First off, I purchased Vitamin A in hopes of having a counter to my Acne issue. Here is my Acne history: I have what Dermatologists call Level 4 or Grade 4 Acne. What this means, my dear hopefuls, is that when I say I have BAD skin, I'm not whining because I get one or two pimples a month or a week. No, I had a FACE full of Acne as a teenager, 18-21, which covered EVERY increment of skin on my face. For those of you unfortunate enough to understand what Level 4 Acne is, it basically means NO antibiotic or topic medication can help your skin. Not only that, Level 4 Acne is ONLY considered level 4 if you have what is called Cystic Acne. Cystic Acne is the type that grows UNDERNEATH the skin and develops into a nodule filled with bacteria. This type of Acne cannot be treated without surgery or other invasive procedures. Guess how many I had? 4. I had two cystic Acne the size of QUARTERS on both of my cheeks. So imagine me, an 18 year old bright-eyed college hopeful going to school with a face covered in Acne that can only be described as the Acne God waging a self-esteem war on me. On top of that, I had cystic Acne that inflicted SEVERE pain if I so much as touched it when washing my face. Flash forward 4 years and I'm at my wits end. Proactive started my Acne issue, neutrogena did nothing, L'oreal was useless, Skin ID did squat, eating organic foods made it slightly better. So, what's a 22 year old with a complexion of Swiss cheese to do? I went to the motherload of all Acne cures: Accutane. Yeah, I can feel you guys cringing. Accutane is the most effective but also the most destructive way to cure Acne. You CANNOT be prescribed this without at least a Level 3 category Acne and I had the whole clearance! Check me out! Jumping all the way to the top! Anyways, more to the point, Accutane did everything it promised. Within 5 months, my Acne stopped. My cystic Acne dissolved within my cheeks and I was able to properly wash my face without wincing anymore. However, the side effects were horrendous. Accutane should have a slogan "Beauty is worth EVERYTHING" because those 5 months were hell. Depression, dry skin, terribly sore back (If I moved while I slept, I would bolt awake from the pain). Flash forward 1 year. I am now 23, my Acne is back.... Yeah, did I mention I had horrible Acne? My Acne is so bad, Accutane couldn't fix it. (Sounds like a yo mama joke). So a couple weeks ago, I decided to give this a try. I've read close to 100 Acne blogs on the internet, cross referenced many claims (like using oil to wash your face....really?) and everything led me to just taking Vitamin A. Funny how the major skin care companies stress EXTERNAL help instead of taking a very cheap but healthy pill (Where there is money, there will always be deception and white lies). You can buy the most expensive cream in the world but if your insides are not regulated, your skin will NEVER look good, THAT is a fact. Here is my reasoning (If you've read this far...man do you have bad Acne): Accutane is a derivative of Vitamin A much like Retin-A (another effective combatant of Acne, do you see a trend? Vitamin A is Acne's worse enemy!). Its medical name is Isotretinoin. When you are prescribed Accutane, the doctor takes into consideration your health, psychology, and weight. If ANY of these three are not up to standard, it is illegal for them to prescribe it. Why? My dermatologist put it best "Isotretinoin is a controlled OVERDOSE of Vitamin A". In order to control your Acne, and cure it (not in my case), you have to overdose on Vitamin A to jolt your skin into producing less Sebum. Vitamin A is crucial in monitoring your oil production therefore, overdosing on it means your forcing the oil production to ALMOST cease. Of course, if you guys are thinking "Thanks guy on Amazon! I'm going to take 5 capsules a day for 5 months and cure my Acne" you are DEAD wrong. Overdosing on Vitamin A without professional guidance causes liver failure, brain tumors, and death. When you are on Accutane, you have to sign a health waiver. Accutane is so dangerous, the patient must have a notarized document stating that they understand the risks. In the 5-6 months that you are required to take Accutane, you MUST come in for a monthly blood test and general health screening. I can't stress this enough. I've read Acne Blogs where young adults post about what they are going to do with this product. "I'm going to start taking 3 a day because I think 75,000 IU will be near the level of what Accutane is". Sure, you can do that but there are more peaceful ways to commit suicide. Did I mention that Accutane is prescribed according to your weight, age, and mental health history? You can't just self-medicate! So far, it's been a week taking 1 capsule a day (Which is still 5 times more than the normal daily requirement of Vitamin A) and my skin has started to heal. I've gotten 1 new Acne in a week...before taking these I got 8 in a day from stress. I'm still stressing but my Acne growth has slowed considerably. So...YES this works, take it from a guy who survived Accutane and STILL gets level 2 Acne (At least it divided my Acne in half!). There really isn't a reason for it NOT to work because it's what Vitamin A does. For those of the reviewers who claimed it did nothing, they probably took it for three days and wrote the review. It takes a minimum of a week for any nutrients to show effect in your system

