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Yes, I've been on it for a week about 2grams a day with a b5 complex as well. My skin is oily (I keep reading about people with dry skin, they don't know how good they've got it) so I should see when it starts working.
dry skin and acne is bad because you get left with bad hyper pigmentation marks 
any brand of B5 will do same goes for b complex. vilantae i am unsure of what there dosage is :S
but i took one by solgar here in the uk
think i was on 2500mg a day and after 2 weeks the oil just wasnt there. quite amazing really.
dont take any supplements atm just figuring out the next step. and i have a list of vitamins and minerals that work to get rid of skin problems for good
what do you use?
think i was on 2500mg a day and after 2 weeks the oil just wasnt there. quite amazing really.
Good for you! Did you see any improvement beside oil reduction, perhaps less acnes?
This is what I like to hear, a lower dosage that helps with the oiliness.
Yeah well i would say blotchyness dyed down a lot and just general condition went up. also my energy levels felt better. the only bad thing i experienced whilst doing it was the initial break out, but then again that could have been from anything!
i decided to stop because i didnt want to suffer hair loss in any shape or form.
but yeh as for oilyness i used to go home and be able to wipe a tissue across my forehead and you would just see the grease come off lol. but after 4 weeks of b5, vit a, d it seemed to stop it 
any brand of B5 will do same goes for b complex. vilantae i am unsure of what there dosage is :S
but i took one by solgar here in the uk
think i was on 2500mg a day and after 2 weeks the oil just wasnt there. quite amazing really.
dont take any supplements atm just figuring out the next step. and i have a list of vitamins and minerals that work to get rid of skin problems for good
what do you use?
pm me and i can link you to it
@ShirleyB - I didn't know it came in powder form! Thanks.
I just ordered B5 supplents along with some other vitamins. This is what I'll be taking for a 3-month try. Ordered from [Removed] and cost me $220 (shipping included) for a 3-month supply. Very good site. Ordered yesterday and today it's shipped to Europe. Got a lot of free stuff to, including the double amount of multivitamins, a total of 960 caps, plus 250 caps of D-3 free. The B5's are branded with Now Foods (a well known brand I've heard) and they were 50% off, only $10,83 a bottle of 250 500mg. I just have to wait a couple of weeks for them to arrive.
This is my vitamin regimen:
B5 10,000 mg
B-Kompeks Twice a day
Biotin 5000 mcg
Multivitamin Once a day
Vitamin E 400 IU
Vitamin D-3 2000 IU
Zinc 50mg
Cod Liver Oil 3g
I have been using Dans cleanser, BP and moisturizer for almost 2 years, but I have been on and several times. My question is whether I should keep doing BP or quit when I start taking the vitamins. I tought maybe it's best to let the vitamins do the job without any strong face treatment. I've read somewhere that Dans AHA+ mixed with some of his Jojoba oil would be a good combination. What do you guys think about only using cleanser and this mix to avoid dry, flaky skin?
Let me know what other people on B5 do to treat their face in morning and night.
Thanks!
Yo B5 junkies . Check into the cysteine, CoQ10 and B5 connection. Essentially lowers the needed dose of B5 and is still, if not more effective. Good for the wallet and less pills to chug.
Read this 1 first>> http://hubpages.com/hub/Acne-Cure-Guarantee
And then this 1>> http://hubpages.com/hub/Try-The-New-Acne-C...ented-For-Years
Tell me what you guys think. Peace 
Yo B5 junkies
Read this 1 first>> http://hubpages.com/hub/Acne-Cure-Guarantee
And then this 1>> http://hubpages.com/hub/Try-The-New-Acne-C...ented-For-Years
Tell me what you guys think. Peace
I just read through that quickly, are they trying to sell you a product? Or just saying you can cysteine with a pantothenic acid supplement allowing you to only need to take 1.5g of pantothenic acid?
I think this might be a craze phenomenon. Then again I didn't megadose to see results. I couldn't find any 500mg pills in store at the time and wasted my money on 250mg's.
