Weddingbee Blog

I went to see my dermatologist yesterday, as I’ve already mentioned, because I have eczema and an unnatural obsession with getting skin cancer. When I was washing my face yesterday morning, I noticed that I had some small pimples on my forehead - the little bumpy kind that always seem to form in clusters. I don’t break out often but when I do, they’re usually the big, fat ugly ones - not little ones like these.

My dermatologist asked if I had made any recent changes, like dairy, to my diet that might have caused the breakout. I realized that I’ve been eating a lot of cereal and yogurt lately (in my attempt to be healthy and lose weight), and they’re both not part of my regular diet. She told me that Asians are especially susceptible to breakouts when they consume dairy, and yogurt is the number one culprit. She also asked if I ate oysters, which are high in iodine, and can also cause acne. If you know me, you know that I loooooove oysters. I’ve been eating them like once a week - if they weren’t meant to be eaten, why must they taste so good?!

This all sounded vaguely familiar as I recall avoiding dairy of any kind the month before my wedding, but the oyster thing was new to me. Perhaps the dairy avoidance worked (as I was not consuming oysters in mass quantities at that time) because I did have clear skin on my wedding day. So to all brides out there - you just might want to stay away from oysters, yogurt, milk, and cheese the weeks leading up to your wedding. I mean… it can’t hurt right?