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ligergirl79 from Florida
September 2, 2010
| Pros | Affordable. Easy to find. It does work! |
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| Cons | Makes you feel sick, even with food. |
| Bottom line | I did some reading up after seeing multiple posts on zinc. There is peer reviewed medical research that does back up its skin healing properties. I have severe rosacea which can sometimes easily be confused with acne. Further more I am a distance runner and I eat very little meat that zinc is found in such high quantities. I mostly eat legumes and veggies, but your body only processes nutrients at 30% efficiency with plants compared to 90% with meat products. So it made sense that there may be a deficiency. For a long time I was thinking I had a hormonal imbalance, and being a female who puts in an average of 7 mile runs everyday it's easy to see how that can happen. That wasn't it either. I tried BCP but that made the problem even worse and it made me gain weight. =( Nothing, was helping. Topical products only made it much worse when I thought it was acne. Even worse was the rosacea products weren't helping either. I get hot burning skin before the "acne" flare ups start. My skin would feel like I had a fever, even though I didn't. My whole entire face would turn red at times and my skin felt like it was on fire, then the breakouts would start. I can go for a long time with really clear skin but once a flare up starts it can turn into an endless cycle of breakouts that last for months or even up to a year. My last bout started in early June and has been raging all summer. I went out and got zinc about 3 days ago, its now the third day and I see a big difference already. The redness and burning that affected my whole face is GONE. I have had no new break outs and the ones that I had are now beginning to heal themselves. I have discoloration from some of the past break outs, but my skin usually sheds those pretty quick. My only complaint with the zinc is that even taken at recommended doses and even with food it still makes me feel queasy to the point where I want to go lie down after I take it, but its a small price to pay to have clear skin. |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $5.00 |
| Acne severity | moderately severe |
Unnamed from Florida
August 29, 2010
| Pros | helps immune system might help with healing/scarring |
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| Cons | I started taking this with really high hopes and expectations when I quit BP, but am very disappointed. I took this for nearly 3 months with absolutely NO good results infact my acne went from bad to worse and after 4 months I am still suffering from breakouts. I am still getting cysts and my face is still oily. |
| Bottom line | Does not work for everybody, definitely did not work for me. I read so many great reviews and it had taken me a long time to finally call it quit with this product, but after nearly 3 months of use and several continuous breakouts...I quit. |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $6.00 |
| Acne severity | moderately severe |
theoutlaw from vancouver
August 24, 2010
| Pros | -Increase mood (you get a mini high like when you eat oysters) - Somewhat clearer skin, nothing that i've noticed drastically. |
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| Cons | - Stomach ache/weak feeling if not taken RIGHT after a meal. |
| Bottom line | Been taking zinc 50mg daily for a couple of months usually after a meal. Have noticed just minor improvement in skin. I do like it because it increases libido(sp). Generally feel better. Make sure you take it RIGHT after a meal. I just took a zinc tablet about an hour and an half after breakfast. As I'm writing this I'm feeling very weak at the moment. So make sure you take this with a meal to avoid this side effect. |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $8.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Lihamylly from Finland
August 18, 2010
| Pros | It's cheap. |
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| Cons | Hasn't improved my acne. |
| Bottom line | I've been taking 30 to 75mg daily for two months now but I haven't noticed any effect on my skin. |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $10.00 |
| Acne severity | light |
iWantBeHappy
August 16, 2010
| Pros | Improved health Improved skin Cheap! |
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| Cons | None |
| Bottom line | I been taking zinc 35-60mg for about 2 weeks and only now felt effect, if new breakouts appears it heals in hours! Also i noticed amazing increased in libido and strenght. I recommend give zinc a try for atleast few months! |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $10.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Peter from Germany / New York
August 4, 2010
| Pros | - clears up my pimples - extremally reduces redness and inflamation - made my face less oily |
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| Cons | none if taken with food and in rightamount |
| Bottom line | Guys I am 24 years old male flight attendant. I travel about 4-5 times a month to Europe and the 10 hours long flights destroyed my skin. After each flight I was getting horrible pimples that I couldn't heal for many days. Honestly I used to try everything- the cheapest and the most expensive solutions: sulfur, BP, SA, thousands of face masks ect and nothing helped me until I started to take this stuff. After a few days my face stoped to shine and the inflamed spots just disappeared. I have already two flights to Germany behind me and I didn't get any new pimple. PS zinc realy supports good skin condition as well as it works as an natural aphrodisiac so guys be aware and don't be suprised getting unexpected and really hard erection ;) |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $4.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Daniella from Las Vegas, NV
