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Katie from Denver,CO
October 13, 2008
| Pros | Health benefits |
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| Cons | Not working for me. |
| Bottom line | This is my 7th day and I'm pretty broken out, and now it is cystic and it has never been before. I'm hoping it just takes time so I'll keep taking it. I am taking it for depression anyway. Has anyone had it make your face flare up and then clear? |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $11.00 |
| Acne severity | moderately severe |
Mirabella from Toronto
September 27, 2008
| Pros | Affordable and natural |
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| Cons | Has worked for me but I am trying to know why. Maybe the dosage... |
| Bottom line | I made me breakout even more. I tokk 1 tsp a day, then increased to 2 tsp. The acne was just horrible . Do you know why this happened. Was I taking too much? |
| Recommended | No |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Jen from OR
September 8, 2008
| Pros | Cleared my skin and gave me a healthy glow - almost tan color. I stumbled on this after reading about the BUDWIG DIET, which is named after a German scientist (9 times nominated for the nobel prize). You must search this more! It's amazing. |
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| Cons | None |
| Bottom line | I'm reading the Budwig diet which has some major points. 1. You should mix flax oil with cottage cheese until there is no oil. There is a GOOD reason for this which i won't go into here. 2. You need to stop eating all partially hydrogenated oils. Otherwise the flax oil won't work. This is why I think some people are NOT having success or more acne. Read this website for more info - they claim it even cures cancer! No joke - must read: http://home.online.no/~dusan/diseases/cancer/cancer_dr_budwig.html |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $15.00 |
| Acne severity | light |
Jane from Utah
September 5, 2008
| Pros | Incredible skin |
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| Cons | none! |
| Bottom line | I have tried everything from accutane to birth control to antibiotics to every single topical treatment, and nothing has worked better than flaxseed oil and probiotics taken together. I take two tablespoons of flaxseed oil a day (you can take up to a tablespoon for every 50 pounds of body weight, according to Udo Erasmus). The probiotics help to balance the good and bad bacteria in your body. I take capsules because I can't stand the taste or texture. I haven't head a whitehead in months now. It's also important to keep saturated fats low in your diet. These will clog your pores! And eat lots of vegetables and fruits for antioxidants! |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $25.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Mary from Pittsburgh, PA
July 8, 2008
| Pros | Easy (mix 2Tbls with orange juice each morning). Cheap! I buy mine pre-ground in the baking aisle of my local Whole Foods--a large bag is $3-4. Also promotes bowel regularity and cardiac health. |
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| Cons | I think the lignans in the flaxseed oil may have dysregulated my menstrual cycle one month (longer menstruation than usual), but have not had a repeat occurrence. |
| Bottom line | Worth a try for acne and definitely worth using for its cardiovascular benefits (lower blood pressure, etc.). |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $4.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
L Thomas from Maryland
July 8, 2008
| Pros | Skin becomes brighter and smooth |
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| Cons | Tastes not so good. It has 14gms of Fat per srving. |
| Bottom line | I have been mixing 1 1/2 tbls of Flax Seed Oil with about the same amount of cottage cheese each morning. The estatician said to eat it on and empty stomach. While I am not willing to say that it is clearing my blemishes or preventing new ones, I can say that the overall health of my skin is improving. The skin that isn't blemished has definetly improved. Blemishes seem to be fading sooner, but I think its because of the creme the estatician gave me that she has made in Europe. |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $14.00 |
| Acne severity | moderately severe |
Anonymous from New York,NY
July 2, 2008
| Pros | Gets rid of whiteheads and good for health. Has Omega 3,6 and 9. |
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| Cons | It doesn't taste like chocolate. |
| Bottom line | Both the capsules and the milled seeds work. You just have to find out how much to eat for it to improve your skin. Milled seeds are more potent than the oil/capsules. I've suffered chronic whiteheads on my cheeks and forehead for years, rarely they would turn into pimples. Over the years I've changed my diet and eat salad everyday, exercise everyday, take a multi-vitamin and drink plenty of water. I've tried benzoyl peroxide, salicyclic acid, hydrogen peroxide, scrubs, peels and nothing helped the whiteheads. So I did some research and found out about essential fatty acids, oleic and linoleic acids and how they affect whiteheads. I went with flaxseed because it has a high concentration of Omega 3, 6, 9. After 3 days of taking 2 flaxseed oil capsules a day to my diet, I noticed that no new whiteheads formed. I upped the dosage to 2 capsules and a tablespoon of the milled seed per day and now the older bumps are going away faster. Try it, you've everything to |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $13.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Lucy from Brisbane, Australia
June 26, 2008
| Pros | It works - for hormonally linked acne. It's cheap. |
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| Cons | The taste is not the greatest. |
| Bottom line | I'm a 30 year old female who has unsuccessfully tried many internal and topical acne treatments (you name it, I've tried it). My skin broke out after coming off being on Diane 35 for fifteen years, so you can imagine my trauma of going from flawless skin for so long to cystic acne for the past eight months. Flaxseed oil (1TBS/day) is the only thing that has worked for me. Within 3 days I realized I was having no new breakouts and after two weeks my face is almost clear - and drastically, noticeably different - a great self esteem boost! |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $16.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Dave Love from Reading, Pa
June 7, 2008
| Pros | It's a beautiful thing...I started taking this because I thought it would be healthy for my heart...little did i know it was going to clear up my acne like it did...my face is as smooth as a baby's bottom and it's never ever ever!!! been like this. |
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| Cons | There really is none for me..honestly! |
| Bottom line | This product is cheap and effective! I wouldn't say it's the cure for acne because my acne wasn't that bad but it get's rid of even the tiniest pimples that you're so used to and don't see anymore. With that, it gives you a more youthful, flawless appearance. I use the pills from the Spring Valley brand; they sell at WalFart! |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $4.00 |
Anonymous from San Francisco, CA
May 20, 2008
| Pros | No more acne!!! Seemed to help with my dry eyes a bit as well. |
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| Cons | None. |
| Bottom line | I am a twenty-eight year old female that has suffered from chronic, persistent acne since I was a teenager. I had tried numerous solutions (including two separate four month rounds of Accutane) all of which failed. I have also done an alternating series of six microdermabrasion treatments and six salicylic acid peels. These didn't help either. For me, acne only really occurred as a cluster of deep whiteheads on my cheeks resulting in a very bumpy texture. They were rarely inflammed. Sometimes these whiteheads (usually after picking and yes, I know I'm not supposed to but pushing the thick, white blockage out was the only thing that seemed to help) would turn nodular or cystic resulting in fortunately, only fairly mild scarring, but they always came back. I have been using three 1000mg gel tabs (two in the morning one at night) of flax oil per day for a few weeks and the all the bumps on my cheeks, even the deep ones are gone. I'm not saying this will work for everyone but it worked me |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $7.00 |
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