I have been taking EPO for about 6 months now and it has worked wonders on my cystic acne, I can't say enough about it. I had problems with acne in my teens but went on the pill at age 16 and it totally cleared up. I was acne free so long that I forgot what it felt like to have problem skin. I got married a year ago in May and decided to get off the pill. Things were great for 6 months then I started breaking out almost daily with huge painful cystic acne. It really hurt my self confidence, I felt like a monster.
I got online and tried every thing I could think of, gentle cleansers, Benzoyl peroxide,
apple cider vinegar, Retin A, Proactive, Aspirin masks, ice. You name it I tried it!
I read on a beauty forum that someone was using EPO on their face topically by breaking open the capsules. I tried this for a few weeks and while my cystic acne did seem to calm down I was getting little whiteheads from clogged pores.
I stopped and a month later my cystic acne was back with vengeance. I still had this big old bottle of EPO laying around so I started taking 1000mg a day with my daily multi and the face has improved 100%. I still get the occasional pimple around my TOM but nothing like I was experiencing. This stuff is gold!