Back To School Stress

Being this time of year things can get to be pretty stressful. If you’re like me then your probly preparing for college, trying to figure things out, seeing what you want to do for the rest of your life, wondering how to pay for it, and the list goes on and on… This stress can sometimes become overwhelming causing you to be short-tempered, have anxiety, make you breakout etc. Sometimes when I find myself becoming stressed or beginning to have anxiety I find that simply just stopping everything for a minute or two and taking a few deep breathes drastically helps calm me every time! Also I workout just about every day to every other day, and it’s incredibly noticeable how good and clear your mind and body will feel afterwards! It doesn’t matter what you do from weightlifting, yoga, running/jogging, swimming, just about anything that gets your blood going and gets you sweating will help with stress. Also when you sweat from exercise it clears your pores helping your acne, just be sure to wash/rinse your face afterwards. In my opinion you should try and get in a little exercise (30 minutes- 1 hour) at least 3 times a week, and try to eat as healthy as you can.


As for the Accutane I am still breaking out consistently every day, and I rescheduled my appointment today to be on Thursday, so I will let you know what the dermatologist says tomorrow!



Take it easy everyone!

Just how stressed some people can get!

Here is a video to show you just how mad and stressed some people can get after playing some video games!

Jeeze it's like quit acting like a baby and go running or something to burn off your anger!




I'm have yet to lose myself like that thankfully (knock on wood)!

Video Games and Acne

Now if you’re a big fan of on-line video gaming you definitely know at times they can be very stressful and aggravating! Especially if you play any intense multiplayer games like Halo, Call of Duty, Forza, etc. I myself play Modern Warfare 2 religiously whenever I can, and sometimes it can get me so heated to the point where I just want to throw my controller and scream! So whether my heart is pumping with adrenaline, or I’m turning red with anger it made me wonder could there be a link between video gaming and acne?

I’ve definitely noticed that after a night of staying up late and playing Modern Warfare on my Xbox 360, that my face gets super greasy, and the morning after I usually have a few new pimples. My theory for this was whether we notice it or not, that we’re putting our bodies through a great deal of stress when playing some of these games online. Usually when the human heart is pumping that fast and producing that much adrenaline is when one is playing an intense sport for example like basketball, or when ones exercising/ weightlifting. These activities burn the away the stress and adrenaline, because the body is moving in conjunction with the amount being produced. With video gaming on the other hand though these things have nowhere to go and just stay stagnant in the body, and my guess is that the added stress makes the oil glands work overtime and produce more oil, which if you already have acne is not a good thing! So unless your jogging in place or something while you’re playing (which I doubt many do lol) this problem will not go away. That is one the reasons why I try to work out every other day, because it’s good for you and for dissolving daily accumulated stress! Though it is not just video games that exert stress in the body there are other things that are similar for instance watching a scary movie, an intense game of football, or just about anything that artificially gets the heart racing!

Despite what I think it does not stop me from playing Modern Warfare one bit, because I love it that much, and if any of you ever want to play just send me and invite! My gamer tag is: PIMPLEPLANETcom

Well that’s my theory I’d like to know what you think on the subject, and if you ever want to play just shoot me an invite!
-jpc