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So in december i started taking vitamin b5 10 g per day. My acne has improved a lot BUT. Since 1 month after taking the vitamin b5 i started to se facial flushing and redness in my face. In the beginning it came and went away. But now it is worse than ever and have been this for around 2-3 months. My face is very hot almost all the time and i have very visible redness on all my face except the forehead and over my lip. I never had this before and i think its the vitamins that does this. What do you guys think can it be a side effect or something else? The sun makes it a lot worse.
I am not quite sure what it would be, but perhaps since Vitamin B5 decreases sebum in your skin, it's causing your skin to be more sensitive (or photo-sensitive) to the sun and different temperatures. You could try cutting back your B5 by 25% and see if there is any improvement? I understand the fear of trying something new in fear that your acne might return, but you won't know until you try. There are no long term studies supporting Vitamin B5, so just be mindful if your body is telling you something, even if you don't want to believe it. I did the B5 thing 3 years ago but saw little-to-no improvement.
Best of luck,
Cristine