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Are You Still Blaming Acne on Bacteria?
by Naweko San-Joyz
All life forms strategize to survive and procreate. Weeds,
worms, birds, fungi and bacteria all work to sustain their own
lives on this planet. In fact, we humans survive because of the
biological games constantly unfolding in our mist.
Propionibacterium acnes, or p acn bacteria, are no different.
They want and need to survive. Skin bacteria perform an
important function. Bacteria use the secretions of our sweat and
sebaceous glands (sebum is the oil that makes our skin look
shiny) as nutrients. P acnes that are in balance with your body
preven colonization by more harmful bacteria.
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P acne bacteria only encourage acne formations
if the production of oil on the face is excessive. This surplus
of oil of prompted by hormonal, nutritional, environmental
and/or psychological changes in the body. So to prevent acen,
you do not what to kill bacteria per se, but keep the amount of
bacteria on your skin at an optimal balance. You optimize your
oil secretion by understanding and controlling your response to
hormonal, nutritional, environmental and/or psychological
changes.
If we upset the balance of bacteria in our bodies by taking antibiotics, our resident flora is upset and this enables
harmful bacteria (such as Staphylococcus aureus and
Acinetobacter baumannii) to colonize our skins. What’s more, antibiotics can destroy the balance of intestinal flora and
cause costipation.
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In short, using antibiotics on bacteria is a battle amongst
intelligent parties involving the bacteria, the body, and the
human mind. If we fail to appreciate the bacteria as bodily
maintenance workers and continue dousing them with antibiotics, the bacteria just become more resistant to our antibiotics. The bacteria are practiced at playing dead as a
tactic for survival. Even people who have used the strongest
acne drug on the market, Accutane, have witnessed the cunning
behavior of bacteria as zits reappear some months after using
this course of acn treaments. These people have discovered
that bacteria do not die; they silently and strategically
multiply. If you do not want your bacteria out of balance, do
not provide them an environment conducive to acne.
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