Zinc

i am 18 years old and other than the past year i had never even gotten a pimple. over the past year or so i have struggled with pretty bad acne. i take a multi-vitamin (15mg of zinc) plus one 50 mg zinc tablet daily. i started off with 65mg a day for 2 weeks and it seemed to work so i increased it to 100 mg a day but it seemed to worsen my acne so for the past week ive gone back to 65mg and all has been well. its definitely worth trying zinc.

Ok so this stuff is a miracle for me. I have moderately severe acne and nothing I tried would work. And I'm talking every single topical,prescription, and antibiotic short of accutane. Nothing helped much at all, and then this zinc help me soooooo much. I can't remember the last time i was this clear, my confidence is through the roof and people are starting to notice as well! When I read these reviews I though why not and it's been great. I read on here that it could upset your stomach. I take 50mg every morning and every night, sometimes on an empty stomach and I haven't had a single problem with an upset stomach. I guess maybe I had a zinc deficiency and didn't know it? Either way this stuff is a life saver so far and hopefully it keeps up because I'm finally not self-conscious about my skin. If you have bad skin and nothing is working please give this a try, what have you got to lose? It can't be bad for you.

This stuff is amazing! I'm in my early twenties and have long suffered with serious acne problems. My adult acne has been concentrated on my cheeks and temples, and I read that Zinc is particularly effective at treating the redness and inflammation in this area of the face. I've only been taking it a few days, but it is already working. The only problem is that it can cause nausea. I've eaten it with dinner everyday, but tonight had serious nausea. I did some research, and it seems that certain foods high in calcium can cause the nausea from zinc - things like pop especially, and I had some soda earlier for the first time in a while, so maybe that's the cause.

Listen i tried everything, and recently i had broke out badly after the summer and before that i had no pimples whatsoever. The breakout literally lasted about 2 months, and i tried every product with little success. I finally tried zinc, and i haven't had a new pimple since trying it and my old ones seem to be fading fast. I'm telling you if you are using topicals or natural remedies and still aren't seeing great results, you should definitely add a zinc supplement to your diet. The problem with my acne is it takes awhile to heal and stays red but not inflamed, and i definitely think zinc is speeding up the healing process. Worst case scenario it doesn't work for you and you stop taking it, but i doubt that will happen for most people. Give it a try!

I did some reading up after seeing multiple posts on zinc. There is peer reviewed medical research that does back up its skin healing properties. I have severe rosacea which can sometimes easily be confused with acne. Further more I am a distance runner and I eat very little meat that zinc is found in such high quantities. I mostly eat legumes and veggies, but your body only processes nutrients at 30% efficiency with plants compared to 90% with meat products. So it made sense that there may be a deficiency. For a long time I was thinking I had a hormonal imbalance, and being a female who puts in an average of 7 mile runs everyday it's easy to see how that can happen. That wasn't it either. I tried BCP but that made the problem even worse and it made me gain weight. =( Nothing, was helping. Topical products only made it much worse when I thought it was acne. Even worse was the rosacea products weren't helping either. I get hot burning skin before the "acne" flare ups start. My skin would feel like I had a fever, even though I didn't. My whole entire face would turn red at times and my skin felt like it was on fire, then the breakouts would start. I can go for a long time with really clear skin but once a flare up starts it can turn into an endless cycle of breakouts that last for months or even up to a year. My last bout started in early June and has been raging all summer. I went out and got zinc about 3 days ago, its now the third day and I see a big difference already. The redness and burning that affected my whole face is GONE. I have had no new break outs and the ones that I had are now beginning to heal themselves. I have discoloration from some of the past break outs, but my skin usually sheds those pretty quick. My only complaint with the zinc is that even taken at recommended doses and even with food it still makes me feel queasy to the point where I want to go lie down after I take it, but its a small price to pay to have clear skin.

