Question:
Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid)
After reading so many good reviews for Vitamin B5 tablets (aka Pantothenic Acid) I have decided that I'm going to get some to sort out my oily/spot prone skin. According to the reviews I have read on the internet, a lot of people have said that it reduces oiliness & clears up acne so I thought I would mention it to everyone on here in case anyone else wanted to try it. (Holland & Barrett's are selling them for £4.69 - 200mg, 100 tablets.)
Has anyone on here tried these & how effective were they?
Here are the reviews I found if anyone wants to read them - (scroll down as not all of them mention acne)
Lisa xxx
ooooooo i mite try those, do u think they will b ok to take whilst im also taking antibiotics?xx
Hope this works for you, I tried it after hearing the good reviews but unfortunately it seemed to do nothing for me :( I'm not trying to put you off...different things work for different people, so hopefully you'll be lucky!
I only used it for 2 months though, 2 tablets a day, not sure if that's right but it didn't alter a thing (except perhaps my energy levels, but I don't know if I imagined that!)
Good luck :)
I forgot to say, some people have said that they have taken more than the recommended dosage with these tablets as they saw more of an improvement that way, do you think this is safe?
lu21 - I'm not sure whether it'd be ok to take these whilst you are on antibiotics but I'm sure Holland & Barrett would know or you could ask your doctor.
beckabunga - Sorry these didn't work for you. :( As you said, different things work for different people so it's worth a try especially as they're less than a fiver! :lol: I haven't got severe acne but my skin is never without spots so hopefully this will work. :fingers:
Lisa xxx
I think you DO have to take stronger doses. I was recommended the time release ones from Holland and Barrett which are 500mg each, so I would take *at least* two of these a day. I saw on the reviews you took someone had results with 2000mg. Perhaps I wasn't using enough on 1000mg?!
The time release are 8.99 for 100 I think?
After reading so many good reviews for Vitamin B5 tablets (aka Pantothenic Acid) I have decided that I'm going to get some to sort out my oily/spot prone skin. According to the reviews I have read on the internet, a lot of people have said that it reduces oiliness & clears up acne so I thought I would mention it to everyone on here in case anyone else wanted to try it. (Holland & Barrett's are selling them for £4.69 - 200mg, 100 tablets.)
Has anyone on here tried these & how effective were they?
Here are the reviews I found if anyone wants to read them - (scroll down as not all of them mention acne)
Lisa xxx
Answers:
ooooooo i mite try those, do u think they will b ok to take whilst im also taking antibiotics?xx
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Hope this works for you, I tried it after hearing the good reviews but unfortunately it seemed to do nothing for me :( I'm not trying to put you off...different things work for different people, so hopefully you'll be lucky!
I only used it for 2 months though, 2 tablets a day, not sure if that's right but it didn't alter a thing (except perhaps my energy levels, but I don't know if I imagined that!)
Good luck :)
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I forgot to say, some people have said that they have taken more than the recommended dosage with these tablets as they saw more of an improvement that way, do you think this is safe?
lu21 - I'm not sure whether it'd be ok to take these whilst you are on antibiotics but I'm sure Holland & Barrett would know or you could ask your doctor.
beckabunga - Sorry these didn't work for you. :( As you said, different things work for different people so it's worth a try especially as they're less than a fiver! :lol: I haven't got severe acne but my skin is never without spots so hopefully this will work. :fingers:
Lisa xxx
Answers:
I think you DO have to take stronger doses. I was recommended the time release ones from Holland and Barrett which are 500mg each, so I would take *at least* two of these a day. I saw on the reviews you took someone had results with 2000mg. Perhaps I wasn't using enough on 1000mg?!
The time release are 8.99 for 100 I think?