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[cinnamon_stix]

Girls, I really need some advice. Im about month 6 into my spiro regimen on 100 mg and everything was going great untill this past week. I bought a pack of cigars on Monday, and had a few more on wednsday. Since then my face is a disaster. Its red, dry, and im breaking out like crazy. My skin has been consistently clear on spiro and now when I look in the mirror I keep seeing more and more breakouts. Has spiro stopped working for me? Or is it the cigarettes that screwed everything up?

[Prettywords]

I'm starting to think it may stop working. Maybe the androgen receptors build up a tolerance...but I haven't seen any studies on it or anything. Also, I'm wondering if at 6 months hormones reset and then it gets better. I recall hearing 3 months and then 6 months is important in hormone therapies.

[cinnamon_stix]

Yeah I don't even know what's going on. No matter how many high end products I try it doesn't do anything. When my skin was clear I could even skip a day washing my face and the next morning it would still be clear. Do you think my skin will ever clear up again?

[poppinpoprocks]

i would definatly stop smoking it wreaks havoc on your skin and that may be whats causing you to breakout if thats the only thing you have done diffrently.for me i know just being in a smoky room has sometimes lead to me breaking out so that might be your problem

[cinnamon_stix]

i will never try cigarettes ever again. its been about a week and my face is STILL a war zone. its still breaking out and extremely red. i cant believe it..im so depressed...i really hope its not spiro just wearing off.

[jenagain]

i had the same thing happen to me and i posted about it in an entry titled "spiro resistance". the main problem for me seemed to be the brand i was using. if you changed pharmacies the brand might have changed or it's also possible that your current pharmacy started using a different and didn't tell you since it's not technically supposed to matter.