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[xxxxxxx]

I start tonight..Im excited & nervous! Well thank you mucho for reassuring me, Ill let you guys know how its going!

[CookieKiss]

Molly my Yasmin comes in a 21 pill pack. Mine doesnt have the placebo pills but from what i know they are there for the sole purpose of helping you not forget to take the pill at the same time till the next pack. So they are not really helping acne wise.

[CookieKiss]

I start tonight..Im excited & nervous! Well thank you mucho for reassuring me, Ill let you guys know how its going!

xxxxxxx its been three days, how are you feeling? Im still doing good. This is usually the nastiest time of the month for me *getting my period on sunday* and face is still going well. I only got 1 tiny blemish yesterday that faded by today and left no redmark

[xxxxxxx]

Yay, congrats! Hmmm well I took my 4th pill last night, Ive got a big cyst sort of under my eye BUT I dont think this is related because a) I had a big nasty clogged pore thing there, so something was bound to come up eventually and b) Its not a hormonal place to break out. And then Ive got another cyst on the side of my nose but I think that was my own fault too for trying to extract blackheads myself ....OTHERWISE, Its doin alright- no major mood changes, Im just irritated cause my skins being a bit of a screw-up right now. Hopefully this is that initial breakout..?

[xxxxxxx]

Yay, congrats! Hmmm well I took my 4th pill last night, Ive got a big cyst sort of under my eye BUT I dont think this is related because a) I had a big nasty clogged pore thing there, so something was bound to come up eventually and b) Its not a hormonal place to break out. And then Ive got another cyst on the side of my nose but I think that was my own fault too for trying to extract blackheads myself ....OTHERWISE, Its doin alright- no major mood changes, Im just irritated cause my skins being a bit of a screw-up right now. Hopefully this is that initial breakout..?

Scratch that, my skin looks absolutely disgusting right now.
I have 3 huge cysts all on different places of my face, and little red bumps and whiteheads around my mouth area...Ugh..I really want this to work, should I just wait a few months, or will it not get better..? I feel horrible right now.

[CookieKiss]

Well my derm said when she prescribed it to me, to take it for three months. She was probs expecting for it to take that long to start working Nothing new appeared and i finished my first pack i actually didnt have any blemishes for a month
Keep me posted and ill do the same! Im sure it will work. Dont get discouraged!! Im still using my old regimen on my face. Zineryt and Skinoren.

[xxxxxxx]

well thank you, I hope youre right, my mom said to wait another month and see what happens..Ugh Im just SO very sick of this.

[CookieKiss]

well thank you, I hope youre right, my mom said to wait another month and see what happens..Ugh Im just SO very sick of this.

Hang in there!!

[CookieKiss]

Ive reached my period and my face is still clear. Its amazing. I pray things will stay like this forever
xxxxxxx how are you?

[xxxxxxx]

Ive reached my period and my face is still clear. Its amazing. I pray things will stay like this forever
xxxxxxx how are you?

that's great! my big breakout is healing up, hopefully it won't happen again. i'm away for 2 weeks so i hope that when i come back it'll be all gone, and i can go to school without feeling all emberassed on the up-side, im having no other side effects, which is good ! xox

[CookieKiss]

If you're not having any side effects is great! I thing this is going to be a smooth ride for you too

[Betty88]

I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, I've never used birth control before.
I'm starting yasmin soon but I don't know when to start taking it. I know you're supposed to take it on the first day of your period but I don't get my period at all anymore. Does it matter what day I start if I'm using it just for my skin and not as a contraceptive?

[Betty88]

I just remembered I heard it had bad side effects (like a lot of weight gain) for people with ginger hair if that helps anyone decide whether to take it or not.

[CookieKiss]

Hei im so sorry i really dont know what to say. I never really asked myself that, why start on the first day of your period... unless you are going to use it as a birth control. But i know that my derm said i should start it on the first day of my period. i started taking it as if it were my previous bcp, i mean not on the first day.
Im sorry i cant answer your question
I have not experienced any side effects.

[Betty88]

Oh I just found out you only need to start on the first day of your period if it's for contraceptive reasons.
If you're just using it for skin it doesn't matter.

[CookieKiss]

Glad you found your answer, i was getting quite annoyed that i didnt know what to tell you You'll see... your period will become regular once you're on the pill. Good luck with it and please keep us posted

[Betty88]

It will become regular???
I don't want it back!!!

[CookieKiss]

It has to come Betty Thats the way things are

[onyxraven]

Well, it doesn't have to. A lot of women skip their placebo pills and start the next pack in order to skip a "period." You're not ovulating while you're on the pill, so the bleeding you experience is withdrawal bleeding from the hormones and not a real period. The whole marketing with Seasonale fails to mention this, but it's true. You can do a Seasonale effect with any monophasic birth control pill (I think you get breakthrough bleeding with triphasic and you might get it with an ultra low dose monophasic, think Alesse, Loestrin, etc.). All you do is start your new pack of pills when you run out of active pills. People can do it with Nuvaring too.