If you have used Mevacor (lovastatin) tablets and experienced an increase or decrease in acne, please tell us about it here. Be sure to include as much information as possible, including when you started taking Mevacor, the dosage, other side effects you experienced, and anything else that might be relevant. Acne is sometimes a side effect of prescription drug usage, but other times it has to do with hard-to-track-down lifestyle changes, bacteria in your gut, or nutrient deficiency. In our experience, the best way to treat acne is by eliminating sugar, flour, dairy, caffeine, and vegetable oils from your diet. Supplementing zinc, vitamin b complex, boron, melatonin, and SOD is likely to help as well.
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I did not have problems with acne as a teenager other than the occasional pimple around my menstruation, stressful situations, etc. I started having breakouts several years ago around the time that I was put on Simvistatin for high cholesterol at about age 38. About 2 years ago, I was switched to Lovastatin 20mg. My breakouts increased. I’m now 43 and my doctor recently raised my dosage to 40mg which has caused my acne to worsen.