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Oh god, I'm so sorry to hear what you're going through. I have cystic acne and it's horrible. OK, well I don't know too much about spiro but it does seem late to be having an initial breakout. Some...

Ok, well a few people already gave you some good advice on how to treat your scars in your topic called "Type of Scarring? Help!". You should go back and take another look at those answers.

Why do you keep starting new topics instead of replying in the ones you've already made?

I think severe stress may have triggered my cystic acne to begin with, about 10 years ago. I had a terrible first semester of first year university and developed cystic acne after never having acne b...

Did you pick them initially? Were they cysts? I had several cysts before Christmas and I believe I did pop them (a few by accident I think). They all left red marks for about a month, then became s...

Yeah, it's hard to say. Mine definitely isn't worse during my period and it's equally bad on my forehead and chin. Topicals haven't worked but I assumed that's because it's the more severe type of a...

Hey mel, thanks for the response. Can you get hormones tested while on the pill though? I was thinking about that, but then I thought since I'm on the pill, my hormones levels aren't representative ...

cvd, that's a great point. Before my smoothie phase, I certainly was never inhaling 3-4 servings of fruit in 2 minutes. Seriously, I was drinking those things FAST! I kept telling my boyfriend how ...

Hello girls, I have a question for those of you who have hormonal acne. How do you know it's hormonal for sure? I'm trying to figure out if mine is. I used to get nodules and cysts, a lot on my ch...

I used to have mild-moderate cystic and nodular acne, which has been pretty well under control for the past two years. I attributed this solely to being on Diane 35 because I had never been able to m...

Ok, I looked into Diane 35 side effects briefly and it says to stop taking the pill immediately and seek medical attention if you experience certain symptoms and numbness is one of them. At the very ...

I am NOT saying this is necessarily the case with you, but a couple years ago when I had a scare where I thought I had MS, I had those symptoms for months. They ended up just being due to stress. I ...

Do you mean it would be up to 44 days before you could see a derm after getting the referral? If that's what you mean, that sounds like a pretty short wait (I waited 6 months)... especially if you've...

Hmmm this is interesting.. I only know of DMSO because we use it in the genetics lab I work in. We use it to destabilize the double helix structure of DNA when we are amplifying DNA samples. Do y...

I've been using a warm compress and taking advil at the first signs of a cyst or nodule emerging and it has been working quite well.

Ok, when I replied to your other post I didn't realize you'd only been on yaz for 7 months. That makes it less likely this is a rebound breakout. I really don't know whether it would be better for y...

This might be a long shot, but you could be breaking out as a result of going off Yaz. Lots of people start breaking out a few months after going off strong pills like Yaz and Diane 35. I do also th...

I was on Marvelon for years, which I think is similar to Apri. I didn't have any problems with an initial breakout, but in general, the pill didn't really help with my acne either (mild cystic and no...

I didn't know much about sebaceous cysts at the time so I just listened to my dermatologist when she said she'd try a cortisone shot and if that didn't work, it would have to be excised. There's a sl...

I had a sebaceous cyst on my cheek around the size of a quarter also. I had a cortisone shot that made it pretty flat (not completely, but way better than it was). I think I had that done about 2 ye...

Most people will cut off 1/4 of the pill for 2-3 months, then 1/2, then 3/4. So the entire process can take 6+ months but there are a lot of success stories from doing it that way!

missC1990, I've been breaking out mildly a lot of the time I've been on Diane 35 (2 years exactly). Most aren't cystic but I do get those occasionally. I've never been able to find anything that tr...

Hi JennaBean, I don't know for sure, but I would think being on Spiro when you go off the pill would help some. There's also the option of weaning off birth control that seems to be working for quite...

I only seem to scar on my chin but I think that's because I've had so much more acne there than anywhere else on my face. I also NEVER scarred, no matter how bad my acne was, until I was about 25.

I agree with those above who said don't do anything. Your scars are really mild and it would be a shame to make them worse by trying to treat them. Not worth it in my opinion! Your skin looks great...