missC1990

Hey missC, Good luck! I already gave some advice a few months ago regarding diet and supplements....also try to keep your stress levels low and enjoy life whenever possible! Hey! Yes you did! How a...

On 9/30/2014 at 8:38 AM, hamdinger said: Hey, I take this supplement for a ton of PMS symptoms and irregular periods and it really helps: [Removed] Lots of people take the m...

Hey guys, So I finally got enough courage to ditch the pill (mercilon)!! Such a relief.. I have a copper IUD inserted at the moment to prevent pregnancy. At first (first 3/4 weeks) my skin went reall...

Interesting wishclean! that might explain why I broke out over all the herbs that I took.... But is it true that DIM increases testosterone and lowers estrogen? I just read very conflicting stories ov...

I would ;ove to know that too! I had the initial breakout on DIM... horrible. Just like back in my pcos time.. I was on birth control pills when I took it. Don't know if that could have had any bad ef...

Nice topic! I can recommend revlon color stay for oily skin. Good coverage! also clinic acne solutions is OK... and I love everyday minerals products.

Exactly bren! Don't go on BCP ever... it's going to make things so much worse for you... did you ever have your hormones tested? I would recommend that at first. Acne is horrible, don't give up.

Woow, beautiful! Good for you though I don't even think your skin looked that bad before! I never had as flawless skin as yours on the last pic.

Thanks for the reply, all! I also think weaning off is the best method... just so tired of synthetic shit in my body! I've never had cystic acne in my life, not even at the time I was diagnosed with p...

I don't believe it's an anti-androgen. I read some stories it boosts free testosterone, so that's not what you need... don't know how it works for some people. Have you tried natural progesterone crea...

Hello everyone! First a little bit about myself: I'm 100% convinced that diane 35 caused me all of my severe acne and pcos problems. I started taking this pill at the age of 15. My acne was really m...

I really don't seem to get it... you're a beautiful girl, you really are. My face is worse on the pilll and even I enjoy life. Just don't punish yourself and go buy a good covering foundation and lear...

Hmm, ok! I did notice that everytime I stopped taking it, it would not work as great against acne as it did before... So other options... have you tried diets already? You probably have. Did you get y...

So I eat a lot of antioxidants already through my foods. I eat a lot of fruit and veggies and other healthy stuff. I would love to have a supplement that is particular good for acne, just to try it ou...

Can you even get used to BCP? I don't know... I do recognize the getting used to benzoylperoxide... Haven't tried the regimen yet

Also interesting what you mentioned about cortisol. I can't handle stress at all. I'm always afraid to fail or to not be good enough. It has been like this for all my life.

I don't have as many side effects on BCP either, besides the imbalances it caused me and I think I def. have mood swings... I just don't feel comfortable taking it all my life. I don't want to struggl...

Thanks!! I know I should get my levels checked first before doing anything. Last time I quit diane there was not even a cycle.. still I had no 'male' symptoms' besides severe acne and lacking periods ...

Complicated! But isn't cushing very rare? So if you're thin, you can never have too much estrogen? Damn... I'm skinny and have an A cup. So what would you do to lower free testosterone?

Oooh we're really in the same dilemma here!! Except, nothing happend down there when I quit BCP. No period AT all... it still worries and bothers me a lot. I'm the only one in the fam who has acne and...

Great thread!! Sooo, does anyone know how to lower androgens when excess is caused by pcos? I don't know if mine were escessive... but I did had a lot of acne, oily skin and ovarian cysts... I also re...

Thanks for the responses girls!! The endocrin system is sooo complex... I'm just trying to 'cover' anything before going off birth control... I know I'm already stressing on that, which is a bad idea...

Yes, I have experience! Same as you... well not exactly, but somewhat. I never took accutane. I had my first period at 14 and not even a year later I went on diane 35. I quitted the pill again when I...

Understandable! Does spiro come with less side effects than BCP? I have been on them for 8 years already too.... kind of forever

I also read that spearmint is a type 2 blocker... so they say it won't work as well on acne. Experiences, someone's opinion on this?