Do omega 3 pills really help acne prone skin?

I have acne prone skin but thankfully my parents have always bought me what i need so my breakouts are not bad at all but i was wondering if i take omega 2 pills if that will help with my skin being oily or anything? my mom just bought them for me today.Do omega 3 pills really help acne prone skin?
You are getting a lot of mixed and wrong information here. I work with dermatologists, medi spa, and plastic surgeons all over the Midwest.





That is great you parents are willing to work with you on this issue. Did they suffer from acne as kids? A lot of acne is hereditary? As for omegas that docs I work with don't recomend them for acne. But there are some other things that help.





First moisturizers do NOT create more acne. Oil does. In fact really dry skin may cause acne break out because the dry skin clogs healthy pores. That means you have to find a great moisturizer that doesn't have bad poor clogging oil. Some oils like lavender, geranium, palm and avocado actually help calm the inflammation from the acne. You also need a cleanser that gently exfoliates the skin. Caution! Do not think grains of sand or apricot scrub.








Do NOT use Proactive, or any wash/treatment that has an unstable form of benzoyl peroxide. You must find a wash/treatment with stable and time released form of benzoyl peroxide for it to be effective and not burn the skin.





Also there are products that you can take internally that can kill the bacteria that cause acne. These are not prescription based products, so you do not need doc and they do not have the harmful and unpleasant side effects that other prescriptions for acne have.





Also I would hold off on facials, because they are going to recommend a series of them, which may or may not be effective. For the cost you can get quality products at home that WILL help.





If you would like a few product recommendations I would be happy to help you, but need just a little more info.


What are you doing right now for your acne both internal and external?


What treatment creams have you already tried?


How old are you now?


How long have you had acne?


Do others in your family have or did they have acne?





What is your budget for treatments?Do omega 3 pills really help acne prone skin?
No, that myth has been going around since I was a teen in the late 70s. Omega 3 does not prevent or treat acne.





Acne is an infection. That is why medications like antibiotics have been so successful in treating AND preventing acne.





If your breakouts get worse, your parents would have to take you to see a dermatologist (skin doctor).
They won't hurt, and they might help you in other areas, but I don't know if they make a difference in your skin. But what can you lose? No side effects or anything, the worst that could happen, well nothing.
I wouldn't be surprised if omega 3 helps heal acne. Since I started doing research on omega 3 I have been eating more of the foods like fish and flax seeds and such that contain omega 3 and I have seen a decrease in my acne... But that could be a coincidence.
The person who wrote the first response is misinformed--omega 3 _may_ help people with acne because it is an anti-inflammatory. Acne is simply an immune response to bacteria that are trapped inside the pores (the reason they become trapped is that there is a plug formed, for reasons not entirely known). By using an anti-inflammatory, it may prevent your skin from becoming excessively inflamed. It certainly won't ';cure'; it (but what will, other than perhaps Accutane?), but it could lesson the size and redness of the lesions.