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Try cetaphil cleansers and moisturisers! They're available in most boots in the U.K.  I too am using 5% bp and a salicylic acid wash too which is quite harsh and my skin is still breaking ...

Hi, In my opinion seeing a therapist would be very worthwhile - I've been once before and I started off with feeling like my problem was silly or insignificant but we got to a lot of deeper stuff abou...

Hi, I'm sorry to hear about your experience and I really empathise with how having bad skin can wreck your self-esteem. I'm no doctor but I would really recommend you explain your excess hair and prob...

On 6 November 2017 at 6:53 PM, LifesWaitingToBegin said: I used lymecycline and it worked and cleared my skin noticeably after only about 2 weeks but stopped working after about 6months. Didn’t...

Hi all, I've been using 5% BP now for about a year, but only realised a month or 2 ago that you need to apply it all over the skin and not just pinpoint onto spots (wish I'd known sooner!) Anyway, the...

My pill is called Levest (its a combo of ethinylestradiol and levonorgestrel I believe and lots of brands make the exact same pill just with a different name e.g Cileste) and t...

Hi, any advice would be much appreciated. I'm a 21 year old female and have been on the combined pill for about 5 years which alone has not been able to clear my acne. I've been using a salicylic aci...

@Chloe123 I'm sorry to see your skin didn't stay clear - though I hate to say as I was reading this thread I had a feeling that would be the case.  I was on dianette for 6 mont...

I hate to be this person as I know how much it sucks AND I'm constantly told this as well which irritates the hell out of me, but you are still very young and in boys this is a peak time for breakouts...

Like you, I'm tired of feeling awful about myself and my never ending regimes. My doc prescribed me 5%BP which I started a couple of weeks ago, but having read the acne.org regime today I am going to ...

You need to talk to your doctor about these changes, better yet a dermatologist, as only they will be able to possibly know what has caused this change. I am currently dealing with a similar situation...

The short answer is yes. Dianette is a short term pill only because of the complicated side effects which come with being on it long term such as increased risk of blod clotting. I was on Dianette for...