Gluten In Beauty » Gluten and Acne

Today My Skin is Healthy and Clear

No matter what your age, suffering from acne on your face or body caused by ingesting gluten and applying it topically to your skin can be devastating. Especially because until you make the connection between gluten and your acne, no other cure can help.

I hear from people almost daily suffering from adult or teenage acne, who suspect that gluten is the culprit. Most have already begun eating a gluten-free diet, but the next key step is going topically gluten-free. And you wouldn’t believe how many people write back after a few weeks or even a few months with the exciting news that their acne has finally cleared up!

Sadly, most dermatologists and skin care professionals have not yet made the connection between topical sources of gluten and acne breakouts. But the good news is that going topically gluten-free really isn’t all that difficult. So if you suspect that gluten is causing your incurable acne, what do you have to lose by trying out a topically gluten-free routine?

Now let’s look at some of the facts:

• More and more people are making the connection between gluten and their acne every day. This is still a relatively new idea, but even today thousands of people search every month for terms like “gluten and acne.” People are starting to connect the dots and see results in favor of going topically gluten-free.
• I hear from people almost every day who suspect that gluten is causing their acne, and I hear back from those same people who are amazed by how clear their skin becomes after trying out a topically gluten-free routine.
• I personally suffered from severe acne caused by gluten in my mid twenties. I had seen a dermatologist, aesthetician, acupuncturist, but none of them could heal or explain the acne breakouts that were covering my back and chest.  It was so embarrassing that I took great measures to cover it, but it was also very painful, and topical treatments only made my skin drier and seemingly more upset. After doing a food allergy elimination diet and then being diagnosed as having severe gluten intolerance, I scoured the labels of every product in my bathroom from lip gloss to shampoo, and body soap to eye liner. Within weeks of switching to skin care, hair care and cosmetics that I knew were gluten-free exclusively, my skin finally cleared up. Today there are still some very faint marks on my back from the acne I suffered from years ago (since my chest is easier to reach, I just apply my Facial Moisture Serum to it as I do my face) , but proudly, no breakouts.