“Oh no! Not another one! My face is red with pimples!” Jessie was tired, distraught and embarrassed by her appearance. She always had lovely, clean skin until around her fourteenth birthday. Then it became nearly the only thing she could think of. She was certain everyone noticed. Jessie was beginning to hate her appearance and sometimes even herself. While already on daily antibiotics and prescribed facial scrubs, the doctor recently suggested birth control pills. His argument was almost reasonable, especially since it promised to alleviate her menstrual pains as well. But, something about taking hormones didn’t sit well for Jessie and her mother. It seemed it was like killing a mosquito with a bazooka. Was her body meant to have pill -formulated hormones ingested daily just to deal with acne? Because this is an important subject in the life of a teen, the pressure to use questionable medications and hormones loom. However, toying with mother nature is a dangerous game with consequences that are far reaching; some known, others unknown. The skin is considered one of the body’s most important organs. Its function is to eliminate and cleanse waste from the other areas of the body. If this critical function is suppressed by medications, more serious consequences result. Additionally, topical creams suppress the body’s ability to complete this function. Jessie’s mom knows that what is applied to the skin is readily absorbed into the body, yet she is also concerned about her …