Sigh.. recently I've gotten a lot of hormonal cystic pimples, usually on my chin. +

Any recommendations for diet tips or anything that could help reduce the frequency and number of them I get? I've pretty much worked out a regime that calms them down pretty quickly, but it's still annoying and occasionally depressing..


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expand whole threadSigh.. recently I've gotten a lot of hormonal cystic pimples, usually on my chin. +effloresce5/17/2012 1:04PM

peanuts and chocolate are cystic triggers for me ..i just eat only every once in whileblondchick125/17/2012 2:49PM

those foods are high in L-arginine and may trigger a cold sore breakout, it could be thatsniffer5/17/2012 4:28PM

that's not hormonal though. Foods that really mess with hormones+jetfan5/17/2012 3:06PM

to me it was dairy. I stopped eating yogurt and I'm acne free now.snapplelover25/17/2012 2:03PM

Have you tried eliminating dairy for 30 days? I used to +coffeeandcream5/17/2012 1:13PM

I eat very little dairy but I'll definitely try cutting almost all of it out if possible - effloresce5/17/2012 1:16PM

If you eat so little it might +coffeeandcream5/17/2012 1:24PM

Might be sugar for me, I suspect. Also stress cos I started a new job a few months ago +effloresce5/17/2012 1:40PM

I have info on my notepad.jetfan5/17/2012 1:07PM

I've just taken a look, thanks! Is there much I can do without getting hormone levels tested?effloresce5/17/2012 1:17PM

you can try some of the dietary tips, soy and flax+jetfan5/17/2012 1:25PM

Yes I do drink a ton of green tea, but always did and the breakouts have been a +effloresce5/17/2012 1:42PM

don't forget though, hormones change. I used to drink green tea with no issues+jetfan5/17/2012 1:43PM

Good point - I'll try swapping out green tea for black teas for a month and see how it goeseffloresce5/17/2012 10:58PM

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