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Hey, brother. What's that?
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On your face? Toothpaste.
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And so does that even work?
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My mom told me growing up like Monte pasta,
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there's that, I don't know if it like dries it out
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or something. I mean,
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I feel like I don't have acne now.
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Maybe you know what brother you should put,
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You know, I have a cousin.
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Ok, dude, Tenia Mucho Acne.
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She had a lot of acne one day.
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It just disappeared. She had a porcelain doll face and I
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asked her, I'm like,
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hey, I'm not gonna disclose her name but I was like
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what's your secret? She told me?
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You know what? I do the first piss in the morning
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I collect it and I dab a little cotton ball and
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I put it on my face for 30 minutes and don't forget
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guys. It's the first piss of the day,
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the first piss of the day.
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It has to be fresh and clean.
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Well, don't try this at home.
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I'm not saying I'm not,
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I'm not saying you should do it but this is what she
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it went away like obviously clean your,
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wash your face after you don't keep it on all day.
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But I'm saying, dude,
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it went away instead of my main toothpaste.
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You told me to put piss on my face.
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You know what? Maybe can we just get a professional in
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here to talk about this?
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Well, brother, we have Doctor Rebecca Vasquez,
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a dermatologist and teacher to help pop some myths that our parents
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Well, I'm gonna take this off then because it's burning.
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So maybe she might be giving me some better here.
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Welcome, Rebecca. Hello.
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Thanks so much for having me.
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Thank you for coming on and helping us with this.
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Absolutely. Absolutely. Happy to answer any and all of your
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questions. Well, we wanna know,
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first and foremost, does toothpaste help get rid of pimples?
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Like, does it really help?
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Unfortunately, while it is thought to be a really sort of
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inexpensive treatment for acne,
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it probably causes more harm than good.
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The idea behind I think some people using you know,
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toothpaste is that it does have some antibacterial effects.
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But the problem is is that it's not really targeting the bacteria
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that actually are involved in acne in some ways,
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it can actually make the acne worse.
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for some people who have sensitive skin,
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toothpaste can actually cause a chemical burn.
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So that leads to more redness and irritation.
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It was never meant to be put on the skin.
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So, unfortunately, no,
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That's, that explains why I'd be sizzling.
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I feel like it's burning and I'm gonna probably have to
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actually walk Mya commercial style just like splash,
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put a good moisturizer on that thing right away.
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We've heard of Vix also this Vix.
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So the thing about Vix is it has eucalyptus oil and it
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and it also basically has petroleum,
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which is basically Vaseline,
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right? Essentially the eucalyptus oil and the camphor,
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they have anti-inflammatory cooling effects.
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So it could temporarily probably get rid of some of that
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inflammation, but it's,
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it's only for a while.
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again, it's not targeting the problem.
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So a lot of people say,
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oh, it makes my face look better,
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but really it's not gonna go away.
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It's probably just a couple of minutes where you may notice improvement
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but then you're going to have to keep applying it,
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right? So it's not something that I would recommend.
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What like myth. Well,
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I mean, if it works for myth,
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but what hack actually works for acne,
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it's not necessarily a myth,
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but there is an idea that chocolate can actually worsen acne,
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right? There's actually some chocolate that might be good for your
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skin and that's dark chocolate.
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So dark chocolate has antioxidants in it.
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That really what they do is they help get rid of free
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radicals free radicals are actually produced from sun exposure and sometimes it
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can cause your skin to become a little bit more dull,
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maybe discolored. And so it can actually help with the tone
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of your skin. So in reality,
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what people should know,
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it's actually the sugars that,
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that make up whatever you're eating.
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So we call them high glycemic foods that's like white bread,
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that's like fries. You told me that Reese's pieces wasn't helping
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And do you have some advice for like actual tips for fighting
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acne that are maybe like home remedies or just even like,
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I don't know, grandmas that you recommend.
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The thing about acne is you really just need to keep it
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simple. It has nothing to do with really dirty skin,
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it has nothing to do with poor hygiene.
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We know it's genetic sometimes it tends to run in family members
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What you wanna do is is use a gentle cleanser in
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the morning to get rid of any oil on the skin.
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And then you need to just follow with a moisturizer afterwards and
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then a sunscreen. Sometimes acne can leave blemishes behind these brown
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discolored spots would sometimes bother people more than the acne because it
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it takes forever to go away.
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So if you use a sunscreen that will help prevent those blemishes
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from sticking around. Well,
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We really appreciate you coming on,
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Doctor Rebecca and where can people find you?
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Yeah. So I actually have I'm on Instagram at Dra
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is my Instagram handle.
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I work at Dallas in Dallas at UT Southwester.
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you know, wanna come and see me,
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you know, I'd love to see you.
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I appreciate your expertise.
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I'm definitely gonna use these hags,
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my face won't burn anymore.
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I'm not gonna put through this anymore.
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I'm glad I could help.
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Thank you all for having me.
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Thank you for your time.
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Take care man, fresh skin.
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It's the weekend. I'm feeling good.
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Yeah, but this burning though.
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the tooth and she said that it was like the opposite.
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