July 28, 2010
| Pros | Cleared Hormonal Acne (caused by quitting BC) Increased Energy & Libido Enhanced Mood Better Sleep Overall feeling of well being (could be due to nice skin) |
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| Cons | Can make you feel nauseous if you do not eat a decent sized meal before taking |
| Bottom line | I have been off the birth control pill Yasmin for a few years. Before the pill I never had acne, and during the pill no acne. However the pill made me feel week and bad overall so I quit taking it. My hair thinned out, and my face broke out insanely. My period has been slightly irregular ever since. I think the pill ruined my life until now. I started taking evening primrose oil, quit all dairy and that made my skin about 50% clearer, then as soon as I found out about zinc taking 50mg per day my skin cleared 95-100%. Now maybe I break out once a month before my period!! WOO HOOO ZINC!! Who would have known. My inclination is that the pill depleted my mineral supply (since it was a potassium sparing diuretic) but increased copper levels. I don't take copper with zinc because when I do I break out. |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $4.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Anonymous from Toronto
July 25, 2010
| Pros | - less redness - break outs less severe |
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| Cons | - can make you feel nauseous if taken improperly. |
| Bottom line | overall clearer skin! i've had bad acne for 6 years now, and I can say i;ve tried everything. I am very pleased with the results |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $3.00 |
| Acne severity | moderately severe |
Johanna from Canada
July 19, 2010
| Pros | Placebo effect in the beginning |
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| Cons | Definitely broke me out. I thought it was helping but when I realized my acne wasn't getting better but worse, I figured I'd stop it, and mind you, it took me a while to let go of it because I thought it was helping, i thought i had zinc deficiency. |
| Bottom line | NO NO NO. I almost cried and become so depressed thinking my acne would never go away. Once I stopped zinc, the clump of acne that was forming on my cheek eventually went away... |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $6.99 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
jakemjakem2 from Florida
July 11, 2010
| Pros | - Very inexpensive, natural treatment - clears up acne vulgaris and whiteheads - reduces inflammation and red spots -works relatively quickly, within days or weeks - gives you more energy and helps with focus/concentration - increases sex drive/libido -helps with sleep. Extremely vivid (sometimes sex-related) dreams. -helps with appetite (for those of you who are skinny like me) |
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| Cons | - Vivid nightmares sometimes. - Taking too much can cause nausea - You must take it regularly, or acne will return |
| Bottom line | I started taking zinc gluconate from my local Publix over 6 months ago. I got the 100-count bottle of 50mg pills for about $3 or $4 and began taking one a day, usually at night with food. Within the first two weeks, I noticed a positive effect on my skin. Acne was gradually clearing up, I felt better overall, and slept better. As an added bonus, I began getting insanely rock hard erections and especially steel-like morning wood, something I haven't had in years now (I am now 22). At less than a nickel per day, this sh*t is worth it just for its aphrodisiac qualities. I am convinced the drug companies do not want you to know about zinc, so that you will keep forking over hundreds of dollars on products like viagra, enzyte, and other crazy medications with unknown long term effects. Zinc is the real deal. It's all natural, and already exists in varying amounts in food we eat every day, like fish, meat, avocados, nuts, etc. It gives me vivid erotic dreams too (with an occasional equally vivid nightmare, unfortunately) But I digress. Back to my acne. At 50mg a day it stopped my acne production dead in the tracks, bringing new problem spots down to a very manageable one every few days (from what used to be multiple new spots each day or two). And red, inflamed areas heal quickly and are not as bad. My skin is smoother and shinier all around. I am a very skinny, 120-125 lb white male, 22 yrs old. Hormones and vitamin/nutrition/diet balance obviously plays a big part in my acne, as it has since I was about 14. Taking zinc supplements definitely helps to make sure I get enough of the element, and to replenish my body with this necessary element especially after ejaculation, which can drain a lot of zinc from the body through semen. Overall, I wish I had known about zinc 7 or 8 years ago. It is probably the best treatment I have found for my acne after having tried everything from benzaclin to minocycline to Retin-A and every |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $4.00 |
| Acne severity | moderately severe |
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