Hello all,
OK so here is my problem.. I actually have a couple different questions to ask so bare with me :)

So all of my life I have had perfect skin, no bumps, great tone, smooth.. very good. Just last year I started breaking out with a few pimples on my chin, and they were the kin under the skin so you can't pop them. They would only come around the tome of my period. I found out that I had a ovarian cyst. This of course caused my breakouts. SO I never truly got a handle on them. Now all of a sudden not only am I getting those pimples, but I am getting new ones every week.. sometimes every day. I also an getting lots of little bumps ( maybe rough skin?) all over my forehead and some on my cheeks. I don't understand why this is happening to me. I just went away on a trip back home last month and my face cleared up completely. As soon as I got back to LA, my face broke out. I only like doing things the natural way, and so I went to whole foods to get herbs. The lady at whole foods told me to take Evening Primrose oil tablets, and that it would help my skin.. that it is used for hormonal problems aka my cyst. She also told my to drink 1 tablespoon of flax seed oil a day. As the bottle of flax seed says it is good for your skin. She warned my that I might break out worse in the first week. So I am going on my second week, and my face is really bad, worse then ever.

OK so my questions.. Does anyone know if flax seed oil actually works or if by drinking this, that I am actually making my skin worse? Do I just need to wait it out, will it clear up after two weeks of drinking the oil? Also hoe about the evening primrose oil, had anyone had good experiences with that? And last, does anyone know of any other good ideas to help my skin to get back to the way it used to me or at least get better?

I hope you all can help, and thank you so much!:)

Hello there,

When I read your story it was like I was reading mine... everytime I go on vacation back home, my skin clears up :)
How is your skin now? I was thinking to start taking flaxseed oil and evening primerose oil tables.

Thanks.

I took the flaxseed oil too. I have oily skin to begin with and large pores. I broke out, it was very frustrating. So... I started taking panothentic acid (B5). I stopped taking the flaxseed oil and opted for the omega 3 vitamin and anutra (a better form of flaxseed in a seed form you mix with your drinks in the morning).

Something about the oil just didn't do right with my skin. I suggest trying the B5 and possibly switching to a different form, not the oil