Zinc Reviews

if you are serious about clear skin, you must get zink. I have been taking 300-450mg per day along with the clear skin regimen outlined on this site and it has helped out my acne tremendously. It takes about two weeks to work completely but it is absolutely amazing. For an extra kick, if you break up the zink tablets into powder and mix it with the 2.5% benzoil peroxide gel and apply it to your skin before you go to bed, it will also really help. Trust me, you should definately try this technique if you can. But if you cant, YOU MUST at least take zink as a supplement because it works very well and is very cheap. make sure that you take at least 300 mg a day and MAKE SURE YOU TAKE IT AFTER A MEAL. If you dont, you WILL throw up. It makes you very sick to your stomach. But please try it. It will help you

I am 40 years old and am currently going through peri-menopause. I rarely had acne as a teen, but now have serious cystic acne that tends to flare up more excessively during my monthly cycle. I have tried just about every treatment available...even antibiotics with little or no success. I have been taking zinc for about 3 weeks now and have noticed a slight improvement. During my cycle this month my acne did not flare up as bad, and the outbreaks seem to be clearing up faster. I understand it takes a month to two months to really be effective, so I am very hopeful. I also take omega-3 fish oil, which dilutes the sebum. These two things together are supposed to be very effective for hormonal related acne.

Well, I did my absolute best to give the zinc time to work. It has been 2 months now since I have been taking it continuously without missing a day, and I can say with certainty that my skin is not any clearer. In fact, I think the zinc has worsened it. I was virtually acne free from simply using The Regimen alone (and this is coming from someone who had cystic acne). I would only get an occasional flare-up every once in awhile but since starting the zinc, my breakouts while still few in number, are more frequent. And an odd thing that has happened is my acne staying for a longer period of time - we’re talking weeks when my breakouts were lasting 3-4 days max. And I already know that some of you will reply by saying that I am probably just breaking out before the real clearing that this vitamin provides, but I know my skin, and 2 months of continuous breakouts is very uncommon for me since I have been on The Regimen. However, if that is indeed the case (which I highly doubt), the benefits do not outweigh the long wait necessary.

By the way, I have been taking 75mg per day. Zinc just does not work. I think that those who have had success with it should probably attribute it to something else. I would say to go ahead and try it anyway though as zinc is extremely affordable. But go into it with the mindset of, "if it works it works, and if it doesn’t, no big deal." Just don’t get your hopes up too high by the reviews here and keep looking for additional alternatives in the instance that it does not work for you.

I have been using zinc-supplements for about 6 months now. During that time, my skin has been less irritated then before I started using it. But still it is hard to tell if this improvement is actually caused by this zinc-supplement (opti-L-zinc, 60mg a day including additional copper), or it is just due to me growing out of puberty.

So last week I decided to take the test, I ran out of pills and tried a week without. That was not a good idea, my skin broke out like it did before I used zinc, and my acne on my back, which completely dissappeared during the usage returned!

So, no I can say without any doubt, zinc DOES work. Although it does not make me 100% clear. However, I'm going to increase my dose now, in the hope that will be the solution.

Good luck you all!

Beautiful and supple skin after a month! I started taking the 50mg of Zinc I got from walmart and it's only 5 bucks for 100 tabs, I'm in love! My skin has never looked better! And without foundation too! It has cleared up my acne and redness! I love it!

I'm taking Zinc 45 mg a day after dinner since 4 weeks and it seems working good. But I'm still using my topical products:
benz peroxide 10% in the morning plus clyndamicine, differin and clyndamicine at night and a cleaning gel pased on salycilic acid and a morning scrub. Zinc helps the Vitamin A absorbtion so people using retinoids ( Accutane, Retin A or Differin ) will have greater benefits that taking the Zinc alone.

This definetly helps! After only a week, no new pimples have formed and my skin looks heaps better. I used Herron Zinc Complex which was very cheap only $13 australian for a bottle of 120 tablets. I recommed trying it, I wasn't too keen but I am very glad I did.

Dont ever take more than the bottle recommends though. But try it, its cheap and you have nothing to lose except your acne!

I have been taking 15mg of Zinc supplement for about a month now and I have already seen an improvement in my skin- It's not a huge change but its SLOWLY getting better. I am also taking 1500mg of Evening Primrose Oil too which I think seems to help a bit too. Never been sick when I have taken Zinc on an empty stomach but it did make me feel dizzy. Worth trying it though.

Zinc is a very important part of a clear-skin vitamin regimen, BUT beware you CAN overdose on this mineral. If taken on an empty stomach you can become very sick. I have a very sensitive stomach and when I started taking zinc in highschool I had a ceizure after overdosing on zinc (with no food in my somach). I'm zinc-shy now but it DOES help when taken correctly.

hmm, i just started using zinc the other day now, BUT!!! before i went to bed i rubbed some of the chalky pill on a zit on my face. The next morning there was no bump! I can't say that it's cleared my acne yet, but from what i've read im hopeful.