HELIOCARE ORAL CAPSULES - 60caps

Not sure if it was all in my head or if they really worked but I took them during a trip to Hawaii and we did still get burnt a bit but my melasma did not really flare up! Yippee!

Outstanding product. I swell then loose large areas of skin if exposed to the sun. Takes weeks of Prednisone to bring my skin back to normal. I had to go out just 4 days after starting Heliocare. I took two Heliocare per day. Difference was like night and day. 2 20mg doses in just 24 hours was all the Prednisone I needed. No swelling. Itching but no skin loss. Weeks later went out again. Itching only and one dose of Prednisone was necessary. I use this with their topical clear sunscreen, Heliocare 360 Spf50 Pediatric Transparent spray, from Carethy, Pharmacyclub dot net or Parafarmacia-online. Don't confuse this with their atopic spray lotion. It has to come direct from Spain where its manufacturered. Amazon doesn't carry it right now. Put it all over including your scalp. Seems greasy at first but oily finish dissipates before you can get out of the house if you are a dry skin person like me. They have other topical sunscreens, less oily, but if you are a person of color make sure to look for the word TRANSPARENT in the description.

Me and my boyfriend went for 3 weeks vacations in Costa Rica and Nicaragua in December. I got this because I was so afraid of getting so much sun especially we don't get much sun at all during the winter in Canada. I kept taking during the trip and also used sunscreen. I did not get any sun burn. I don't know the correlation but my boyfriend didn't take the pills and he got sunburn on his legs..

I love Heliocare! I've been taking it every summer for a few years and have always had consistent results. I wear sunglasses and sunscreen year round, but in the summer I take Heliocare for added protection, and I think it really helps me avoid sunburns. For reference I have light skin (NC20) that burns before it tans, so I really try to stay out of the sun as much as possible. I have nothing to add that hasn't already been mentioned in other reviews, except to note that I received the non-US version. Because of the packaging, I thought I got a really old bottle, but after a little research I figured out that I have a new bottle of the European pills. The main ingredient is the same (240 mg P. Leucotomos) but the non-US version contains green tea and betacarotene, which I'm fine with. Important to note that the new US version is vegetarian and does not have any dyes, but the European capsules are made with gelatin and contain colorants. I've attached some photos of Euro bottles, pills, and packaging (orange), and the bottles compared to the new-US (small yellow) and old-US bottles (large yellow). I don't have any more of the new US pills, but they were clear capsules containing a grayish powder and I bought them at Walmart. I ordered the non-US version from Amazon, the seller is Subha Enterprise. I have no issues with the difference in packaging and ingredients, so I'm using these. However, if you are a vegetarian/vegan, or if you are sensitive to colorants you may want to be more selective.

I have the classic scottish skin, which is pale and freckled and takes a lot of days of sun and careful exposure to eventually tan. In the past when I've tanned I've had an extremely mottled freckle and tan look. Since using Heliocare, my tan looks much more even, the tan itself deeper so that the freckles blend in better. The other thing I was hoping this would help with are my white spots - I read studies that this helped repigment white spots which are a form of age related sun damage related to vitiligo. The studies were for taking this 3 times a day spaced out, for 12 weeks, and getting 20 minute sun exposure three times a week or so. I have probably been taking for 2 months so far, and averaged maybe 1 or 2 20-minute sun exposures a week with the exception of last week in key west I got sun almost every day, and I can't say that my white spots have repignmented at all yet, but I'm going to keep taking it and hope for the best. I did have a small white scar on my leg from a dog bite, and that HAS repigmented by about 50%, so it is working in some areas. Will update later if there are more results to comment on.