Zenmed’s herbs

In terms of usage, I have found that Zenmed’s herb capsules are the best ones and are the most efficient (seriously, they were good stuff). However, they are pricey and only worked for me for about 2 weeks. Afterward, the effects wore off.

If you do venture off in the Zenmed zone, remember that you really don’t need to buy the whole system, just the capsules will do. I have found they they are better than the arcadia herbs for acne and skin conditions.

Nature’s way AKN did help but wasn’t as strong as Zenmed’s.

And finally, Skin & Hair helped a lot and I was able to use it for a longer period of time. I suspect it is because one of the main ingredients inside is MSM and this is actually something that our body needs on a regular basis.

“I’ve been taking Nature’s way Skin & Nails supplement for a while now, the main ingredient is MSM and I really didn’t think it would help that much, but to my surprise, it has A LOT. MSM is responsible or a lot of things happening in your body and this whole formula has helped me tremendously. Also, I’ve been taking it for 4 weeks and the effects don’t die off like other herbal supplements I’ve taken. I suspect it’s because it’s providing me with more than just herbs.“

My recommendation is, if you’re going to try to take herbs for acne, first start by researching them. You’ll hear a ton of people talking about how great they are… but remember that the effect is temporary. The last herb for acne that I haven’t mentioned yet, but is extremely useful is milk thistle. I’ll have an entire post dedicated to it shortly, that’s how good it is.

First few days taking milk thistle

When I was doing my research on acne, this term kept on re-appearing every few days. I would see people claming to have taken milk thistle for a year and suddenly having their acne fade away. Others claimed that it rebuilt your liver. I was intrigued.

So I began taking milk thistle capsules from Nature’s Way 3 times a day. Immediately within 2-3 days, my acne began to dramatically fade away. This was the only alteration to my diet and it really had made a huge difference. Immediately, I thought that this was the miracle solution, wondering why no one had mentioned it before.

Milk Thistle, 7 days later…

Wow, after a week of taking milk thistle religiously for my acne, I noticed that my face was looking much better. Acne had stopped from cropping up, life seemed good. In my mind, I had finished my journey, all I needed was this one bottle. I was ready to spam messageboards to tell everyone about this miracle cure.

Acne fights back when you least expect it.

Pimples slowly started coming back. Less than before, but they were definitely starting to crop up, I could feel them coming. In the second week, I had 3-4 pimples crop up, which was bearable, compared to what I previously had. But wanting to go back to the perfect clear I had in the first week, I decided to raise the dosage.
More is better?

Milk Thistle Effects on Acne

I started taking 2 extra capsules per day, I figured that this would help get me through this rough week, and that the week after I could go back to my normal dosage. Unfortunately, taking these extra supplements created a slight pain in what seemed to be my liver. (very hard to tell where the pain was coming from, but there was definitely a pain in my body near my liver) As soon as I felt that, I stopped taking milk thistle entirely. I do NOT like having pains that I can’t explain. It could be dangerous. This never happened when I was taking the regular dosage, but of course, I had to try more when the regular dosage stopped working.
To my dismay, after stopping to take milk thistle, I broke out worse than before. My body had adjusted to the extra milk thistle and when I took it away, it completely collapsed.

When I first started taking milk thistle for my acne, my body went into overdrive. It was working harder than it normally would of because of the milk thistle. This purified my body and caused the acne to go away. After a while, my body adapted to the dosage of milk thistle and its effects faded away. Finally, when I took the milk thistle away, I broke out. I was taking something away that my body had gotten used to.

I’m not sure if it would recommend milk thistle for acne sufferers. Its a good experiment to go through, and its nice to see your skin improve for a week or two. After that however, it goes back to normal. I suppose taking lower dosages might help, but as with all herbs, the effects fade away after a while. If anything, I would take milk thistle for acne if I knew I was bout to breakout.