Yero 0 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Hi guys I'm not sure 100% where to post this, but as it involves supplements I figured here would suffice. Im a 20 year old male who has persistent mild acne for 7 years. It seemed every topical I tried would only slightly help the problem, and in some cases (Retin-A) broke me out worse and irritated my skin badly. For the past year Ive been using a combo of jojoba oil and bp. This worked well but never came close to solving the issue. I wanted to be near 100% clear. I noticed some things however: I had extremely oily skin, and my family has a history of excess testosterone (mom and aunt have hirsutism) so I did research and saw that DHT (which is made from testosterone) is the major implicator in skin oil and consequently acne. I started taking borage oil, as I had read that it is especially effective in lowering DHT. This further helped but still had me breaking out once in a while especially if I missed a few doses. Fish oil made me break out in nasty cysts (no idea why) so I put off taking omega 3's. I assumed I was allergic to them. I recently got reminded about the benefits of flax oil and ALA, and how its a powerful anti-inflammatory. So I ordered hemp oil instead, as it has ALA too. Been taking 2 tsp's hemp oil and 1 tsp of borage oil daily and my skin has never felt or looked better before in my life. Any pimples I do get are much smaller and heal much quicker, within a day or 2. My skin in now longer an oil slick, where I have to rinse it during the day as it gets caked with oil. My skin doesnt get as inflamed as before either. I also use a micro-dermabrasion cloth weekly to exfoliate which helps tremendously. So the point of the story is that this is a treatment that I believe should be discussed and considered more often, and to always kind your mind open for acne treatments. Traditional topicals IMO aren't the best way to treat the underlying issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max powers 0 Share Posted December 6, 2009 So are you using flax oil, or hemp oil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venam 1 Share Posted December 7, 2009 It would help if you post how long it took to see effects, as well as a picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heehee3 0 Share Posted December 7, 2009 there're all vegetable oils o.o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
