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(@dunedain)

Posted : 06/14/2013 11:02 am

I just started Aviane 28 for acne-unrelated reasons - I do get breakouts around the time of my period but I don't think the rest of my acne is hormone-based.

It's only been 2 weeks but I have noticed that I'm getting a couple of pimples developing around my jaw and the lower half of my cheek.

Has anybody had experience with Aviane? I know I haven't been on it long enough to really see the side effects but I've been on birth control before (Yaz) and I didn't get any crazy side effects...but my skin is getting worse and worse these days so I'm terrified that taking some artificial hormones will muck it all up

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(@green-gables)

Posted : 06/18/2013 1:20 am

Please see the information below in my signature. Aviane 28 uses levonorgestrel, which is a type of progestin that can actually make acne worse. It is actually one of the worst progestins for an acne-prone patient. If you were recommended this pill for acne, I would switch doctors...they clearly don't know what they're doing.

Yaz is one of the best birth controls for acne...any reason why you didn't just go back on Yaz?

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