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I received this question from a reader about a couple of different herbal acne remedies that we actually recommend here called Zenmed dermacleanse and Acnezine.  Please see the following question and anser, kept anonymous of course for privacy reasons.

Question :

Im twenty-xxxx years old and hav had acne for about eight years.  I went on accutane when I was twenty-one years old and it greatly helped my acne.  However, my face still breaks out and I’m determined to get rid of my acne.  About two months ago, I started taking two pills of Acnezine and two pills of Biodermazen daily.  I was taking the Acnezine by itself for about two weeks and it improved my skin, but I’m now not sure if the Biodermazen is doing anything since I’ve only taken it in combination with the Acnezine.  Have you heard of quality results from taking Biodermazen?  I’m also about to buy Zenmed capsules.  Acne magazine seems to promote Zenmed and I was wondering if you would recommend it?  Zenmed says to take six of its product daily and I was wondering if I could continue taking two pills of acnezine along with six pills of zenmed daily?  I’m not mentioning topical products because I’ve been using xxxxxx (name of product removed per the company’s overzealous copywrite dept., sorry) and just recently switched to Exposed.

Would eight pills a day be too many?

Do you have any other internal suggestions?

I appreciate your help but please leave out the topical suggestions.

I am prepared to pay any amount of money so don’t be afraid to mention an insanely expensive great working product.

Thanks

Answer :

Wow, well I must congratulate you on your thorough research!  I’m also surprised at how many people write me to tell me that Accutane helped and then stopped working, or only got rid of so much of their acne problem and they still needed more.  As far as Zenmed goes, I highly recommend their Dermacleanse capsules.

I took the product for about two months, and continued to take the product for a few months after to maintain results.  I still periodically use the capsules if I am going through a stressful period, which for me indicates a surefire acne breakout.  I hesitate to tell you to combine so many pills.  First of all, some of the ingredients may actually negate eachother, and second I’m not so sure that cluttering your system with too many herbs and vitamins is a good idea.

You may want to contact the folks at Zenmed and get their opinion on combining products so they can give you a better idea of any interactions, but I myself would hesitate to tell anyone to take three different products at the same time.  As far as Biodermazen, unfortunately I have not gotten any feedback from readers on this over the past two or so years this site has been up and running.

I have gotten some positive feedback though on the Acnezine product as a good antioxidant for the skin and sort of an “internal cleanser” of the cells and the underlying reasons for acne.  The difference between Acnezine and Zenmed Dermacleanse is that Acnezine uses a strong antioxidant to help eradicate free radicals which in part cause acne, and Zenmed uses principals in Chinese medicine and the idea of “internal heat” and cooling (you can read more on their site about that).  Good luck with whatever you choose, but I’d recommend contact Zenmed for further direction.