Does keto diet increase acne?

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(Ryan) #1

Does keto diet increase acne and makes the face’s skin looks bad due the high amount of fats that enter the body?

Thank you for your answers

(Jennifer) #2

I’ve experienced a decrease in skin issues since starting keto. My skin has been glowing ever since I started, and my rosacea almost completely went away.

(Ryan) #3

and do you eat a lot of fried foods (omelet,beef,chicken,bacon), and natural oils (coconut,olive oil)?

(Raj Seth) #4

Pregnant?:rofl:

(Allie) #5

I’m inclined to think any increase in acne will be either hormonal due to balancing taking place or a toxin release thing

(Jennifer) #6

Yes, I eat bacon almost every day, and omelettes cooked in butter, ground beef cooked in butter. I use olive oil to make homemade salad dressings. I haven’t tried coconut oil yet, but a LOT of people on this forum love it. From what I’ve experienced personally, eating keto reduces inflammation in the body, which is why I think my skin problems went away.

(Banting & Yudkin & Atkins & Eadeses & Cordain & Taubes & Volek & Naiman & Bikman ) #7

Testosterone can lead to more acne. But I have found that folks comment on how young I look compared to before, and a lot of that is the improvement to my skin from eating less toxically.

(Daisy) #8

People are different and their skin reacts differently to different factors. The ONLY thing that causes my skin to break out is sugar. When I avoid sugar, my skin is beautifully clear. One bite of sugar=breakout. I know others that only breakout when they eat dairy. People are different.

(Chris) #9

Yeah. I don’t get it on my face, just my deltoids now. Thanks, test.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #10

I used to have to wash my face off several times a day, it would get so greasy. Now I rarely have to at all. And my hair, which would get so greasy I had to use really strong shampoo to get it clean enough to style, can now go a couple of days without washing. I used to have blackheads everywhere and several pimples going at a time. I haven’t seen a blackhead in over a year, and when I get a pimple, it’s an event.

I may have had a temporary increase in acne when I first went keto, but there was so much going on in my life at the time, that if it happened, I never noticed.

(Running from stupidity) #11

You need to follow my safety rule: “Never ask a woman if she is pregnant, even if you can see a baby coming out of her.” #becauseicareforyoursafety

(Laurie) #12

Two hearts! :heart::heart:

Safety rule #2: Never ask anyone of either sex if the person they’re with is their mother, daughter, son, etc., etc. (anything that implies the relative ages of the parties).

(Running from stupidity) #14

Or just shave your head, I say.

(Allie) #15

Easiest to play it safe and not ask anyone anything, or just be anti-social like me :joy:

(Running from stupidity) #16

That’s the rule I use, my other rule is for normals :slight_smile:

(April Harkness) #18

I found it lessened mine. as a teen i suffered from cystic acne. so bad i was put on accutane. med is so strong, i had zero breakouts from 21 to 35(when i had my 2nd child). Then i started to suffer from adult acne… ever since i started keto, my acne disappeared.

(April Harkness) #19

same here. my adult acne disappearred.