OP, wanted to thank you for this. Used some possibly expired probiotic in the refrigerator (the bottle was bought from WF at least a couple of years ago). Made a paste with just a few drops of water, applied it on my DS acne and left it overnight, and his face had cleared up at least 90 % the next morning. You do need to do it for at least a few days and then every week or so.

I've done this with the cheaper probiotic, Culturelle, that you can get at Giant or wherever. And, my experience was the same as OPs daughter. Much less red and noticeable the next day. The only thing it didn't help with were the small spots I had picked at (I know, I know). Those needed to heal on their own.

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The mixture is very dark and thick when I apply it. PD is green and brown, like regular dirt, so the mask sort of leaves me looking like a contestant on a wilderness survival reality show. I also cannot not believe how awful the mixture smells. It smells almost exactly like vomit. I'm surprised no one else has mentioned this.

I can't remember what brand of probiotics we used, but it was white inside and there was no vomit smell! It didn't look like anything was on her face, really... maybe a little whiteness. No smell.

I am the PP. That's not the point. I know that some of them don't smell.

What I'm saying is that this didn't work for many people on this thread, and many of the people on this thread admitted to choosing a probiotic blindly, or choosing a cheap one. I was saying that other PPs might want to reconsider trying the mask with a better probiotic. There are many factors that go into a probiotic's effectivity. PD itself smells, but it worked for me and for OP. PD is hardly the only high-quality probiotic on the market. If it didn't work, I'm just trying to encourage other posters to choose a probiotic that isn't crap.

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The mixture is very dark and thick when I apply it. PD is green and brown, like regular dirt, so the mask sort of leaves me looking like a contestant on a wilderness survival reality show. I also cannot not believe how awful the mixture smells. It smells almost exactly like vomit. I'm surprised no one else has mentioned this.

I can't remember what brand of probiotics we used, but it was white inside and there was no vomit smell! It didn't look like anything was on her face, really... maybe a little whiteness. No smell.

Ok I just clicked on it and am getting the brand that OP's daughter uses. I will let you guys know re acne from my teen DD, and I'm 50 and have no acne, but have blackheads at times, and I'm also curious if it will help even the tone of the skin or deal with wrinkles (although the theory behind using it would not support this--but you never know, there may be some unknown wrinkle benefit to having this on your face. Can't hurt! Although the vomit comment above bummed me out a bit; guess I won't be wearing it to bed...

I've been trying this for a few weeks now. I use Primal Defense as my regular probiotic, so I already had it on hand.

I've been emptying three capsules and mixing it into a very thick paste before applying it to my face. I've been keeping it on overnight.

The mixture is very dark and thick when I apply it. PD is green and brown, like regular dirt, so the mask sort of leaves me looking like a contestant on a wilderness survival reality show. I also cannot not believe how awful the mixture smells. It smells almost exactly like vomit. I'm surprised no one else has mentioned this.

Anyway, all that aside, it WORKS. I was amazed at how much less inflamed my skin was the first morning I washed it off. I know many people in the thread have tried it with cheap probiotics, but I don't think that's really giving it a shot. There is a wide, wide range of viability among supplemental probiotic products. You want to look for a company that has tested for how many strands of bacteria are still alive at the probiotics expiration date, not the date on which the probiotics are bottled. A lot of bacteria dies off quickly in the packaging process of probiotics, so if you tried this with a low-quality probiotic it is possible many of you were basically trying it with a placebo. There are plenty of high quality probiotics on the market - I'd try it again with one of those.

This is an aside, but I know a few people who have been helped immensely in the acne department by the elimination of all dairy from their diet (this includes me!)

Thank you, OP for posting this!!

Anonymous wrote:Would yogurt work?

Some people do, but I think that would be more expensive. One capsule of the basic probiotics from Costco is like 10 cents.

Anonymous wrote:Im excited to try this. Can someone tell me how much water do u mix with a capsule and how long do you keep it on? Thanks!

Just a little bit of water, like maybe a teaspoon. I keep it on overnight.

I posted earlier, my kids and I had success with this at first. My daughter had two very prominent zits this week and tried it for three nights, but only saw slight improvement.

When I get big hard headless zits, I take goldenseal for a day or two and they disappear.

Would yogurt work?

After reading the post earlier in the week, I tried it on my son. I bought a vegetable based probiotic only because I could not figure out what to get. It was an off-white powder. At first I used too much water and had to use a bunch of capsule too make it pasty and still did not completely succeed. Still he used it and it really helped especially on the smaller blemishes/areas with smaller bumps. We tried it again last night and used only a very small amount of water which worked better. He kept it on for a couple of hours and we saw noticeable differences immediately. I am hoping for continued improvement, but even without it has been much more effective than any of the OTC things he has tried. It is not so bad that he has gotten a prescription and I think we will continue with this which so far has been great. Thanks so much for sharing!!!

I tried this on my kids and myself. My son felt like it stings (probably on the spots where he scratched at his acne)
I also found it a little uncomfortably tightening on the skin, but okay.

None of us really noticed any improvement.

OP here. DD just showed me the other night how she makes it - just a bit of water to make a medium thick paste.

FWIW, her skin has cleared a lot over the summer. She uses probiotic every couple of weeks and before her period and is drinking a lot of water and thinks both are helping. She still spot treats the few bigger ones with BP during her period.

Im excited to try this. Can someone tell me how much water do u mix with a capsule and how long do you keep it on? Thanks!