I was on roaccutane until October which completely cleared my back acne + facial acne wonderfully. I had clear porcelain skin.
At the beginning of February I noticed I started getting a few pimples on my back again (as well as a couple of minuscule ones on my chin when it was nearing my period). My main concern was that my back acne might escalate if I didn't do something about it so I went to the doctor and was prescribed dianette (or co-cyprindiol as it is called in the UK). It's week 5 and my face now has acne. My back has also got worse.
For the last 3 weeks new pimples have emerged on my face everyday (despite using differin). I am back to actually having acne on my face where before I did not at all. I currently have 21 pimples on my face. Since taking it I have developed oily skin (something I've never experienced in my life) and I now have textural issues (skin which is bumpy in places, not smooth but are not spots). All in all my skin is a mess.
I'm also experiencing the side effects; feeling nauseous every night, and feeling very low, on edge and constantly sad and unhappy about the state of my skin - I think these feelings are exemplified by the pill. My appetite has also increased.
I know people report that you must wait 3 months before seeing results but I don't think I can continue feeling this low and unhappy about my skin for it to potentially not get better after 3 months (as others report).
My questions are:
Do you think I had balanced hormones before and have unnecessarily messed them up by taking this pill? (dianette is supposed to be an anti-androgen and thus reduce the hormones that produce acne so I would have thought that, if anything, it would still be beneficial)
If I stop taking this pill will my hormones return to how they previously were, in turn returning my skin to how it was?
Any advice about what I should do would be welcomed.