Dingo Jellybean

I sincerely doubt just 8000 IU of retinol will cause hair loss. The extra zinc should provide protection against vitamin a toxicity, if you actually have it. Retinol is mostly toxic when it's unbounde...

As far as I know, there is no known benefit. At $40 for an 8oz bottle? That is absurd. It's funny how they list it as "237 servings" as opposed to an 8oz bottle (if consumers knew they were getting an...

You can increase glutathione levels by eating more methionine, selenium and like you mentioned lipoic acid.   You're right about supplementing with glutathione though, it's very poorly absorbed.....

4. Salt: I stopped eating any product that listed salt as a main ingrediant. Why? Because most companies use Iodized salt in their products. Iodized salt causes acne and if you take it out of your die...

Like someone said, indulgence twice a week is fine. It's usually best to involve those indulgence meals with your healthy meals.

Egg whites actually have the capability to hinder the absorption of some vitamins. Egg yolk is very very good for you. If you buy free range eggs you can eat the yolk raw to maximize the nutritional b...

Or you can just eat the eggwhites.... The eggwhites themselves have no nutritional value, compared to egg beaters which are fortified.

I don't think eggs are a problem for acne sufferers. Although 1 egg provides 40% of daily iodine (a known acne aggravtator) and 70% of the daily value of cholesterol, I think it should be eaten only i...

Although I was a big proponent of B5, I question the long term use. I personally have suffered some side effects: Mostly lack of concentration and brain fog.   The B5 did work though, but for tho...

Your body will take what it needs and discard what it does not. You will notice your urine color to be a flourescent yellow after taking B5. Not quite. The neon yellow urine is the result of B2....

I am going out on a limb and I'm going to say 5 grams has actually proven to be more effective than the 10 grams. I'm glad to hear it. People often say you have to take 10g/day to see the differen...

My dermatologist recommended a trial of B5 therapy, as nothing else has worked for me (including 2 rounds of accutane). The problem is, from what i can tell all B5 supplements also contain calcium. ...

I've experienced this (still). I had weeping eczema (the one they call "wet" eczema) when I was younger and let me tell you, acne is nothing compared to wet eczema. There is a cream, ZincKit, that ...

So far I am confident that I am the only one on these forums to have success with 2g/day. I thought even 4g or 5g/day was too much for me and I cut down to 2g/day and still having major success.  ...

BTW..in my "Readers Digest -Prescription and over the counter Drug Reference book it states: Side effect of topical zinc oxide is Acne, folliculitis(burning, pain, inflammation, and itching in the hai...

I use zinc oxide from my sunscnreen...that's as far as topical zinc goes. It does a decent job at least inhibiting pimples...but to go farther than that, I never (thankfully) needed to.

Does weight and height matter?   I have a pretty mild case of acne and I'm 6' and 121 lbs. Does this mean I can take less? Maybe 2g a day?

The "star rating" is based on how many medical studies have been done, and thus how much hard medical evidence there is. Since there's only really been one study done on B5, and it was not conducted i...

Ironically enough to those who bought B5 from GNC, check the bottom of the link:   It gives B5 only 1 star for treating acne.   Not trying to discourage anyone, but those curious about B5 ...

I think it's more of an allergic reaction instead. I know peanuts gives me bumps on my face that are not necessarily pimples, but more like a mild form of hives. So you could be allergic to it.

I don't use toners much myself. They simply don't do much for the skin IMO. They almost always irritate. I would ditch toners completely, but everyone's skin is different.