Alan Stransman

In my most recent post, entitled “The Three Essential Steps in an Effective Acne Control Program for Men”, I related how I first began to suffer from acne problems at the age of fifteen, and how acutely I recall being invited over to a friend’s house to watch basketball on the weekend (I loved basketball, but I also had a crush on my friend’s younger sister) and praying that my face would magically clear up in time, which it never did.

I received an email from a very good friend in response to that post asking how I can remember so many details from my teenage years.

Remember? Who could forget?

Having problems with your skin is traumatic, whether you are fifteen or fifty. Believe me, I know, because I have experienced both.

But the Saturday night basketball games at my friend Michael’s house (and his sister, Fern’s) was just the beginning. Somehow or other, and I really can’t recall how, I found out about a skin doctor in the neighbourhood named Dr. Samu. (Perhaps my mother relaxed her “tough love” standards for a moment and helped me out.) I can still recall exacly where his office was, on the second floor of an old house converted into medical offices on St. Clair Ave. in Toronto, just west of Spadina, on the north side. (The south side is a park where I now walk my dog, Jake, every day.)

I can’t remember what I had for breakfast, but I can certainly remember my appoinments with Dr. Samu, an elderly man with a strong eastern European accent. I remember how he used some kind of instrument – the kind of thing a dentist uses to poke into your teeth  - to did into my face.  I remember the deep, red lesions, and the square, white gauze bandages that he affixed to my face to cover them.

And I remember one particularly nightmarish day when I ran into my cousin Dawn and her (then) boyfriend, (they’ve now been married over 40 years) on the way home, with the horrid white bandages all over my face.

Gee, I wonder how I can remember these things.

It took me years to get rid of the deep red scars that were caused by Dr. Samu’s excavations on my face.

In subsequent posts, I will explain how I did it, but suffice to say, it wasn’t easy.

For now, let me direct you to a very simple three-step acne-control  program developed by Dr. Murad (where were you when I needed you, Dr. Murad!!!!) to help you avoid the horrors that I went through.

There is also a fabulous line of acne products made by Menscience, another company that really gets it when it comes to men’s skincare.

I wish these products had been around when I was a teenager. Thank goodness they are available now.

Click on the banners below, and they will take you to Dr. Murad’s website and to the Menscience website, where you can easily purchase an acne-control system that will improve the appearance of your skin within days.

If you have any questions or problems, do not hesitate to send me an email at astransman@gmail.com.

My mission is to help you have the best skin possible.

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