Vitamin B5

- Paid $70 every 2 months that excluded P&H If oily skin is the cause of your acne, this should work. I think it does what it says - which is reduce the oil production on the skin. Whether or not that reduces acne is dependent on the participant's skin. It reduced my acne occurrence but as mentioned, I dont think oily skin is the only attribution towards acne. Try it if you have oily skin. Take this with a good cleanser/toner/moisturizer regime. This can be quite costly since it builds on top of your daily skincare.

Hi Rick, Thanks for the reply.... =) Have u tried Pantethine before? I couldn't seem to find the powder form anywhere so I ordered some pantethine capsules instead.... yet to try ( cos shipping takes forever) but just tot I'd ask u if u had tried before.....

I suffer from moderate acne. I was looking on the net to find some remedies. I came across a few things. First of all, I found out that Salt water is really great for the skin. Also another thing was Vitamin A (dangerous in high doses) and vitamin B5 can help acne. Currently I am doing this: -Wash face with Cleanser in warm salt water (Let sea Salt disolve in hot water) - moisturize face with Lightweight, fragrance-free, non-comedogenic product. - Take 5g (10 500mg tablets) of B5 a day (might up it to 10g) - Take 60,000 IU of Vitamin A a day - Take 2 400IU of Vitamin E a day I am not sure if I should be doing something different. I just started taking the vitamins yesterday night, so I dont know what the outcome is yet. I have been washing my face w the salt water twice a day for two days so far and it has really helped! skin is less red, and pimples are much smaller and there are less

Hi Rick, Can I just ask which brand of powder B5 u are using and where to get it? I have been using the pill form and the effects seem to have worn off..... thks

The recommended intake for adults is 5mg, you guys are talking about grams! Please do your research before taking that much. Too much of a good thing is always bad.

Hi! I tried Vitamin B5 for over a year and I saw some improvement. It kind of calmed my skin all over and took the edge of my acne and rosacea. However I still had a lot of blackheads, and cysts and zits would still pop up here and there. You need to take a lot of it to really see a difference, but taking 10-20 grams of Vitamin B5 a day is very bad for you in the long run (it can damage your body and give you chronic headache). I would stay around 5 grams of vitamin B5 and ad a few other things. I found a really great regime on this website: [link removed] My skin has never looked better!

I started taking 1,000mg a day for a week, and then upped it to 2,000mg in week 2. I noticed a distinct improvement in my skin. My acne had decreased in a couple of weeks. I would still have approximately 1-2 active spots at any one time, but that was much easier to handle than the 10-20 spots I had any any one time beforehand. However, I started to notice that my hair texture changed. It became completely unmanageable, I could not style it at all. Within minutes of styling it would become wild, and I'd have to tie it up. I also noticed lots of broken hair, where beforehand my hair was in great condition. Therefore, I decided to stop taking B5. It has been 2 weeks and my acne has unfortunately increased again. I am going to try something else......The search begins again!

Great but you need a lot of money to spend sisnce dosage is high.

early to judge but i think it has worked so far

I gave up after a week +. The reason is because the excessive amount 10g is way too much for my taste. I had read that taking such a megadose could **** up your liver. I did not think it was worth it, and I only wanted to do it for the oily skin that I have. At the moment, I'm using Concha Nacar Bleach Cream which seems to keep my oily skin at bay. You should definitely research this method as much as possible and willing to face the potential side effects. I'm just sticking to fish oil, b-complex, and zinc. It's a lot safer method to combating my oiliness.