No, AussieSmile is not trying to sell a product. If you take glutamic acid and+NAC instead of megadosing on b5, you can take one tablet and get the same effects!
Interesting.
We just need to see it in action.
If I have time and money I'll trial it some time.
Read the links and pm him your thoughts.
I just read through that quickly, are they trying to sell you a product? Or just saying you can cysteine with a pantothenic acid supplement allowing you to only need to take 1.5g of pantothenic acid?
Nah the guy who wrote that is a pharmacist specializing in vitamin cures for conditions, one such being acne. The consensus is that when supplementing around 0.5-1 gram of cysteine, it lowers the needed B5 dosage by 90%.
So the pattern would be something like this:
250mg cysteine + 0.5-1 gram B5...3x daily
He recommends other supplements as well but the focus is on raising coenzyme A levels to properly sythesise hormones and fats. But yeah, give it a read, i found it interesting.
The other option is pantethine where 900mg is equivalent to 8grams of B5. Pantethine is the active form of B5. http://www.acne.org/messageboard/pantothen...ant-t21524.html
Dude. If you're taking cysteine just stick with 1gram of b5. Or a couple of grams. 10grams is overload. I'll check into cysteine and b5 in a month after I finish my supplements and see if it helps. Keep use posted aussie and everyone else.
NAC is cysteine on speed.
Pathenine is b5 on speed.
These two together = a gay disco.
Hi guys, just joined to say I started the B5 routine about 1 month ago and I'm definitely seeing results. Visibly smaller pores, very little oil on my face compared to before. I'm taking between 5 and 7 grams a day, also taking a B5 complex, one or two fish oil and 50mg zinc at night.
Started taking them all at the same time and the results are looking good, only had a few very tiny whiteheads pop up in the whole last week. I have two big cysts on my forehead since around the time I started and they're finally phasing out, nearly gone and no sign of them flaring up again for the moment. I'm happy with it and looking forward to the next month or two when hopefully I'll be clear.
Little background - I'm 23, been suffering with acne since the age of 15, some years really bad, some years not so bad. The prescriptions never really worked, some helped for a while but lost effect. Never tried accutane and don't really want to, but have been on the verge and was about to at one stage but it was just too much effort and red tape to obtain. I'm glad I didn't and hopefully this B5 stuff will have me clear soon! I also wash my face twice a day with dermologica special cleansing gel, and use their toner also in the mornings before I moisturize.
Here's to hoping!
FFirst off i dont know why people are taking like 10-20 pills a day. youre not supposed to do that. just do what the instrucctions say. if you buy b5 in 500mg then that should be enough for one day. i have acne too, and have been taking only one pill a day with zinc, and vitamins E and C of coarse not all at the same time.
I ususally take b5 (500mg) with a zinc(30mg) then later on the day i take one vitamin c(1000mg) with a vitamin e (200IU) thats helped alot with my acne. i dont know why people feel theyre going to cure acne with taking 10-20 pills a day. of coarse youe oing to get side efects,
just saying.
Hey Winters, did you get any IB????
Hey Shirley. Yeah I got an IB, few bigish red cyst like ones on side of my forehead (haven't broken out there in a few years). The marks are still there but they're fading fast now. I actually had a bit of a breakout this weekend around my mouth but I've had a super stressful week and I'm still recovering from a hangover 
They don't feel bad or sore though and they're looking like they'll subside in a few days.
I haven't had any side effects from taking the B5 at all. I am thinking about lowering the dosage a bit though, just to be on the safe side, but I'll do that after the 2nd or 3rd month is over. Im also thinking of going on the pure panthenol, which apparently is absorbed better than pantothenic acid and you only need to take 1 or 2 a day.
The reason I like taking multiple a day is that it ensures there's almost a constant presence of the B5 in your body throughout the day as opposed to a megadose in the morning and evening (when your body probably expels 80% of it anyway).
I work a desk job so I just usually pop one or two every couple of hours if I remember. But I know that can be a pain/hard to do for a lot of people. My plan is to do this for the first few months and see how I get on, then lower the intake.