Just thought I'd share this. I bought some Vitamin B3, trying specifically to get Niacin to lower my bad cholesterol. Instead I accidentally got the form Niacinamide. It's the non-flushing kind that doesn't help lower your bad cholesterol. Anyways, I looked into it and found it was used in some acne products so I suggested my wife give it a try as she has quite oily skin in places, prone to get pimples. She's been taking just one 250mg tab per day for a couple of weeks and her skin is much better!

The tabs are cheap as chips. I think we paid about $3 equivalent for a bottle of 100 tabs. Just thought I'd share as I know plenty of ppl suffer from bad skin and can often end up spending stacks of money on acne products, and this might be a helpful and cheap option. I'm not sure it'd really work for very bad acne but certainly it seems to have helped my wife.

i never had a major acne prob... but i do need to find something for pigmentation....

there is a spot appearing on my cheek bone.... i don't want to ignore it as it will only get bigger...i wish i could just bust it

This is really interesting because I read somewhere that too much vitamin B can even worsen acne ( many multivitamin beverages here in Germany contain vitamin B 3, 6 and B 12) and the other interesting thing is that you use B 3 to lower your cholesterol. I´d never heard of that before until I read your thread. I take magnesium to lower bad cholesterol (garlic helps, too, but I work with people and raw garlic causes bad breath). I also use fish oil capsules since the omega 3 fatty acids are said to lower cholesterol.

So, vitamin B 3 is called niacinamide? I guess B 6 is niacin then?

You look quite skinny, I never would´ve thought you´d have to worry about cholesterol.

By the way, I also consume huge amounts of good olive oil and olives and it really helps me a lot, as my doctor also acknowledged.

I have the opposite problem. My skin is too dry.

I have started to use olive oil, even on my face, and it has been really helpful.

KoolEaze said:

This is really interesting because I read somewhere that too much vitamin B can even worsen acne ( many multivitamin beverages here in Germany contain vitamin B 3, 6 and B 12) and the other interesting thing is that you use B 3 to lower your cholesterol. I´d never heard of that before until I read your thread. I take magnesium to lower bad cholesterol (garlic helps, too, but I work with people and raw garlic causes bad breath). I also use fish oil capsules since the omega 3 fatty acids are said to lower cholesterol.

So, vitamin B 3 is called niacinamide? I guess B 6 is niacin then?

You look quite skinny, I never would´ve thought you´d have to worry about cholesterol.

By the way, I also consume huge amounts of good olive oil and olives and it really helps me a lot, as my doctor also acknowledged.

Maybe at higher doses? Looking into it, acne medications seem to have about 750mg, whereas Mon takes only one 250mg tab per day. I forget the science behind the difference between niacin and niacinamide, but both are labeled as B3 tabs, it seems. I know niacin causes flushing, and that's the one ppl use to lower cholesterol, whereas niacinamide doesn't.

I ate a LOT of junk in the past. I'm much better now, and on a bit of a fitness kick.

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