Vitamin D supplements cause hormonal acne in almost everyone who is acne-prone, and even in those who weren’t previously struggling with acne.
Here’s why Vitamin D supplements can cause acne:
☝🏼Stimulates testosterone, the primary hormone that aggravates hormonal acne.
✌🏼Supplements contain too high of a dosage.
Daily multivitamins often contain about 250% of your daily intake while actual Vitamin D supplements contain upwards of 400-500%. That’s 2.5X – 5X what you should reasonably get in a single day, not counting the amount you’re getting naturally from foods and light. This surplus stores up in the body (vitamin D is fat-soluble so you store the excess), and it’s this surplus that affects testosterone. This leads to hormonal acne around the mouth, chin, and potentially affecting the chest and other areas of the body.
PRO TIP: Check all of your supplements ASAP. You may even be taking multiple vitamins that each contain Vitamin D, so you could be getting a ton more than you bargained for! You will know this is an acne culprit if you see breakouts along your mouth and where you’d have a goatee.