Hyaluronic Acid Benefits: Skin Care and More!

I started using CeraVe Lotion with HA on my legs to combat dryness. Both my feet and ankles swelled up. I stopped using it to test if it was the lotion as it was the only new thing I had added at the time and it got better. Tried it again, it got worse again. Guess HA isn't for everyone. I didn't even put it on my feet...just my legs. Seems to take a long time to completely go away too.

I used the Hyaluronic Acid but broke out in large cysts on my face and itching. I had trouble with cystic acne most of my life. That may be why.

Is there such a thing as "organic H.A." since I buy cage free and no hormones or antibiotics in my chickens to eat. If there is, can someone help me find this supplement. I have the worst osteoarthritis. Thank you in advance.

Mary

I have also bought the Ultimate HA and found with just one pill it makes me as someone else has said "overwhelmingly tired". It's strange. There are other ingredients besides the HA so I'm not sure what is making me so tired. Does anyone have anyone ideas? Thank you! Leslie

Hi

Alfred has won me over with the positive results he's had with Hyaluronic Acid, so a few days ago I purchased a bottle and started taking it. I've been taking 150mgs but find that an overwhelming tiredness comes over me and I do not have the energy to do anything. As the day goes on and I move further away from taking the HA my energy levels start to come back. I do feel that I've wasted my money because the HA was expensive and from a very good source. As far as I'm aware, the HA I purchased is animal sourced, would I fare better with a plant or fish based product?

I do find that I also feel overwhelmingly tired when I ingest flaxseed or chia seed.
Best wishes
BERYL

I tried HA Joint Formula. Seldom have I had anything so devestating happen that is going on now. I took it two days and my ankles ached and swelled. I was taking something else new so I quit both. The swelling went down so I tried the HA alone. Same thing happened. I quit and swelling went down again. What possessed me to try it a third time, I'll never know, but I did. Ankles ached and swelled, I quit, but this time the swelling didn't go away. It got worse. My legs swelled and then my belly swelled. In three days I looked like I was 6 months pregnant and felt like I was carrying around a 20 lb watermelon and was hard as a rock. Then I developed a rash that was lumps in rows and felt like ropes. These were skin colored. Three days later I noticed I had a teet like bump (like teets on a dog or cat) and next day I had two more. A few days later I had deep red smooth rash where the skin was clear. I used ACV and that red went away in a day. All this from navel down. ACV helped get rid of the bumps somewhat but what is left feels hard. I got psoriasis on my elbow. I wake up in the morning with matter in the corners of my eyes and crust on lids and eyes are bloodshot. Eyewash helps, but eating sage on bread helps the most.

When my legs started getting badly swollen, I was ready to do anything. I quit taking every nutrient and stopped eating and drank nothing but water, a little juice, green tea and cup of coffee. It took two days for the swelling to go down enough to get compression socks on. The belly softened up but is still swollen. I have water pills but I'm allergic to them. They make my ankles swell and blood pressure go up. I'm taking black radish and parsley and now the leg swelling goes down at night, but I haven't seen my ankle bones in months. The swelling gets worse after I get up and after awhile have a hard time walking because of the pressure, and have no stength to get up a step.

This has been going on since mid-March. Before I took HA I felt great, had lost a little weight and had bought a polka CD and danced around to get exercise. I'm not one to go to doctors. Every time I go to one I end up worse off. Now I'm wishing I had. (at least an allergist) I think it's too late for an allergist now.

We have an annual health fair and you can get a pretty comprehensive blood test. (35 things checked) I've been going over 35 years and seldom have anything out of whack. This year - 7 things and 3 more one point over or under baseline. 2 tests point to heart, liver or kidneys. My cholesterol is perfect. Uric acid is high but I don't have arthritic pains or gout.

My blood pressure is/was high. I take L-arginine and hawthorn and ACV for that and most times it's close, or is normal. Six years ago I went to a doc that put me on BP med that raised by blood sugar and almost put me in a wheel chair because of back, hip and leg pain. Now I'm diabetic and as for BP, drugist says they've about run out of options.

My son takes medicinal marijuana for back pain. A friend of his gave me some salve for the rash his wife had and didn't use up. That seems to be helping and a side effect is, it lowers my blood sugar. It's always high in the morning even when I took medication. I do my best to keep it under control with nutrients, herbs and diet. I had it under perfect control with diet only before I was given the BP med that raised it. It's high in the morning but with this marijuana salve it's lower (normal) than I've seen in years. It got rid of the psoriasis on my elbow. I only got 1/2 gram. I'm not a marijuna person. Wouldn't smoke it, but I'm ready to find a dr that will prescribe the salve.

This HA has something in it made from olives that's supposed to "trigger" the HA and make it absorb better and faster. Boy, does it ever. This belly weight is not like fat and not like water bloat. I do a little dry brushing to get the lymph moving. I have a dutch door and I lean on that and sort of walk in place and do mild squats for exercise. Muscle tone in belly is gone.

Does anyone have any ideas? Sorry this post is so long.

To Val and Deirdre:

No dreams BUT Very tired.. did not think too much about being tired during the day.. Figured I was getting along in years & that is part of getting older.

Deirdre.. THANKS for waking me up. Today I will stop. taking HA and see IF I am not tired anymore.. I feel like sh-- ALL day just dead..Night time cannot sleep until 3 am..The HA has helped me a lot. Repaired my bones. New hair growth on my head, face almost clean of barnicles ,hair turning slowly back to black color from white. Wrinkles disappearing.. BUT to walk around all day as a Zombe. Tired, dead feeling.. It would be nice to be alive again. I will get back to you after a week or so.

I care
Alfred

Uh oh, my husband and I have been taking NSI hyaluronic acid and he started having very vivid weird dreams after a week or so almost every night, I have had two of them. I thought it was because we are stressed out about his being out of work for a few months.

Anyway, I just ordered 3 bottles of the brand Alfred recommended and hate that he won't take it if it gives him the weird dreams too.

Neither of us have felt tired though.

Alfred and all who take it - do you have this side effect?