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Day 45 I stopped taking Ortho Cyclen on Monday. My face had got so painful and I just felt horrible. I am going to continue the spiro and the doxy. I have a dermatologist appointment for August 15 - i...

Day 37 Things are still looking bad. I have been really emotional today because I sent updated photos to my Curology derm over the weekend and he emailed me back a bunch of stuff including recommendin...

Day 33 Well it was nice to have semi-clear skin for a few days... as of this morning I have two cysts on my left cheekbone, one coming up near my mouth, one under my jaw on the left side that is achin...

Day 31 My skin has been weird this week. I am breaking out less than I was a week or two ago but still pretty consistently. The zits are less inflamed, but a lot of them are leaving indented scars, wh...

I take mine morning and evening. The only thing to make sure of is that you take it an hour before lying down - if it gets stuck in your throat it will burn horribly. You can ask your doctor to be sur...

I think the obsessiveness is one of the worst parts about acne. Especially if you already have obsessive tendencies, it is so draining to constantly be evaluating your face... it is so easy to let it ...

Day 27 I'm starting my 2nd pack of Ortho Cyclen tonight, two days early because my period has been kind of heavy and lame. I am really nervous about starting the new pack. My skin has not been clear t...

Day 24 So I'm pretty sure this was the worst skin week I've had in my life. Since Tuesday I had about 10 inflamed zits around my mouth/chin on the left side. They have been healing and coming to a hea...

Day 21 Dealing with another really bad breakout on the left side of my chin right now.. it's funny, when one side clears up, the other side breaks out. I have less under my jawline - I only really hav...

Day 19 So at this point I've been on doxycycline for two weeks, spiro for a week and a half, and Ortho Cyclen for almost three weeks. Continuing to feel pretty bad about my skin. I get at least one or...

Day 17 The breakout on the right side of my face is healing... and now I can see three or four new spots on the left side. I am really depressed. Not really sure what to say. I got my new Curology for...

Have you tried spironolactone? Not sure if that would also cause a problem with migraines but it tends to be the heaviest hitting treatment for women with hormonal acne.

From what my gyno said with birth control it can really go either way. The composition varies in a way that can make the brand name better than generic for one person but worse for the next. I've defi...

Day 15 Wow, horrible breakout going on on the right side of my face right now... on my jawline but not under, so it's super obvious. Like 5 or 6 nasty inflamed whiteheads. I hate this kind of acne bec...

Day 13 New mf'er on my chin today but it has already come to a head. It's kind of hard for me to track new spots each day because some of them take so long to come to a head, and then they stay that w...

It does look like it could be hormonal. This type of acne is notoriously difficult to treat with a topical regimen (I have the same type). Are you on birth control? Have you looked into any online de...

Hang in there. The fact that you are seeing a dermatologist is such a huge step in the right direction. I just keep telling myself that although it is embarrassing and physically + emotionally painful...

16 hours ago, nguer said: Totally understand how you feel about seeing your boyfriend. But truly, he probably fell for the person on the inside and if so, he will see past your current skin str...

2 hours ago, snarkygirl said: I've heard the best for acne are either monophasic like orthocyclen or ones with drospirone like Yaz or Yasmine. I did well on orthocyclen and now I'm on Yaz bu...

My favorite part of the day is right when I wake up- before I look in the mirror and before any of the pain from my cysts kicks in. I dread doing my makeup because I hate having to look at my face. I...

I'm on week 2 of Ortho Cyclen and it is still wreaking havoc on my skin. Reading this post encouraged me to switch to Ortho from Lo Loestrin, which also wreaked havoc on my skin... lol. Can't wait for...

At 24 I am not new to adult hormonal acne but after starting hormonal birth control about 6 weeks ago I am having the worst hormonal breakout of my life. I started taking Lo Loestrin FE and switched t...