anyone? I'll update. I have 2 active pills left in my pack. I have had no major breakouts, a couple of chin zits that have since cleared up. my skin and hair got extremely greasy but I was also trying a few different diets things and I altered my skin care routine a bit so that might be to blame rather than the pill. I am skipping my placebos and starting a new pack instead. I'll check in again in a few weeks!

I was on Ortho Tricyclen Lo, and, for me personally, it held back most of my acne. I'd still have some little bumps here and there but for the most part, my skin reacted well to it. I don't remember ever having any adverse effects to skin or hair.

thanks for your input, Eli_G! I have been on ortho tri cyclen (generic) before (for 5 months) and I would get little whiteheads in my eyebrow area and chin that would mysteriously clear up every time I got to my placebo week. I have also been on loestrin(for 3 months) and while I had no like zits I had little skin color bumps (closed conedones?) that kept spreading. so, I'm on the ortho cyclen generic now and hoping it'll be better. I'm hoping that I won't have a major outbreak since the first month seemed to go pretty well even with me messing with my routines.

ok, I'm breaking out the same way I did when I was on the ortho tri cyclen. pimples on and around my nose (not a typical breakout area for me and I'm treating with BP to no avail) and little clogged pores everywhere. also a couple of under the skin bumps and my upper lip area is breaking out. I'm going to stop taking it and go back to my old pill. I'm glad it works for others though! my doctor said I must be sensitive to estrogen since I was on loestrin prior to this. I still had breakouts but they were on the sides of my face and quite minor. I'd prefer that to what I'm dealing with at the moment.

Did they ever just check your levels to see if your estrogen high or low? That might help u choose better which bc to get....I was on tri cyclin for 6 months. The first few months I felt like I was clearing then all hell broke loose so now I'm on my 1st week of sprintec. So far so good