I suffered from moderately bad acne from age 18 to age 25. I almost always had at least one pimple but usually not more than three or four. I tried everything as far as topical products go. I tried the creams, gels, lotions, pads, and everything else on the market. Every brand from Oxy to Neutrogena. I had a very similar amount of success with each of these products. They didn't really seem to do anything except make my skin more irritated. No matter how much I used it or what kind I used. But out of desperation I kept trying new brands and new types of these topical treatments thinking one of them might finally do it.
Accutane - Prescription acne medication
One day out of complete frustration I decided to search online for some sort of alternative acne treatment. I found a lot of information about Accutane which is the prescription acne drug that I knew had a reputation for actually working but I also knew that it was generally only given to people with severe cases of acne and also very importantly to me it required a prescription. Something about going to the doctor and asking for this made me feel embarrassed and I knew my case wasn't bad enough to warrant it. I also read that Accutane has a lot of negative side effects.
One thing that I did find very interesting about Accutane is that it's not a topical medication like all of the acne products you buy at the store. It's an internal medication. And through more study I found that it's actually a variant of Vitamin A.
I found this very interesting because I had always heard that what you eat has nothing to do with acne. The stuff about eating greasy food and chocolate causing acne breakouts? That that's all some sort of myth I heard even though it had always seemed to carry some truth in my experience.
I thought why was it that the only thing that apparently actually works on acne is an internal medication?
Discovery of Vilantae's Vitamin B5 Acne Clearing Product
This line of thinking and research lead me to Vitamin B5 in the form of the Vilantae acne fighting product. I had never previously heard of using Vitamin B5 for treating acne and that actually makes a lot of sense because Vitamin B5 for treating acne first became known about in 1997 when Dr. Lit-Hung Leung published a study stating that high doses of Vitamin B5 resolved the problem of acne and reduced pore size.
Although I was somewhat skeptical because of all my previous failures at clearing my acne it seemed like it was worth a try. I ordered the Vilantae and started taking it as directed. It's quite a lot of capsules that you have to take in order to build up the amount of Vitamin B5 needed to clear acne. At first I found that to be a bit daunting but I decided it was worth it to give it a real try.
Vilantae Side Effects: Negative & Positive
One of the big selling points of Vilantae and Vitamin B5 in general for fighting acne is that there are little in the way of side effects. I did notice some slight stomach irritation when I first started taking it but that decreased pretty quickly once I got used to it.
The first thing I noticed about it had nothing to do with acne actually but it was the fact that I started to have a lot more energy and I seemed to be thinking crisper and more clearly. This was a great side effect of the use of Vilantae and I thought actually might warrant use just for this reason even if I didn't have acne.
The Results
It wasn't long before I started to notice that my acne was decreasing. Within a couple of weeks I had no acne at all. This was the first time in about 7 years that I had been completely acne free for more than a day or two.
Afterwards
It is now four years later and although I actually stopped taking Vilantae some time ago I still do not have acne and it's never come back. This leads me to believe that some sort of permanent change is made internally that stops our bodies from being acne prone. I only feel this from my personal experience though, so I do not know if there are any studies on this subject.
Recommendation
To say that I recommend this product is a huge understatement. If you have oily skin and you've tried all of the topical products with similar results as I did then you really have to try Vilantae. Why aren't the effects of Vitamin B5 more well known?
My theory of why this product hasn't gained more recognition is that selling worthless topical acne products is a billion dollar industry that would shrivel away to nothing if people knew how to actually cure their acne. Vitamin B5 is a bad product for the big corporations to sell for two reasons. The first one being that it's a very cheap, very plentiful product and thus can't be priced all that high. The second being that since it actually works and actually cures acne rather than doing nothing in the long run it's going to take away a lot of business.
That may be a bit too "conspiracy theory" for some of you folks, but really, this is the way capitalism works. You have to realize that these companies do not have your interests at heart. They just want to take your money.
Joshua J Jacks is a contributer to the B5 Acne Treatment website - learn more about Vitamin B5 as an acne cure and how to purchase Vilantae brand B5 supplements.
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