he does this at night. The stuff dries on his skin pretty fast. In the Am, he just rinses it off.

He stopped doing this for about a year because I was afraid that he was using iodine too often. His face went back on blast.

Now, he does a salicid acid 30% for about 4 min, then he rinses, wipes with witch hazel, and then dabs iodine on the zits.

seems to have gotten his face under control pretty fast.

He’s a health nut about eating and he takes a multivitamin formulated for teen boys.

No iodine issues.

The reason I share her story is that a person can have an allergy to iodine that basically means the body is not absorbing it. Her body was starved for it but supplementing before removing the allergy would not have helped and maybe made it worse. This treatment is considered “alternative” but it is non-invasive and it really worked for her. I would certainly recommend looking into NAET practitioners in your area if your problem was anything like hers. I hope this could help someone else…

I found a few sites recommending that to speed up the bromine detox take 1/4 teaspoon of celtic sea salt in warm water then repeat twice with 30-45 minute intervals. (iodine removes the bromine from your fat cells that are release into the bloodsteam – the salt will bind with bromine and be removed via urination). I tried this and the next morning after a sleep I noticed it had a faded a little but a couple of days later it is still there. Another website advised that because the body is detoxing the heavy minerals out of the body (via using iodine) give your kidneys a rest for 48 hours. I found I actually had deeper sleeps when taking iodine. I haven’t had sleeps like that since I was a child. (I’m 30)

From what I have researched if you want to lessen the detox symptoms ie. all over body acne – don’t take iodine daily in the initial stages. Maybe a drop a day for a 4-5 days and then have a rest for 3 days, do the celtic salt on the iodine days maybe a few days in, drink plenty of water and make sure you get your RDI of zinc intake and Vitamin C and selenium (make sure you don’t overtake these minerals). As much as I hate the acne, I guess there is a positive out of it, the body is detoxing.Sometimes things get worse before they get better.

since bromine was introduced in our breads/softdrinks etc, breast cancer has trebled since the 1950s. Apparently iodine can reduce the risk greatly. Cervical cancer can be avoided and your spirits are lifted by taking it. Especially in midly depressed people.

Okay I’m getting off the beaten track but yet I do believe that iodine does cause acne break out in the initial stages. I believe that each individual would need to ascertain with themselves how much iodine to take. We all differ. Also it probably wouldn’t hurt to carry out a detox before introducing iodine supplementation. Colon, Kidney and Liver Detox in that order. Very important. Need to ensure the lower cleansing systems are functioning to their optimum before removing heavy metals from the liver which iodine also does.

Good luck and great video.

People who are allergic to iodine-containing molecules may develop an acne-like rash. People with this allergy may also be allergic to shellfish, radiocontrast dye, and certain vaccinations, and should avoid iodine-containing multivitamins and medications. This is an important allergy to report to your physician.

Topically, Iodine is a natural and potent antiseptic, used for preping surgical sites. Theoretically if it is effective against methicillin resistant staph, it should be effective against Propionibacterium acnes. It would be a poor choice of an acne treatment because it stains skin and fabrics dark brown and purple.

My only question to you is what were the high dosages listed in the studies?? You never mentioned the dosage amounts and I am VERY VERY curious.

GOOD JOB AND THANKS AGAIN!

Have to strongly disagree with SilentWalker. The medical establishment is in complete chaos. Pharmaceutical companies are dictating what gets studied and which studies get green lighted. The majority of doctors don’t have the time, money, or even medical school training to know how dangerous food additives and pollution are. Doctors have become conditioned to basically become pharmacists for the most part. Malpratice suits also scare doctors into going with the flow. There’s a *huge* case of group think going on right now.

The amazing thing is all the money that has been paid to doctors, and its just plain ordinary people who are changing medicine and figuring this stuff out. I threw my doctor’s phone number away 10 years ago.

Your thyroid and every other cell has iodine receptors in them. These receptors get filled by the toxic halogens as they are very similar. The toxic halogens are bromide, chloride, fluoride & astitine. Iodine is what your body uses and needs. But when you don’t get enough or when you get too much of the halogens they replace iodine. The halogens do not do what iodine does for your body.

Fluoride is in many public water systems and there is research that the intended benefits of fluoride in our water systems is actually suspect, but that’s another issue. So, many get a lot of fluoride from their water. Bromide I think is or was used in breads and other stuff. Chloride I believe you get a lot from the chlorine in swimming pools. From what I’ve read, it seems that these halogens interfere with iodine in your body.

Iodine… many people end up apparently being deficient in. Around the great lakes regions maybe 60 years ago there was high incidence of goiter due to very low levels of iodine in the soil of those areas. That’s when table salt was iodized… people used it and the goiter issues in those areas went away. But, only 50% of households use iodized salt and many people stay completely away from salt due to advice from doctors/health industry. So the iodine in salt is not consumed by most and there’s not much iodine in other foods, other than a few things.

This is my first time on your site, as I don’t generally get acne, blessed I know. Actually I tend to lean that it is diet and digestive help that causes acne. But don’t flame me, as I am not well versed in this site or topic.

I stumbled across this article/video because of a recent health experiment.

ABSTRACT: I applied and Iodine tincture on my stomach, the size of a silver dollar, twice in 24 hours. One week later I have acne on my neck???

FINDINGS: Since graduating and no longer having health care, (because I am poor and graduating during this recession is not enabling me to find that awesome job with sweet heath care… I’ll leave my politics out about Universal Health Care… erhum *right to* erhum…) yet, being a firm believer in holistic care and being in contact with my old naturopathic doctor, I have made changes in my health for the better. One being that I’m not sick, that’s a bonus, and I know what vitamins and foods help me thrive in areas I had issues with. However, I can’t seem to fix my metabolism issue. I thought it was SAD, so I had Melatonin and my old naturopathic doctor gave me some Lithium ampules. I had been reading about P.C.O.S. but I am skeptical about it because it seems to lump everything into one category. Then I was reading about Thyroid issues, as my Great Grandma had goiter. (I shoulda coulda woulda gotten my Thyroid tested just before I lost my health care. But I didn’t.) It seems they tend to share some of the symptoms that one might have that P.C.O.S. has. I learned that Lithium can inhibit the function of the Thyroid. So I did a binge research on the Thyroid.
One thing I was headbutting in my Thyroid research was it’s hard to even find out in lab tests what the issue is. (Do not buy tests to do at home, as the temperature fluctuation that occur during shipping mess with the results! Research this if you are skeptical…) Something about the T4 can mask what T3 does with in your thyroid, but just taking T4 isn’t effective. One site suggested a few things that people had tried at home to see if their thyroid was under active, or hypothyroidism, which is what I *think* I have been dealing with. The test that I tried was to put iodine tincture on my skin, the size of a silver dollar. Depending on the rate that my body absorbed it was to correlate how my thyroid functioned. If it was quickly absorbed, then I have an under active thyroid. If it’s still present with in 24 hours, then the thyroid could be hyper or normal, I didn’t read into it as I don’t have the symptoms of hyperthyroidism. What followed was my body adsorbed the iodine in 5 hours. So 24 hours after the first application, I applied it again. I think it absorbed with-in 8 hours. Instead of continuing the dosage until it was still present at 24 hours, I assumed my thyroid was hypo-active and started doing research on supplements. I am still waiting to find a vegan thyroid supplement… so the acne that developed suddenly has to be from the iodine, as that is the only thing that I changed in my diet.

I hope this can add to your research Dan. Perhaps you should try a study of your own? In the mean time, I am going to research more about this iodine experiment that I did. I just wanted to throw this in the mix, irregardless of it being a year later! LOL!