Supplements to thicken skin or strengthen capillaries?

[Sarahzxcv]

Hey, I'm looking for supplements that can do one or the other and hopefully are available at vitamin stores. I've been doing some research 8) and am thinking that's what I want to try.

Do you have any ideas? Your guesses are better than nothing!
My last post had no replies.

[Melissa W]

Hi Sarah,
I am sorry that your last post didn't get any replies. Sometimes we miss a few but it is not intentional

As for the supplements that might help with thickening the skin I have no clue but a lot has been posted here regarding grape seed extract and pine bark for strengthening capillaries. For me I believe it does help somewhat. I am taking 1 grapeseed tablet a day. It is Trunature and 150 mg. I bought it at Costco.

If you do a search on grapeseed extract you will find more info on it.

Best wishes,
Melissa

[Strawberry]

I take pycnogenol and it does seem to strengthen my (visible) capillaries.

[Sarahzxcv]

Hi Sarah,
I am sorry that your last post didn't get any replies. Sometimes we miss a few but it is not intentional

As for the supplements that might help with thickening the skin I have no clue but a lot has been posted here regarding grape seed extract and pine bark for strengthening capillaries. For me I believe it does help somewhat. I am taking 1 grapeseed tablet a day. It is Trunature and 150 mg. I bought it at Costco.

If you do a search on grapeseed extract you will find more info on it.

Best wishes,
Melissa

Thanks, I'll look into that.

[Melissa W]

I take pycnogenol and it does seem to strengthen my (visible) capillaries.

Pine bark extract is a nutritional supplement patented by a French researcher under the name Pycnogenol.

Pycnogenol and grape seed are similar in that they both contain OPC's.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proanthocyanidin

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/d...ycnogenol.html


Best wishes,
Melissa

[Melissa W]

Thanks, I'll look into that.

Good luck and let us know if it helps you!

[guishome]

I found that to drink one or two glasses of grape juice help me a lot to digest. Therefore, my face is not swollen. I also find that it helps me to reduce my redness. Yesterday after doing 20 minutes of sport I was greatly surprise I didn't turn red and found during the effort no sensation of hot on my cheeks!! which means no flushing!! (it was 10 degree outside though)

I continue to drink it (red or black grape juice because the withe one doesn"t contain as many vitamin P as the two named before) and see if it really help or if it was something else but it makes sense because grape juice contains vitamin P which helps to strengthen capillaries

[SkincareKev]

I have heard that niacinamide can strengthen the skin barrier.