I have heard of people using A, B-5, E, etc. for acne.
For all of them, some people have said they're great others have said never to use them.
Should I use them? If so, which ones(s)?
What do they do?
Please only answer correctly and preferably if you have had experience.
Thank you very much!
I'm 16. Girl. Medium acne. No other skin problems.
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Well, there are a couple issues with this. First, yes they are good. Your body needs at least a certain level of nutrients and most people don't get enough to adequately supply daily nutrition enough (which is one big reason there are so many chronic illnesses today as compared to the last couple centuries when people ate better and exercised regularly).
There are people who are taught by misinformation that keeps getting spread and there are people who read improper studies that say vitamins are bad (basically all of which are majorly flawed or set up to fail and most of which are paid for by the pharmaceutical companies).
Every unbiased clinical trial that has looked for the benefits of supplements on healthy adults has shown that they are beneficial.
Second, there are limitations. I'm sure you've tried most things including watching your intake, washing daily, etc… but teenage acne is almost always caused by hormones more than anything else. I mean, you could take any number of skin health products like Biotin, Silica (commonly from Horsetail), Squalene, Borage Oil (specifically for the GLA, Gamma Linoleic Acid), Hyaluronic Acid, MSM, L-Cysteine, Collagen, and most antioxidants (like Vitamins A and C among others)… but they might not completely cure it.
Also, there are aspects of making your skin TOO healthy with supplements. It sounds weird, but some people (including myself) who have taken too many things for skin health made their skin so healthy that it made it more oily, which could cause them to break out easier. When it happened to me, I just scaled back until I found the proper balance that my body needed. Unfortunately, that part takes time to find.
With any and all of these, I would recommend sticking with the recommended doses on the bottle and only adding one item every couple weeks to your regimen so your body has time to adjust to each one (and you'll be able to more easily pinpoint where "too much" is). Good luck and I hope I helped!
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