Zinc

This stuff works real well, the new pimples I am getting are probably those that already were developing before i started this zinc regime. But everyday, my skin looks alot nicer, and I do have hormonal acne so zinc is definitely a key supplement to take if you have hormonal acne. Its cheap too, 8 dollars for 90 tablets of chelated zinc.

taking 50mg of zinc 2x a day (morning and night) along with a B-complex vitamin has totally eliminated my cystic acne.. i still get some pimples but my breakouts are reduced by like 80%... try the zinc

Ive been taking two 50mg pills a day for a month and finally im clearing up real good. just got a couple left but nowhere near the amount as i had before i started zinc. This really is my cure for acne.

I've taken Zinc as mutivitamins but i found that i doesnt really work. As those multivits also contain zinc inhibitors, like iron, copper. Thus a supplement is mandatory for the treatment to work. Also the type of zinc is critical. Chelat is touted to be the best of all.

it works! its only been 1 week since i've been taken 100mg dosage a day, the old ones are taking forever to go away & but the new ones went away fast! its working so i might see better results in 3 weeks...so im going to write another review...

*Cheap (Considering the large supply you have.. enough for 84 Days, and a good cleanser costs 10-20 bucks and only lasts a couple weeks) *Effective. *Mild Support in Evidence Based Medicine for Zinc {Low doses of zinc gluconate for inflammatory acne. [link edited out] Multicenter randomized comparative double-blind controlled clinical trial of the safety and efficacy of zinc gluconate versus minocycline hydrochloride in the treatment of inflammatory acne vulgaris. [link edited out]

I bought mine online, from Puritan's Pride. I take 3x the recommended daily dose (spent a month on the dose on the bottle with no luck) and my face cleared up almost completely within 5 days. While I still get the occasional zit, they are no longer cystic, and don't take more than a couple days to heal and vanish. Everyone I know has commented on the amazing change.

i have really red/dry skin, and i crush about 4 pills and mix with water and let it sit on my skin until it dries. then, i rinse it off and apply vitamin E squeezed from two pills. tonight is the first night i have taken a pill orally as well, so we'll see how that goes, but i already take a multi-vitamin that has zinc anyway. BE CAREFUL not to overdose on zinc! i've only been using it for a few days and my skin is already looking nicer. i'm not sure if it is the zinc or the combination of zinc and vitamin E, but i recommend both if you have very dry skin.

I dont take the zinc pills... this was what my mom did when i was a teen, and I still use it to this day if i have the rare pimple: get the zinc pills, crush a few up and mix with water. you want a paste like consistency... apply zinc paste to pimple area 2-3x times daily.. those pimples that take DAYS to go away will disappear fast

I had to go off of differin because of money issues after losing my insurance, and since then, my acne has been completely horrible. I've been having awful cystic acne across my face, four or five pimples at a time! Well, I tried almost every over the counter, proactiv, everything and nothing helped. I then started trying holistic approaches. I gave up dairy (I am already a vegetarian) and I started taking supplements. I tried flax seed oil, but that made me actually break out more. I then stumbled upon zinc. I have been using it for about three weeks now, and I do not have any new cystic pimples, and all of my existing ones have dramatically cleared. I had six CYSTIC pimples at the time I started using zinc, and now I have none. I do have a whitehead, but I am totally fine with that. I believe my vegetarian diet has led to me being seriously zinc deficient, and thus leading to my acne. I hope I've found my "cure" at last! I take zinc chelate, by the way, two 50mg pills.