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Yeah, I got back from a naturopath and I am essentially following the same regimen. Low carb, no grains, no fruit. I have had cystic acne for years and accutane has accomplished nothing.   Your r...

Found this study   The glutathione-peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity in erythrocytes was determined in 42 men with severe acne and 47 women with acne--26 of a moderate degree and 21 severe. The male a...

First, about the adrenal fatigue supplements. I would like to know whats in them to be able to fairly judge. But in general, I tend to doubt that acne is caused by overactive adrenals. True, there are...

Well, it looks like I might be wrong on some things. I found a study on another messageboard about how acne sufferers might suffer from an overactive cyp450 gene. Its at the bottom. Also, ppars have ...

Interesting study. Again, acne sufferers generally have lower a1 levels. Activating ppar alpha, in conjunction with some other receptors seem increase these a1 levels.   Thetruth: Yes, a strong s...

Well, I was persuing a degree in Pharmacy for a few years, but decided to switch out. I'm now a microbiology major. The education is the pharmacy school was awsome, but the idea of working at a CVS or...

Well no, you're not megadosing on Accutane, but I've read that its like megadosing on Vitamin A. A theory is that some people have an overactive enzyme that breaks down retinoic acid before it can be ...

What exactly are the metabolites of isotretinoin? Would taking something with a higher affinity for the RXR receptors have the saem effect as accutane?

Yeah, the video pretty much summed up how they work in a nutshell.   "Since RXR forms heterodimers with both PPARalpha and PPARgamma blocking RXR may produce a phenotype that shares some similar...

While I'm no expert on nuclear biology or ppars, I can offer my opinion. In all honesty, I don't think accutane cures acne, but merely buys a person time for their hormones/ppars or whatever is out of...

It seems that resveratrol, green tea, chlorophyll and other phytonutrients all seem to have some overlapping properties. If I recall correctly, green tea is an antioxidant, cox/lox inhibitor, dht inhi...

Ok, let me clarify a few things for you as you are on the right track. Bear with me if my post is slightly incoherent since I took a few klonopins and had a beer. (I know I know, not the most responsi...

I looked into all these studies about dht inhibitors and antiandrogens and whatnot a few weeks/months back. Here is what I've learned through research and personal experience   Topical antiandrog...

I don't see why you couldn't. I just got prescribed it too. Its a pretty strong medication and you only need to use it once a day. My routine is cleanse than moisturize in the morning. Than cleanse an...

thats reasonable. I was mostly referring to the people who pound 20+ pills a day for months and months.

Btw, just because its "water-soluble" doesn't mean its safe. God knows what that crap is doing to your intestines, liver, kidney and metabolism over all. Thats just my 2 cents anyway.

Ok, I'm no scientist but it seems utterly ridiculous and unhealthy to be taking ultra high doses of b5 for months at a time. I can understand a high dose at first as a loading phase sort of thing, but...