Vitamin B5 Reviews

yeah lemme tell you i take around 7 pills vitamin b5 a day , a pill of marine beta carotene , and two zinc pills a night with my dinner , this along with lifting weights for exercise has left me alot less prone to breakouts . i have moderate to severe acne , i have still alot of red spots and scarring but my acne has dissapated from the cystic type it was . i rarely break out and believe it is the bodys deficiency of nuttrition and exercise . i hope in another month i can write back with even better news . 1month

B5 has worked wonders for my skin. I had been on antibiotics but they stopped working and my skin just kept getting worse and worse. I was ready to go on accutane but I decided to give B5 a chance first. I'm so happy I did! My skin is almost completely clear most of the time with maybe two or three really really small breakouts (I've been taking it for 2 months now). I can't wait for all these red spots to heal from past blemishes so that I don't have to wear concealer anymore! Definitely give it a try.

I take a B-complex supplement once a day and I'm happy with it (B5 at 50 mg, 500 %RDA). You must take the complex with a meal or it won't be absorbed and you'll just pee it out in bright yellow. I've also read that it shouldn't be taken alone in high doses; 'something about the body needing other vitamins to work in conjuction with it. (Don't quote me on that). I recall seeing in the forums a reference to a study that showed 100% RDA spread throughout the day works as well as it can for acne. A generic, store brand is inexpensive. I use Kroger brand, but it doesn't have a nice coating on it to prevent the nasty taste in the mouth as you take it. The body needs the other B vitamins too, so I think, "why not just get it with the rest of the complex?"

I've been using Vitamin B5 500mg for 2 and a half weeks now, I can see a slight difference in the number of breakouts I get everyday.I'm taking 1 5mg tablet a day with breakfast.I visited the local nurse who wasn't really aware of the "Vitamin B5" theory that is used now to treat acne, I told her and she said that the recommended (RDA)daily allowance is 1 tablet, as taking more then that could be dangerous. I think that this is true as I have been researching B5 on the internet and it's states that side effects such as arthritis, fatigue, low energy levels and generally being tierd.I've been reading the threads from some people who have been taking 10 tabs a day which to me seems highly dangerous as ingesting such high doses of a B- Vitamin must have dangerous side effects.

Worked for me straight away. All antibiotics had stopped working and had skin that couldnt control. Skin less shiny and greasy and nearly all spots are less infected. Spots are most of the time just little ones with no pus. Occasionally get a small painful lump or two but i think that is realted to diet or alcohol. I have quit drinking which seems to prevent the sore spots.

I used to get bad acne around my mouth and along my jawline - probably hormonal. I started using it on Tuesday, May 10, 2005. It's now May 14th. I also started using baking soda a few days before the B5 so I don't know for sure if it's the B5 or the baking soda. I think it's the B5. I have not gotten a new pimple since (maybe a tiny one here or there, but they are NOTHING compared to what I used to get!). I feel like a different person. I'm even expecting my period and have not a single new pimple!!! Once my scars heal, I think I'll be able to get by without wearing makeup!!! This is what I've been taking based on the different research I've done on this website. Since I've gotten such good results on the 1000 mg/day, I'll probably lower the dose soon. Good luck! I hope it works for you!!!

country lifes time release 1000 mg/day
high potency b complex vitamin 1 tablet/day
1000 mcg/day - hope it helps for brittle hair
vitamin A 10,000 IU/day

All I can say is B5 is the answer to so many people's acne problems. I have been on it for about 8 months now and my acne has more or less disappeared. Before I was taking the B5 I had large cystic acne, many whiteheads and severe redness. Now, after taking 10 550mg tablets a day, varying the dosage so the body does not become too used to it, it seems to have worked. I am very pleased, and I suggest you try it aswell.

If you don't try, you'll never know.

The stuff gave me arthritas, dont try it, most of the people on this web site dont know anything about acne and will try anything (which is understandable) but please do research b4 trying anything. manufacturers will buy people to say their products are brilliant and they havent even tried them. All your doing is overdosing in vitiman B5, look on the back. one tablet is 1000% RDA. I now suffer from inflammed joints coz of this stuff. Its NOT healthy.

Hi,

im new to all this B-5 stuff so would like to know bit about it. How much should I take a day, and with what other vitamins?

Any help would be appreciated.

I've been using it for about 5 years now, 8 - 10 mg a day. Works great, but you have to take it with food to avoid an upset stomach, and while it isn't expensive it also isn't cheap.