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Pantothenic Acid Acne Treatment

What is Pantothenic Acid?

It is commonly known as vitamin b5 and is found in almost every food on earth. It has a main function of reducing stress. Another little known function about pantothenic acid is that it can be used to cure acne.

Surprised about this? Read on.

Pantothenic Acid and Acne Treatment

A doctor called Lit-Hung Leung has done a test using pantothenic acid for acne treatment on 100 humans and has amazing results.

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According to this medical journal, a test was carried on 100 chinese patients on using pantothenic acid.

After applying it on their face and acne areas, the subjects have better skin complexion after 1 month. Pores become smaller and oil production level in the skin dropped significantly. Lesser oil on skins results in less acne problems.

However, do note that the test subjects took large amount of vitamin B5 to achieve this results. The RDI for vitamin b5 is at 5mg per day. But the test subjects took 10-20g of pantothenic acid which is at 10000% of the daily requirement.

Most of the subjects have their acne problems cured and their skin complexion improved significantly.

Pantothenic Acid Side Effects

So far, no sever pantothenic acid side effects have been reported as pantothenic acid is a water soluble vitamin, there is almost no chance of overdosage as the unneeded amount will be flushed naturally out by the body.

 Pantothenic Acid Alternative Benefits

Pantothenic acid has other health benefits such as keeping your stress level low. It is critical for our body to convert the fats into energy. However, the ability to cure acne problems is more well known than its ability to generate energy for our body. 

Try using pantothenic acid for acne treatment yourself. You will be surprised at the effect of what it can do!