Step one in facing acne: Recognize the words and messages it’s using against you.

What was the one underlying cause of acne according to this patient, and to others who I talked to after that day? They felt they were doing something wrong. In patients’ minds, they were somehow to blame for this whole ordeal.

There is no medicine you can take that will replace what you can do for your own health.

The more we see health as a practice rather than as a problem to fix, the more we encourage the body’s natural potential to be healthy.