How Long?

[yellowbird22]

I have just recently gone gluten-free. I have felt leaps and bounds better, however, I still LOOK terrible! My skin has started to clear up (acne), however my skin just looks unhealthy. I look like I'm sick and tired (I have horrible dark circles no matter how much sleep I get.) People always ask me, ARE YOU OK CAUSE YOU DON'T LOOK SO GOOD?!? hahaha. I can finally tell them, yes NOW I am. Anyway I was just wondering how long until I look as good as I feel now that I'm gluten-free?

[wowzer]

It is great you are feeling better. I think it was a couple of weeks after going gluten free that the circles under my eyes disappeared. It was kind of funny, someone told me I looked well rested. I had a lot of trouble sleeping before and when I first went gluten free. Give it time, so much has to heal. My skin was finally not so dry after 3 months. Now I got a stupid yeast infection and it is getting dry again. I guess I shouldn't get too excited about improvements. Seems soon as I do I have a setback.

[alamaz]

I've been gluten-free for 6 weeks and have seen improvements in my acne (until I ate something containing soy!) and my skin texture/look. My dark circles have seem to come back but I'm also not sleeping well the past week or so. Other improvements are hit or miss. One day my stomach is doing great and two days later it's like I'm back to square one. Very inconsistent. My GI doc. said 6-8 weeks to start seeing any improvements at all and then another 6 months to two years for real improvements to occur. It all depends on your body and how well you stick to the diet.

Good Luck!