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[FSAS]

Basically I went on diane a year ago as well as spiro at the same time, after about 3-4 months my face was very clear and it stayed like that. I only took 25mg of spiro a day.
anyways about 3 months ago i stopped the spiro slowly and havent taken it for about 3-4 weeks fully now and my acne is coming back worse each month, before my period i get about 4-5 pimples on my chin and about 10 or so small ones (maybe 2-3big painful one) along my jaw they all just come and go really with a few persistent ones. I suppose its because i stopped the spiro (although i really was only taking 25mg a day)
I assume it wasnt the diane that kept me clear? I mean i'm 80% better than what it was trust me but i'm also an identical twin with obviously the same dna etc and my sister had acne when she was about 16-17, went on diane and has been on it for about 2 years, either way her acne cleared up completely she's 100% clear, perfect skin on it still. we're now 20 in a few months and my acne just started last year. I find it a bit weird how I never had it back then and was on a diff bcp and a few years later i finally caught up to her and got it. I look at her and hate myself because my skin is just horrible. We have the same type of acne, we have to and hormonal interferes helped me too (until i dropped the spiro to see) and the diane isn't keeping my skin clear :/
what might this mean? i thought maybe because i might have more trouble regulating hormones? there are a few factors that differ between her and I but im worried because if my skin is still crappy on diane god help me when i come off it any opinions ? please all welcome

[Gutterflower]

If you were clear while on Spiro and broke out after you stopped, I'd hazard a guess that it was the Spiro that was keeping you clear. Is there a reason you decided to stop taking it? Have you considered maybe asking to be put back on it? If you're taking Diane solely to clear your skin and it's not doing that, it may not be worth taking (unless you're taking it for birth control/period regulation, but there are different pills that aren't as strong that you can use for that instead). Acne is a funny, fickle thing... even though you're twins, there can be different things that cause it and different remedies.

[FSAS]

Gutterflower, on 01 November 2011 - 11:43 PM, said:

If you were clear while on Spiro and broke out after you stopped, I'd hazard a guess that it was the Spiro that was keeping you clear. Is there a reason you decided to stop taking it? Have you considered maybe asking to be put back on it? If you're taking Diane solely to clear your skin and it's not doing that, it may not be worth taking (unless you're taking it for birth control/period regulation, but there are different pills that aren't as strong that you can use for that instead). Acne is a funny, fickle thing... even though you're twins, there can be different things that cause it and different remedies.

i still have the prescription to be filled i think 4 more times (so 400 more 25mg pills) i only took 25mg a day. but i stopped taking it because i didnt know if my doc would keep letting me take it and i was too scared to become so dependent so weaned off it a bit over 1-2 months. of course thats when the acne came back and seems to keep getting worse. thing is its a lot better than last year when i was on a weak bc and i feel diane is definitely keeping me 75-80% clear but it just sucks to be so reliant and i cant take it forever.. if my face is like this while on diane and im so depressed now about it god help me when im forced to come off it -_-
ive been trying the natural route in case the acne is being caused by something like bad digestion or leaky gut, candida overgrowth, not enough sleep or excerise etc but nothing has really helped thus far , even kinda more natural ways to balance hormone (yet im on the pill so im not sure how 'balance ' things could ever get whilst on this pill).