August 22, 2017
Let me preface this testimonial about using vitamin D3 with the information that I have been and am taking biotin (500 mcg) daily since May 2016.I have not noticed any positive changes while taking biotin, but would not rule out its contribution to the following improvements in my physical condition.
I was taking 1000 IU’s of D3 daily and my D level was 38 (hydroxy). Trying to raise my vitamin D level my doctor increased my D3 intake to 2000’s IU’s daily in June 2015.
The following changes occurred:
1. There was a open sore where the bridge of my glasses rested on my nose. The sore was raw, and brown and black in color. Nothing that I tried would make it heal. Sometime after taking the 2000 IU’s of D3 the sore completely healed and the discoloration disappeared.
2. I have had a skin tag on my right collar bone for decades. It disappeared, leaving just a small dark spot where it used to be.
3. There was a small nodule on my forehead, a bump of skin, it disappeared.
I started taking 10,000 IU’s of D3 and Super K with 1000 mcg of K2 daily (May 2017). After two months plus, the following occurred: Note: lesion: (le-sion) A lesion is a term used to cover all possible abnormalities of organic tissue. These can be simple cuts, burns, wounds, or so on.
1. I am 74 years old and a retired mechanic. In my forties I started getting all kinds of lesions on my forearms: discolorations, growths, liver spots, bumps, etc. Some of the lesions had different color spots on them, as in precancerous lesions. Thinking that this was caused by the chemicals I was using at work I started keeping my sleeves buttoned down while working. After the increased D3 (summer 2017) the lesions started to kind of dry up, get crusty. You could scrape them with a finger nail and they would come off like dead skin after a sun burn. Some would show a little blood and then scab over. When the scab fell off there was a small pink patch where the lesion had been. Eventually the pink patch became the same color as the surrounding skin. My arms still have some marks but I am no longer reluctant to wear short sleeve shirts in public. I just can not believe the transformation. I can look at my forearms now.
2. For years I had a small growth between the back of my right ear and the skin on my scalp. It was about twice the diameter in size of a pencil eraser and about 3/8ths. of an inch high. The surface was crusty, rough. I tried everything to get rid of it. I could reduce the size (height), but it would always grow back. If I disturbed it too much it would bleed. After the increased D3 it has completely disappeared, leaving just a little redness where it used to be. Unbelievable.
3. I have never been able to grow finger nails or toe nails. When they would grow they were soft and would break or tear easily. They had scalloped and ridged surfaces. I could not untie a knotted shoe lace or pull a blade up out of my pocket knife. I took biotin for quite awhile with little change. After the increased D3 I looked at my hands one day and there were finger nails; I could see white under the ends of the nails. I looked at my toe nails and saw the same transformation. The nails are rigid, tough and sturdy. I can still break them doing work but they grow right back. I can open my knife blade, untie a knotted shoe lace, and scratch my itching whatever. I can actually bang my finger nails against the table, they are that tough.
4. I had a growth on the back of my right knee, on the lower leg, about the size of a pencil 2 eraser. It was dark purple like a blood blister, about an eighth inch long, had it forever. It just shriveled up and fell off, completely gone, leaving just a small colored spot where it used to be.
5. There are lesions all over my back, moles, dark brown. They are all shrinking in size. I can not get a close look at them, but they are getting smaller.
6. Since taking the increased D3, sometimes, when I look at my hands the skin has a sheen to them, they actually shine. I have never experienced this before. Please note that this change took place after only three months of taking the higher dose of D3 (10,000 IU’s). I just received my lab work from my visit to my doctor last week. My vitamin D, 25-Hydroxy is now 91.4. Range is 30.0-100. Joe S. South St. Paul, Minnesota