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I had been on azurette birth control for a year. Occasionally around my period I would get a single zit on my chin, but for the most part my skin clear. I stopped taking birth control in October for personal reasons. About a few weeks later, the area on around my mouth and ALL over my chin became covered in painful, large, red pimples. I read somewhere that hormonal acne is located on the chin/mouth area. I started back on the pill last week because dealing with my acne was so unbearable. How long will it take to clear my skin? Also, according to my description, is the acne is caused by the abrupt stop of taking the pill?
The whole thing about the "location" of acne and the relation of that to hormones and diet and stuff is pretty much bogus. That said, yourflare-up was most likely caused by the hormonal imbalances in your body after stopping the pill.
Hard to say how long it would take to clear up.I stopped taking the pill in July last year and got an IUD.My skin flared up,and it took until November to startto clear up. Mydoctor said it would take some time so I waited...In the beginning of December it started to clear more rapidly and now it's completely gone.
I guess you could have waited more to see if your acne would have been gone, but now that you're back on the pill you should be good in about2 months max.