What vitamins are the best for skin?? - Vitamins & Supplements Message Board

General Chang · 07-29-2002, 09:17 PM

I'm currently taking a standard multivitamin, vit C 500mg, and 1000 IU's of Vit E. I know these are effective anti oxidants but are their any others that have a direct positive effect on the skin? also, does skin benefit more with external vitamins(creams, etc) or will internal vitamins do the trick just as well?

Harry · 07-29-2002, 10:44 PM

Vitamin A helps the skin as well as all mucus surfaces!!!

Jay Tor · 07-30-2002, 06:24 PM

Ingested VitE upper safety dosage is 400 to 600 IUs for adults. Because VitE accumulates in the body check whether you really need 1,000 IUs.

You can use vitamins systemically [by taking them into the body] and topically [on the skin]. But you can't make your own vitamin-enriched lotion by just breaking a capsule and mixing it into some lotion. Apparently, each type is made somewhat differently.

TheShiftyEyedOne · 08-20-2002, 10:43 PM

also I find that fish oils (or flax) have done wonders for my skin/nails/and hair.

bjg · 08-21-2002, 05:40 AM

drinking lots of water has helped my skin more than any vitamin or cream i ever tried