My Winning Acne Cure

After suffering in various degrees with acne for over 40 years, I have finally found a lasting and complete cure. It was the Friday before Labor Day and I had been experiencing much stress trying to meet a work deadline. I was in charge of completing and shipping (by overnight DHL) a seven-million dollar invoice with 7000 pages of supporting documents to a key client that needed to arrive by 10:00AM the following Tuesday morning.

I missed the 6:30PM shipping deadline outside our office building so my only hope was that I could make it to the DHL headquarters near my home by 8:30 that night. I dropped the package off at 8:29 that evening, got home and was so exhausted went straight to bed.

About 1:00AM, I woke up with an unbearable stomachache. My head was pounding and I thought I was going to throw up. I didn’t know which was worse, my head or my stomach but I hoped it wasn’t going to turn into a full-blown migraine. I got up out of bed, poured hot water into a hot water bottle, and alternated it between the back of my neck and the top of my stomach.

After 15 minutes, I felt no improvement so I got up again and hunted through the medicine cabinet. I didn’t have anything in there except some migraine headache tablets but since this seemed more like a stomach problem, I started to hunt through my kitchen cupboards and refrigerator for something else that might work.

After finding nothing in the refrigerator, I began hunting through my kitchen cabinets. In the back of a cabinet was a small sample bottle of a digestive enzyme. How did that get there I thought? I didn’t remember where it came from and because it was a sample bottle, I assumed I hadn’t paid for it. There wasn’t a claim on the bottle that it could be used to calm an “upset stomach” but the seal wasn’t broken so I took two capsules with a cup of warm water, and went back to bed.

The next morning I woke up and my stomach felt much better, my headache was improved and I noticed my skin looked better as well. I had stopped using all topical acne treatments 20 years earlier (read my story below) but I still suffered with acne around my entire chin area. The sample bottle was a three-day supply (if you took one capsule after each meal as suggested) and I continued to take them throughout Labor Day weekend.

When I woke up on Monday morning (no work that day) I was happy to see my entire face was now acne free. What was going on I wondered? There wasn’t one single open sore pimple or any red marks at all. My skin had completely cleared up! Even viewing my face under an eight-time magnifying mirror I couldn’t see a trace of acne. Wow, I wondered what was in this enzyme product that was making my skin clear up. I was skeptical because I had used many other digestive enzymes over the years and I had never seen any difference with my acne before. What was so special about this one?

After researching the ingredients, it was clear the main difference between the digestive enzymes I had tried in the past and these, was the high amount of an enzyme called Lipase that helped digest fat. My brain started to spin. According to all the experts, wasn’t the production of excess sebum (fat) the main cause of acne? What if the acne I had suffered on my chin and elsewhere was caused by an inability to digest fat? Of course everyone knew that imbalanced hormones caused acne, what if my liver and gallbladder was finally processing hormones correctly?

What if it wasn’t just fat I was having trouble breaking down? What if it was a combination of all the ingredients in this product that was the key. Maybe I needed the high-level of amylase and protease to help digest carbohydrates and proteins I thought. I knew I was lactose intolerant (from food allergy tests) so maybe the enzyme lactase, included in the formula, was helping as well. On the other hand, maybe it was all the ingredients combined that made the difference. To this day I am still not sure, but I don’t question it much anymore because all I care about is that they work.

I went to work that Tuesday for the first time ever without one single zit. It felt weird. I wondered if I could get by without wearing any make-up other than some lipstick. But I also wondered how long it would last. Had I found the magic bullet? But I didn’t believe in those so I felt certain it would be a just a matter of time before my skin would break out again. It all seemed too easy. Just take one pill after eating and all acne disappears?

Well, I am happy to report that I have not had one single acne breakout since. I’ve continued to take the plant enzymes after each meal and if I eat Pizza or a meal high in fat, I take one capsule before and after eating just for insurance. Not only has my skin completely cleared up, but also my nails are stronger than ever. I know nails needed calcium and protein to grow, so maybe I wasn’t absorbing these nutrients in my foods like I should. As well as great skin and nails, I am no longer tired or feel like I want a nap after every meal. My focus, concentration and general energy has improved.