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ACNE JOURNEY- PCOS (BIRTH CONTROL PILL- YASMIN)

2 YEAR UPDATE! Hey guys! Still on Yasmin...still living life, trying not to care about my skin anymore. The past month or so I've broken out a bit...a scattering of annoying pimples, sorta under t...

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6 years ago
ACNE JOURNEY- PCOS (BIRTH CONTROL PILL- YASMIN)

Hi guys! Just wanted to give another quick update...my skin has been incredible the past month. The best it has been in over 3 years! I've been eating meat and tons of protein (like I had prior to cys...

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6 years ago
ACNE JOURNEY- PCOS (BIRTH CONTROL PILL- YASMIN)

Hi guys! It's been 1.5 years since being on Yasmin and healing my acne...I have learned SO SO much that I want to share. First of all, I've learned a lot about obsessing over the acne and healing my m...

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7 years ago
ACNE JOURNEY- PCOS (BIRTH CONTROL PILL- YASMIN)

Hello there! I just wanted to let you guys know that I'm going to be updating more so on Instagram moving forward- I just created an account about body positivity with acne & acne related body dys...

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7 years ago
ACNE JOURNEY- PCOS (BIRTH CONTROL PILL- YASMIN)

On 2018-03-22 at 8:09 AM, MgX said: You are a brave and beautiful girl... Always remember that!!! I too have PCOS. I was diagnosed 2014 but i think I already had it even before. I started ge...

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7 years ago
ACNE JOURNEY- PCOS (BIRTH CONTROL PILL- YASMIN)

YEAR TWO MONTH ONE UPDATE Hello everyone! I wanted to just give a quick update after being on Yasmin for one year! My skin has gotten SOOO much better. I will rarely get a cystic pimple! However, I w...

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7 years ago
ACNE JOURNEY- PCOS (BIRTH CONTROL PILL- YASMIN)

On 2018-01-17 at 9:34 PM, chell26 said: Hello. I am on my 6th month of taking my pills which is Diane but I still have plenty of cystic acne on my cheeks. I dont know if I have to switch to Yas...

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7 years ago
ACNE JOURNEY- PCOS (BIRTH CONTROL PILL- YASMIN)

On 2017-11-15 at 10:12 PM, HeavenlyConga said: Thank you for documenting everything! I am Month two, week two currently and I have found similarities in my skin with what you have described....

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7 years ago
ACNE JOURNEY- PCOS (BIRTH CONTROL PILL- YASMIN)

Yes! My skin sort of got to the point of being like 85% clear most days when I stopped my weekly updates. Then at the end of August I decided to go completely vegan and see if that cleared the last bi...

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8 years ago
ACNE JOURNEY- PCOS (BIRTH CONTROL PILL- YASMIN)

MONTH SEVEN- WEEK ONE  Hi guys! It's been a while since I've posted...but I'd definitely like to update on my acne progress.  I've been really, really lenient with my diet thro...

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8 years ago
ACNE JOURNEY- PCOS (BIRTH CONTROL PILL- YASMIN)

MONTH FIVE- WEEK FOUR UPDATE: Hello! Happy Sunday! Today is my first day of break week on month five. Wow...what a journey this month has been. I actually had my worst breakout in AGES last week. I ...

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8 years ago
ACNE JOURNEY- PCOS (BIRTH CONTROL PILL- YASMIN)

MONTH FIVE- WEEK ONE UPDATE: Hey guys! At the end of my break week of month four, I had a bit of a set-back. However, I completely attribute said set-back to my diet and stress. I guess now's as good...

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8 years ago
ACNE JOURNEY- PCOS (BIRTH CONTROL PILL- YASMIN)

MONTH FOUR- WEEK FOUR UPDATE:  Things have been getting consistently better each week. Sometimes there'll be a couple days where I break out a bit, but a few days later I'll be clearer tha...

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8 years ago
ACNE JOURNEY- PCOS (BIRTH CONTROL PILL- YASMIN)

MONTH FOUR- WEEK TWO UPDATE: Hope you're all having a great week thus far! I didn't update last week because there wasn't anything new to report. I have still been getting pimples each week, but the...

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8 years ago
ACNE JOURNEY- PCOS (BIRTH CONTROL PILL- YASMIN)

MONTH THREE- WEEK FOUR UPDATE: So, we've had a bit of a decline this week...I broke out in non-cystic acne (maybe around 6) on my cheeks. Not the end of the world, nothing like what I dealt with prio...

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8 years ago
ACNE JOURNEY- PCOS (BIRTH CONTROL PILL- YASMIN)

MONTH THREE- WEEK THREE UPDATE: Hellooooo! Today I started my break week, and just wanted to let you know I really did not have a pre-break week breakout this month! How exciting?!?! My diet has rema...

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8 years ago
ACNE JOURNEY- PCOS (BIRTH CONTROL PILL- YASMIN)

MONTH THREE- WEEK TWO UPDATE: Hi there! Continued improvement. I had a one spot by my nose that I made the mistake of picking...but besides that, everything has been really good this week. I currentl...

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8 years ago
ACNE JOURNEY- PCOS (BIRTH CONTROL PILL- YASMIN)

MONTH THREE- WEEK ONE UPDATE: Wow. Each week I just keep seeing more and more improvement. I've been very rebellious with my diet as of late and have noticed NO breakouts because of this.  ...

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8 years ago
ACNE JOURNEY- PCOS (BIRTH CONTROL PILL- YASMIN)

MONTH TWO- WEEK FOUR UPDATE:  It's only Thursday...normally I update on a Saturday or Sunday (I might still do that...). But I just wanted to let y'all know that *drum roll* I actually got...

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8 years ago
ACNE JOURNEY- PCOS (BIRTH CONTROL PILL- YASMIN)

MONTH TWO- WEEK THREE UPDATE: Hey there! I finish my last active pill of my second pack of Yasmin tomorrow. BUT....I unfortunately had a breakout yesterday. It's all isolated to one of my cheeks- th...

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8 years ago
ACNE JOURNEY- PCOS (BIRTH CONTROL PILL- YASMIN)

MONTH TWO- WEEK TWO UPDATE: The beginning of this week (just like the end of last week) was a bit rough. However, after a nice facial everything has been clearing up quite nicely! It's the clearest m...

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8 years ago
ACNE JOURNEY- PCOS (BIRTH CONTROL PILL- YASMIN)

MONTH TWO- WEEK ONE UPDATE: The clear skin I had on placebo week has taken a bit of a turn in the opposite direction. However, nothing like what I have experienced in the past. It's almost as if, ev...

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8 years ago
ACNE JOURNEY- PCOS (BIRTH CONTROL PILL- YASMIN)

MONTH ONE- WEEK FOUR UPDATE: Placebo week...and everything was lovely skin-wise. I broke out just a little bit on the first two days of my inactive pills and then my skin flattened out almost comple...

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8 years ago
ACNE JOURNEY- PCOS (BIRTH CONTROL PILL- YASMIN)

MONTH ONE- WEEK THREE UPDATE: I'll just keep this short and sweet. My breakout from last Sunday has been slowly clearing- the really big cysts are no longer active. However, I have still been gettin...

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8 years ago
ACNE JOURNEY- PCOS (BIRTH CONTROL PILL- YASMIN)

MONTH ONE- STILL WEEK TWO...ONE DAY LATER... I spoke too soon. My skin has absolutely erupted... I have two of the biggest cysts I have ever had in my life (one on each cheek). They are swollen and ...

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8 years ago