I can't even believe how much my skin has improved in one week. I have tried expensive skin care systems (OBAGI, Proactiv) and all kinds of peels and creams. My pores are significantly smaller, my skin (including back and shoulder) is producing FAR less sebum. I struggle with cystic Acne that ALWAYS leave scars. I can't believe I'm posting makeup-less photos, but hopefully they will help someone make a good, low-cost purchase that will truly address their problem. These two photos were taken in the same light. The texture and tone improvement is remarkable. This is the first week in my adult life that I have felt more comfortable without foundation than with it. Please try this supplement! You will not be disappointed. Tip- taking this supplement after consuming fat increases absorption. I have been taking a tblsp of organic coconut oil just prior to the vitamin A

This product has nearly cleared up my son's face and back. He has cystic Acne and has tried everything from antibiotics to topicals. The dermo was going to put him on Accutane...which has some very nasty side effects. I am SOOOO glad we tried Vitamin A. We ramped up on the vitamin A to the point of taking the following: 127,550 units of vitamin A. He takes 5 of these 25K unit vitamin A's, plus a tablespoon of Carslon's Lemon Cod liver oil, one turmeric capsule with black pepper extract, vitamin d3, and a vitamin k2. The fish oil adds 2550 units of A to his regimen totaling 127,550 units altogether of vitamin A. The fish oil has more than just vitamin A in it. It has DHA and EPA...along with omega 3. We do blood tests for my son, too. We have noticed that his cholesterol is raised a bit. We added in garlic pills to my son's daily pill intake. We'll see if that did anything on his next monthly blood test. However, so far everything is looking good. His face(neck, jawline, and forehead) are looking normal again. Very very few breakouts. Same on his back. We added in vitamin E to help clear up his skin faster and reduce scarring. It might be better for him to use vitamin E directly on his skin, though. He hasn't done that. However, we've been so pleased after two months of this that we just can't hardly believe it. We just did not want to do Accutane. Too scary. Not only is it scary, but it is insanely expensive. I would give vitamin A here a 5 star if not for the cholesterol increase. They usually want you to be on Accutane for 6 months. We don't know how long we'll do this vitamin A route. Maybe we'll cycle it. Hit it for 3 months then off a few weeks or something. Doctors don't want to help much other than giving out prescriptions. Dermatologists are like the snake oil salesmen of the medical world to boot. UPDATE: Looks like the garlic pills, two per day, has brought the cholesterol numbers down to normal. All tests have come back well on this latest round of testing. The dermo was amazed and said she won't have to see him again...and said to keep up the vitamin A until June

I love this product and highly recommend it for Acne. I suffer from hormonal Acne at 22. I have tried just about everything under the sun except Accutane. Due to other circumstances I could not try Accutane but found out the main ingredient is Vitamin A. This is a higher percent for over the counter pills so I tried it out. It takes a week to get in your system and as long as you understand there is no magical over the counter pill or cream to fix your Acne over night and you stick to a constant routine of taking care of your skin, you will see results. It has only been a few weeks and I see improvement. I am very satisfied from where I started from. I still have break outs but not nearly as much. I maintain a constant routine of washing my face and when I use make up. Getting the kind that fights Acne. Creams that only dry your skin out won't be very good during this process as it will dry out your skin severely. I use an oil called Dermatis that treats Acne without extreme dryness. And I use Lavo moisturizer which is a moisturizer designed for complicated skin. Every so often I use clay masks to refresh my skin by tightening it and pulling out the gunk. I also have purchased on Groupon laser treatments for Acne which really helps kill the bacteria deep in your skin. I have only done one of those treatments thus far but the combination of everything and taking vitamins has helped. I have also cut back my dairy intake which I think has helped. This is a completely honest personal review that I wanted to write to help encourage others. Be patient. Don't give up so soon and stick to a routine to see results. I had previously seen dermatologists and it was a waste of time and money. I highly recommend giving these a try. These are my real results with no make up! Before and afters. I still have a ways to go but it is an impressive start

I am 75 and was experiencing night blindness. After taking these for a week or two, I'm back to normal. Vit A is oil dissolves in oil, so take it with major meal. Also anyone with goosebumps on the backs of their arms, they have a shortage of this vitamin. Also clears up zits on young and old, unplugs pores Zinc is also good for complexion

After doing a lot of research on Acne, I was lead to vitamin A. I have been taking this product for about a year now. I am 43 year old male. I started to getting Acne when I was 14 hoping that when as I got older it would subside but it never did. At age 28 I went to a dermatologist and was put on Accutane, for 6 mo. It helped but only while I was on it!!!! I used to get the deep cystic Acne that you could feel like a month in advance b4 it ever really surfaced. I got it on my back, face, shoulders, and chest. Now I may get a small blemish from time to time, but they are only small white heads and not deep like b4. After all this time trying lotions, creams, prescription drugs, face washes you name it, and all the wasted money I have spent for these items! When I could have been taking this simple non expensive Vitamin A. Now foods is the only brand I have used since I have been taking them. There are two types of vitamin A, you want the type made from fish oil! Not the type derived from plants!!!! My wife could not believe the difference this product has made in my skin. Do yourself a favor if you have Acne problems, at least try it!! And stick with it. It's not an over night miracle cure it takes time

