[Acne] I found the cure for my acne, and it's damaging my health

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Background: 27 yo male with mild to severe acne of all kinds since puberty. I get occasional deep painful lumps, small pimples, red patches, severely oily skin, severely dry flakey skin.​My skin goes through stages. When my acne is bad or getting bad I get very oily shiny skin. Occasionally my skin will not be oily for a while and acne will subside and no new breakouts will appear. These stages might last a day or two generally or the oily stage can stay for weeks when my acne is at it's worst.​I've been seeing a Dermatologist for 2 years who consistently prescribes me Duac Gel (Clindamycin-Benzoyl Peroxide) and gave me moisturiser and soap to use. The soap and medication don't appear to have any effect on my skin but I use them anyway just incase they happen to be helping. The moisturiser does seem to make my skin nicer overall.​I've noticed throughout the years that my skin isn't so oily the day after drinking. I almost always drink beer. I used to drink once a week or less and I didn't really pay much attention to the effect beer seemed to have. Something else I noticed was that my acne would always get much better when I was travelling for days or weeks. I thought it could be the extra sunlight, the extra relaxation or more sleep.​Now I think I know why: If I drink beer in the evening I do not get new breakouts. When travelling I tended to go out for a meal at a restaurant and drink a few beers each evening which is not something I would do at home.​About a year ago I tested this. I decided to drink 2-4 cans of beer each night and see what happened. I did this for about a month and my skin became utterly perfect. All I was left with was the red marks and scars that I had, for the first time in years I got no new breakouts for weeks.​For obvious reasons I did not continue drinking beer every night. My skin got bad again, improving every time I drank beer once or twice a week. I have been paying close attention and this has continued, there is no coincidence. Beer cures my acne and makes my skin perfect. Whether or not it works is no longer a question for me.​My question is why? And might there be some way to replicate this without having to consume unhealthy beer?​My Dermatologist says that while she doesn't know why it would help she has heard others say the same thing about beer.​Online research led me to these articles claiming that drinking or washing the skin with beer is good for acne:​The vitamins in beer reduce acne breakouts, and can add to the natural glow of your skin. Just make a beer face pack at home, try it, and you'll know the difference.All the vitamins in beer are really good for acne reduction and increasing natural skin shine.Lots of recent studies are actually extolling the virtues of the occasional tipple.The vitamins present in beer are a good preventive and corrective source for acne and also add a glow to the skin.It is also thought that beer yeast helps with skin elasticity and acne by slowing the production sebum and killing pimple-causing bacteria.​For all of these claims you can also find various articles claiming that beer/alcohol is terrible for your skin and acne for various reasons.​Some anecdotal evidence:​Why did I have better skin when I drank beer every day?Alcohol is clearing my acne?​As you may see there are various theories put forward as to why beer or alcohol might improve acne. I'm going to do my best to find out if I can replicate the effect without consuming beer. Perhaps by trying to get the vitamins in beer from another source or by washing my face with beer or something containing the same ingredients.​Do you have any thoughts? Has anyone else tried this? I hate to encourage drinking but if someone who doesn't usually drink beer was willing to try it out for one day it would be interesting to hear the results.​TL;DR Beer is curing my acne and giving me a serious dilemma about my health vs. my skin
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