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Hi all,
I came off of the mirena around a year ago, and since then my face has literally exploded. I never had any trouble with my skin before this, even before I went on the mirena, or whilst I was on it.
I had the mirena removed as I had a year long bacterial infection whilst I had it in, which travelled up to my ovaries and caused me a lot of pain.
I now have periods every two months, sweat profusely and my face is a mess. It's getting to the point where I dread looking in a mirror now. I just do not want to see my face.
I wanted advice what to do in terms of treatments. My doctors don't seem to want to send me for testing, but keep fobbing me off, with antibiotics, which do nothing when your hormones are out of whack.
I don't know where to go from here 
Hello,
I am sorry to hear your story. I had the Mirena for 5 years and unlike you, I had a bit of acne before having the Mirena and during. I had to remove it 6 months ago because I had anxiety and my acne was getting worse. I know that one year is really long to get back your normal skin! Especially that you never had acne before.... I think that your hormone are really imbalanced right now and your body is still trying to regulate your hormone production back to normal. I don't know which type of acne you have right now but there are some simple steps that you can take to improve it. First, a healthy diet is really important (you can look up on Internet for all the vitamins that you should take). Second, it could be a good idea to see a dermatologist if you didn't already see one. Also exercising and taking extra care of your skin should help (doing facial mask, putting lemon on your pimples,...)
I know that it sucks right now but if you had a good skin before and during Mirena, I am sure that it will eventually get back to normal. I already saw a bit of improvement after 6 months, so don't be discouraged!