alot less natural than before ( Sodium Palmate, Sodium Palm Kernelate, Water, Glycerin, Fragrance(Parfum), Colloidal Oatmeal,Sodium Chloride, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Iron Oxides, Tetrasodium EDTA, Green 3, Red 33, Citic acid, Aloe Barbadenisis (aloe) leaf juice, Tocopherol, African Black Soap Base).

Honestly, the "new ingredients" may just be the same formula under more scrutiny since they are more popular now. I prefer to use each function of this soap as needed and with individual organic ingredients:

-Oil Pulling (flush out pores 2x a week at night)
-Clay Mask (dries out once a week)
-Sulfur (dry out zits as spot treatment)
-Moisturize (daily with ceramides and oils/butters only at night)

African Black Soap (Everything Combined)---Using sulfur on my whole face is overkill and putting on shea butter in the morning isn't ideal for my oily skin
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improving skin 02 Sep 2020 21:03 #331047

WoodisGood wrote:

lucasxpogba wrote: I'm sorry to take over the topic a bit. I have 2 questions for the skin-care experienced guys:
-is the black nubian soap Chris used to recommend ( www.amazon.com/dp/B001E0VBDK?tag=lifesty...NEB1PFAGXX34S4Q&th=1 ) still good despite them changing the ingredient formula to someting shittier (read the amazon comments)?
-is Chris' skin care guide still good ( www.gll-getalife.com/skin-care-routine )?
Thanks guys


The issue with giving skin advice to the masses is that you don't give approaches to individual skin types. Understanding what the soap does and if that addresses your skin is the real approach. African black soap has oils so it works like oil pulling in removing impurities and sulfur which is antifungal. Palm ash dries your skin, shea butter moisturizes it.

I've used the original stuff and I was neutral on it. Bought about 10 bars, but stopped buying. I didn't like how it sticks to the tub and clogs my drain over time (like most bar soaps) and never noticed much improvement in my skin compared to other good cleansers like cerave sa.

The new ingredients look suspect and alot less natural than before ( Sodium Palmate, Sodium Palm Kernelate, Water, Glycerin, Fragrance(Parfum), Colloidal Oatmeal,Sodium Chloride, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Iron Oxides, Tetrasodium EDTA, Green 3, Red 33, Citic acid, Aloe Barbadenisis (aloe) leaf juice, Tocopherol, African Black Soap Base).

Honestly, the "new ingredients" may just be the same formula under more scrutiny since they are more popular now. I prefer to use each function of this soap as needed and with individual organic ingredients:

-Oil Pulling (flush out pores 2x a week at night)
-Clay Mask (dries out once a week)
-Sulfur (dry out zits as spot treatment)
-Moisturize (daily with ceramides and oils/butters only at night)

African Black Soap (Everything Combined)---Using sulfur on my whole face is overkill and putting on shea butter in the morning isn't ideal for my oily skin



Thanks for the elaborate response Wood. Could I maybe replace the Back African Soap with CeraVe daily as a starting point and see? Chris also recomends extra-virgin bio coconut oil at night everyday. What do you think? He also recommends this face mask once a week after removing trapped sebum with this tool . Any opinions? Do you think it could be good as a starting routine that I can modify as necessary with time? Also what do you think of this VitC and Hyaluronic Acid product?
What do you mean by Oil Pulling? I googled it and found people talking about using different natural oils as mouthwash. Where can I buy the Sulfur for the zits and do you know where could I learn how to do it? I use a salicylic acid product for blemishes. What do you think? Thans a lot bro
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improving skin 03 Sep 2020 18:50 #331067

lucasxpogba wrote:

WoodisGood wrote:

lucasxpogba wrote: I'm sorry to take over the topic a bit. I have 2 questions for the skin-care experienced guys:
-is the black nubian soap Chris used to recommend ( www.amazon.com/dp/B001E0VBDK?tag=lifesty...NEB1PFAGXX34S4Q&th=1 ) still good despite them changing the ingredient formula to someting shittier (read the amazon comments)?
-is Chris' skin care guide still good ( www.gll-getalife.com/skin-care-routine )?
Thanks guys


The issue with giving skin advice to the masses is that you don't give approaches to individual skin types. Understanding what the soap does and if that addresses your skin is the real approach. African black soap has oils so it works like oil pulling in removing impurities and sulfur which is antifungal. Palm ash dries your skin, shea butter moisturizes it.

I've used the original stuff and I was neutral on it. Bought about 10 bars, but stopped buying. I didn't like how it sticks to the tub and clogs my drain over time (like most bar soaps) and never noticed much improvement in my skin compared to other good cleansers like cerave sa.

The new ingredients look suspect and alot less natural than before ( Sodium Palmate, Sodium Palm Kernelate, Water, Glycerin, Fragrance(Parfum), Colloidal Oatmeal,Sodium Chloride, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Iron Oxides, Tetrasodium EDTA, Green 3, Red 33, Citic acid, Aloe Barbadenisis (aloe) leaf juice, Tocopherol, African Black Soap Base).

Honestly, the "new ingredients" may just be the same formula under more scrutiny since they are more popular now. I prefer to use each function of this soap as needed and with individual organic ingredients:

-Oil Pulling (flush out pores 2x a week at night)
-Clay Mask (dries out once a week)
-Sulfur (dry out zits as spot treatment)
-Moisturize (daily with ceramides and oils/butters only at night)

African Black Soap (Everything Combined)---Using sulfur on my whole face is overkill and putting on shea butter in the morning isn't ideal for my oily skin



Thanks for the elaborate response Wood. Could I maybe replace the Back African Soap with CeraVe daily as a starting point and see? Chris also recomends extra-virgin bio coconut oil at night everyday. What do you think? He also recommends this face mask once a week after removing trapped sebum with this tool . Any opinions? Do you think it could be good as a starting routine that I can modify as necessary with time? Also what do you think of this VitC and Hyaluronic Acid product?
What do you mean by Oil Pulling? I googled it and found people talking about using different natural oils as mouthwash. Where can I buy the Sulfur for the zits and do you know where could I learn how to do it? I use a salicylic acid product for blemishes. What do you think? Thans a lot bro


First off you must figure out what kind of skin do you have?

www.tatcha.com/blog/How-to-determine-your-skin-type.html

Dry
Oily
Sensitive
Combination (oily in places, dry in others)

Then what is your issue? Show photos. Location matters

It's like somebody asking "how do I up my basketball game?" Of course the lazy reply "practice" or "tennis ball drills" will technically help anyone, but any good coach will first ask "let me see some tape" if they want to actually employ their knowledge to a unique person for real results.

Another example, the aztec indian clay/apple cider v mask that Chris recommended on here for everyone was a GODSEND for me (oily combination).

Tried it on my girl and she turn red and broke out the worst she has in years (dry combination). Didn't think it would be that crazy of a reaction lol and I used the same mask at the same time and loved it
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