mommabear

Yah! So glad you kicked acne but! I would like to ask you if your periods became regular? My daughter is still spotting and having periods every two weeks. Hopefully this will work itself out cause ...

My daughter was tested and found to have mildly higher levels of testosterone. She has been battling with acne for several years. The endocrinologist who I spoke with about the results said she coul...

Unfortunately it appears that the Hormonal forum has been deleted. I simply can't sift through all the unrelated posts on here about antibiotics, retinoids, and Accutane to effectively answer or respo...

Thanks for the update! Your posts have been very helpful. How is your hyperpigmentation? Have you had any treatments to correct it? So happy for you!

Hi!I started 100 mg of spiro about two months ago and I have seen no improvements in my acne! the only thing that changed immediately was that all my oil is GONE!like..it stopped the next day!But I a...

Nice!! You saw that much improvement on 50 mg of spironolactone? Interesting. It makes me wonder if everyone should start out on lower amounts and then SLOWLY increase dosage. So happy for you!

Thanks for update. Hm... Zinc oxide,isn't that sunscreen? Look forward to see your results with it. Still doing 20 percent peel? Daughters derm only does 10 percent peel, maybe because she is a redh...

Week 8 Update- Hey, guys. Not much to report here, except that last week during the time in my cycle in which I was I was ovulating, I noticed that my face had an unusual amount of puffiness to it. In...

Scabs are finally coming off, and the 3 actives I had yesterday are drying up! Yay!!! Just hoping no more new ones pop up and that I heal (relatively) enough to cover it for Christmas. I swear It look...

Hey, thanks for the updates! Bless your heart, sorry for what you are going through. My daughter is on day 41 100 mg of spiro and she is still breaking out, but the breakouts are less severe. I'm...

Hello Ekr150. How are you doing? Just wondering if your derm upped your spiro dosage? Would love to hear an update!

Thanks for the update Cherrysoda! It sounds like the spiro is slowly but surely working for you. My daughter is going on her 5th week and I swear this morning her face is looking better yah! I agr...

Hey! I started on 50 and had been bumped up to 200 over the next two weeks, that was three months ago. Although I see some improvement in the lower half of my face (still nowhere near clear, they do s...

Hi mommabear. I joined the site (after being a long-time lurker) just so that I could respond to your post. I'm sorry, I don't have any experience with spironolactone, but that and birth control are c...

Hello everyone. My daughter(15) just started her 4th week on spironolactone. We are like a lot of people on this board, we tried EVERYTHING(except acutane) to get rid of her severe acne that has plag...