First off it came in a timely matter and was exactly as pictured here on Amazon so that's great also the quantity for the price is good too. Now if you are like me and you bought this in hopes of helping your Acne then I say look no further and read on. So I am now ending week one of taking two of these per day, one at night and one in the morning and I can say that it is already doing wonders for my skin. I am not totally Acne clear but what has surprised me the most is how I have little whiteheads in my chin and on my forehead...subclinkcal Acne, and these little bastards are painful and no matter how much I exfoliated my skin and squeezed the crud out of them they alway came back within a couple days...it was very frustrating, in the end I tried virtually every topical thing I could find with some decent results from a few things but never to the extent I've seen after just one week of taking this. Sounds too good to be true? Well in part it is as this does come with some side effects, most weirdly for me was I got the runs the first few days I was on it, after that it cleared up but things in that area are still a bit runny... Eh small price to pay if you ask me, I also seem to be a lot more thirsty in general, and my skin is certainly drier than it has been previously but in my case that's beneficial. So how does this work? Well basically what your doing when you take this is a controlled overdose of vitamin A, I also recommend taking zinc and magnesium while doing this to help speed up your body's healing process in general. Anyhow vitamin A in a nutshell works wonders for Acne sufferers because it promotes the creation of new skin cells, and reduces the amount of sebum AKA oil your skin produces, so if your pores get clogged from oily skin like me then this is a great option to try. On top of that it also does wonders to reduce inclination in your skin as well, basically flattening existing whiteheads and taking away much of the redness of irritation from Acne breakouts, my breakouts now look more like a scrape on your elbow that scabbed over then acutual red marks now. How long does it take? Well everyone's body reacts differently to different things so it's hard to say, but you should notice some difference within about 1 week of consistently taking this, I noticed my skin being much less oily in as little as three days and now entering the end of week one, begging of week two I am seeing a real benefit to my skin, it's tone and I am noticing much, much less new white hands or blemishes, and I can only imagine as I keep going things will continue to improve more and more. In short does it work? Yes but beware of potential side effects as this is 500% of your daily value, not a typeo this is 5x as much as your body actually needs, like I said earlier this is a controlled overdose of vitamin A, one step down from prescription stuff so use this cautiously and watch for signs of acute vitamin A poisoning

I purchased this Vitamin A supplement after much research, to help with my cystic Acne prone skin. I am about 3 weeks into taking the pills, and have yet to have a new cystic breakout. I have had smaller pimples, but nothing like the large cysts that I normally encounter at least once a week. At only 3weeks in this could be a fluke, but I'm hoping not! I'm not expecting a miracle, but so far it seems to be helping at least a little bit. The pills are easy enough to take, very small. It's worth a try

I'm in love with vitamin A. There I said it! I have what I consider mild Acne and sensitive skin. I can't remember a time after the 6th grade that I haven't had at least a trio of big sometimes almost cystic pimples and a whole gang of other small blemishes. And as I've gotten older my Acne has gotten worse especially depending on environment, stress, hormones, diet etc. I tried everything from home remedies to tv infomercials. Nothing worked, all I had to show for my experiments was red dry skin with worsened Acne. So by recommendation I tried Neutrogena Naturals face wash. Which actually helped tame my breakouts. didn't make it go away but certainly left my face feeling smoother with fewer big outbreaks. So upon deciding that trying a more natural remedy might be a good idea I did some research. You have to take care of yourself from the inside out. meaning that just putting something on your pimples on the outside isn't going to completely take care of your problem. Once I started taking 1 of these a day my skin has never looked, felt or been more clear than it is now! not to mention it makes my hair shine and feel so soft! Along with a healthy diet and exercise vitamin A can work wonders for you

Let me start off by saying that these vitamins will work wonders on you if you are Acne prone or have a tendency to have greasy skin. I took accutane over 7 years ago and my Acne is just now starting to return. After that much time without having a single pimple you can imagine how upset I was. I found this stuff online and it does work, I notice within a few days that the zits on my face dry up and disappear. Unfortunately the rest of my skin gets super dry too but that's to be expected. With that being said, the dosage for this is VERY HIGH, like probably an unsafe level to be taking without a doctor monitoring. I started feeling the effects of Vitamin A poisoning within a week so I took a break from these pills. I will continue taking them but I feel once or twice a week is adequate since they are so strong and also store in your fat cells. Please be careful taking these and look up the symptoms of Vitamin A poisoning so you can keep a lookout for yourself