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Using Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5) as an Acne Treatment
How Pantothenic Acid Works
Many people have commented before that I recommend vitamin B5
(pantothenic acid) a lot to acne sufferers. There happens to be a
reason for that: It is what cleared my acne. Totally. 100%
Eliminated. If you haven't tried it before, I strongly urge you to
give it a go, it really is amazing stuff.
Pantothenic acid, also known as vitamin B5, is commonly
supplemented in large doses to reduce oil production and help rid
your skin of acne. It works like Accutane, in the sense that it
reduces oil production. Pantothenic acid, however, works by helping
your body to metabolize the fats in your body that later turn into
sebum. Accutane actually shrinks the oil glands to block the oil
from coming through to your face. Since pantothenic acid addresses
the underlying problem, it is, in fact, the more efficient
solution.
Let's get into the details of how exactly pantothenic acid
works. During your natural metabolism process, your body breaks
down fats. When your body lacks enough coenzyme-A, not all of these
fats can be broken down, and your body has to get rid of them some
how, so they are ejected through your oil glands on your skin in
the form of sebum (oil). By creating more coenzyme-A, these extra
fats can be broken down with the rest, and oil production will be
greatly reduced.
Coenzyme-A is made up of three things: Cysteine, ATP and
Pantothenic Acid. Your body takes care of cysteine and ATP by
producing it by itself, so vitamin B5 is the only thing that you
have to take in through food. By supplementing with pantothenic
acid, more coenzyme-A is producted, fats are broken down better,
and less oil ends up on your skin. Without too much oil on your
face, when a pore gets clogged, the p. acnes bacteria will have
nothing to feed upon and can't thrive to cause acne in the first
place.
Considering that pantothenic acid works for more than 90% of the
people who take it, including myself, it's a very effective
medication. Since it's all natural and water soluble, it's much
safer than Accutane, which only works for 70%-80% of the people who
take it. It's also more efficient than Accutane, because it
eliminates the problem, instead of covering it up by shrinking the
glands and trapping the fats inside the body.
Supplementing with Pantothenic Acid
As I've said before, to address a pantothenic acid deficiency, you
have to take large amounts of it, up to around 12 grams or so. Not
everyone has to take quite that much though, so the recommended
dosage is as follows: Start out with around 4 grams per day. Always
divide the doses into 4 times per day, spreading them out as much
as possible. To prevent stomach irritation, the only known side
effect of pantothenic acid, try to take it with food or at least a
glass of water.
If the 4 grams doesn't work for you, slowly ramp it up until you
start to see results, stopping at around 12 grams. When you find a
dose that seems to be working for you, stay with it for about two
months straight, continuing to divide the doses so that you are
splitting the dose into 4 parts. After those two months or so, you
should be able to slack back on it until you start seeing negative
results to find out how much you will need to continue to take as a
"maintenance dose".
The only thing to watch out for is that pantothenic acid can
deplete your body of other B vitamins, so a B-50 complex should be
taken with it. Some say you should also take Zinc with it, though I
only take B-50.
Since pantothenic acid has to be taken in large doses to see
results, that means you can forget trying to get enough by eating
foods high in it, or through a multivitamin or B vitamin complex.
You can even forget about taking pantothenic acid pills, since that
means you would have to take 20+ pills every day. There's only
really one reasonable way to take the amount of B5 you will need to
treat acne, which is pantothenic acid powder.
Pantothenic acid pills can't be found in most stores, much less
the powder form of it. Some health food stores might have it, but
the ones around my area didn't. You might be able to talk to
someone at the store and have them order it for you, though it's
usually marked up quite a bit. The easiest and cheapest way to get
pantothenic acid powder is to just order it online. A Google search
will uncover many websites, such as Amazon.com, which sell
pantothenic acid powder at a great price.
Ryan Bauer is a former acne sufferer from Springfield, MO. He
runs an information website
called Acne Elimination.
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