This has been the most effective treatment for me by far, and it also happens to be the fastest and least expensive. I've heard it said that Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin B5/Pantothenic Acid, Vitamin B6, and Zinc help control acne. I take a Vitamin B 100 complex with Vitamin C in the morning and 100mg of zinc gluconate after dinner. I try to eat some vegetables with dinner for Vitamin A; carrots are particularly good. I stopped using topical treatments after the vitamins started to work. I just gently cleanse my face in the morning and evening. I also keep my towels and sheets clean. I decided to try this after reading about pyroluria, so I feel obliged to mention that as well.

liquid zinc is the best acne treatment i've ever used. i am 35 and have suffered with mild to moderate acne since my teens. i wish i had started this kind of zinc earlier in life... might have saved me a little bit of scarring and a lot of stress and emotional upset! it began to work and clear my skin right away, but took daily use for almost 1-2 mos before i was entirely clear. if i get any blemishes now, they are very few, really small, clear quickly and mostly are hormonal. i only take supplements & wash w/mild cleanser now yet this is the best treatment i've ever tried. PLEASE TRY ZINC IF YOU HAVE ACNE, ESP. HORMONAL. YOU'LL BE GRATEFUL & HAPPY like me.

If you haven't already tried zinc (consistently and for a few months... it's not magic!), I definitely suggest you give it a go. I've been taking it for around four months now and my skin has smoothed out almost completely. I haven't had any monstrous spots for around three months now, and the smaller ones I do get clear up without a fuss. It can't hurt to give it a try if you haven't, not only for your skin, but for your general well-being as well. As most other reviewers have also mentioned, don't take it on an empty stomach or you'll make yourself sick. It's best, I've found, to take it after dinner. Just as a footnote, I'm not 100% certain that the zinc is the contributing factor here, but the whites of my eyes used to be quite yellow and I couldn't work out why, but since I've been taking it, they've improved quite dramatically.

I'm 36 and went back to school a couple of years ago. I've always had some light breakouts, but since I started school and my stress level increased, my skin became a lot worse. I would get cysts and considered going to a dermatologist, but I didn't want to deal with the hassle. I noticed that when my stress level was the highest that my skin would get really oily, almost like a waxy coating. I quit eating dairy, and that led to some improvement. I started taking zinc, and things felt smoother right away. Initially, my skin felt better and I broke out in places that I never had before, but I think things were clearing out. It's been really amazing what an improvement it has been! I take two zinc lozenges a day. Each has 23 mg of zinc, from gluconate, amino acid chelate, and zinc oxide. Each also has 100 mg vitamin C. The formula is intended for colds. I also wash my face with an SA soap and use a sulfur resorcinal topical. It worked for me and it

I started taking zinc gluconate from my local Publix over 6 months ago. I got the 100-count bottle of 50mg pills for about $3 or $4 and began taking one a day, usually at night with food. Within the first two weeks, I noticed a positive effect on my skin. Acne was gradually clearing up, I felt better overall, and slept better. As an added bonus, I began getting insanely rock hard erections and especially steel-like morning wood, something I haven't had in years now (I am now 22). At less than a nickel per day, this sh*t is worth it just for its aphrodisiac qualities. I am convinced the drug companies do not want you to know about zinc, so that you will keep forking over hundreds of dollars on products like viagra, enzyte, and other crazy medications with unknown long term effects. Zinc is the real deal. It's all natural, and already exists in varying amounts in food we eat every day, like fish, meat, avocados, nuts, etc. It gives me vivid erotic dreams too (with an occasional equally vivid nightmare, unfortunately) But I digress. Back to my acne. At 50mg a day it stopped my acne production dead in the tracks, bringing new problem spots down to a very manageable one every few days (from what used to be multiple new spots each day or two). And red, inflamed areas heal quickly and are not as bad. My skin is smoother and shinier all around. I am a very skinny, 120-125 lb white male, 22 yrs old. Hormones and vitamin/nutrition/diet balance obviously plays a big part in my acne, as it has since I was about 14. Taking zinc supplements definitely helps to make sure I get enough of the element, and to replenish my body with this necessary element especially after ejaculation, which can drain a lot of zinc from the body through semen. Overall, I wish I had known about zinc 7 or 8 years ago. It is probably the best treatment I have found for my acne after having tried everything from benzaclin to minocycline to Retin-A and every