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Our acne testimony page has been updated yet again. To be honest, I was skeptical at first about offering Clear5 in a single bottle supply. Our previous business model required a minimum order of two bottles - in order to ensure the highest rate of effectiveness (B5 can take as long as a month to start working, and if you need a higher daily dosage, a single bottle may not last you that long). However, a lot of the recent feedback I’ve gotten has been very positive for users that have been on Clear5 for less than a month (and are already experiencing clear skin!), which is great to hear. While I still recommend starting with the 2-bottle supply, I’m glad we offer the single-bottle option for those users who might otherwise not even try the product at the slightly higher starting price of two bottles.

BTW, the tea tree oil article is still awaiting review at ezinearticles.com, so it’s not up yet, but hopefully it will be within the next day or so (they’re taking a little longer these days). There are a number of places to find decent acne articles (goarticles.com is a another of my favorite article sites), but just be prepared for some very marketing-heavy articles along with the decent reference ones. Still, you can often find some interesting information reading articles, and it’s at least a little less crazy than some of the message boards - which seem to swing between everyone ecstatically hailing the latest miracle cure or being flat-out paranoid ^_^. I can’t disrespect the forums too much though, as that’s how I first discovered vitamin B5 acne treatment way back in the day…

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Along the lines of the “things you probably never think about” posts I’ve been writing recently, a factor that some back acne sufferers may want to consider is simply how much time you spend with your back glued to a chair. I’ve mentioned about how tight or sweaty clothes can trap moisture and bacteria against your skin, contributing to clogged pores in places where you do not exfoliate as often as your face. Well, particularly for those internet junkies such as myself, you may end up suffering with the same problem if you spend most of the day with your back against a chair or couch.

To be sure, this is no “cause of acne” in the primary sense. However, the build-up of sweat against your skin (that is held against your pores and not allowed to evaporate) can certainly contribute to acne, creating another environment prone to bacteria. For many of us, spending a little less time glued to a seat may be just what is needed (especially if you’re one of those people who gets body acne mostly just on your back). And let’s face it, another motivation to get off our butts is usually a good thing. If you cannot or don’t want to spend less time sitting in front of your favorite screen, consider occasionally swapping that comfy chair for a stool - anything that will let your skin breath a little more.

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I’ve just finished my latest acne article, this one on natural acne spot treatment with tea tree oil. I’ve blogged about tea tree oil a few times in the clear skin blog, and the article basically sums up my previous points and makes a few quick comparisons with topical acne products based on benzoyl peroxide. It’s the shortest of my acne articles, as honestly I’ve had much less spare time than usual in the last week, but I’m sure the information will help those looking for a natural alternative to typical dry-skin inducing products, especially since it works so well. It always takes a day or two for new articles to get approved, but you should probably be able to find it in the acne section of ezinearticles.com pretty soon.

One thing I’ve read from other tea tree users that I disagree with is the main method of application. Many suggest diluting the concentration with water and applying an extremely tiny amount with a cotton swab, etc. This may work if your acne blemishes are extremely mild, but for most acne sufferers, you should simply use straight 100% tea tree oil and apply it directly to your acne spots. The people that tend to get the best results are those that just wet their finger with a drop or so of tea tree oil (press your finger against the top and flip upside down and back) and apply that amount only on acne spots.

The other often-mentioned method is using diluted teat tree oil as a full-facial cleanser. I’m really not a big fan of this method either - using it all over your face similar to the way that acne.org promotes using BP. As with BP, this approach will end up causing dry skin rather than clear skin for most users, and is a dead end road since it’s not going to prevent acne from forming in the first place. Use vitamin B5 acne treatment to take care of prevention, and let tea tree oil handle the spot treatment to quickly eliminate stubborn acne when you’re still just starting on B5. The idea is to get clear skin without needing an overblown “treatment system”, not to make natural treatment into a complicated system of its own.

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