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Day #7 One week off the pill! I have to say I'm feeling happier and more excited about life than I have for a long time. This is also probably to do with the fact that my skin has been pretty clear th...

My skin is too sensitive to use it without diluting, so I use 100ml water with 7-8 drops of tea tree, but this could probably be different for you depending on your skin. I've also been using a tree t...

Personally, I notice them on other people because I'm hyper-vigilant with my own skin, and it actually makes me feel more at ease around the person because I know they've been through a similar thing ...

I got massive breakouts from Estelle-35 and Yaz, and have completely stopped taking BC now. I'm almost a week without taking it and my skin is actually better, though I have massively cleaned up my di...

I've tried lots of things, but have never been able to fully cover medium/large whiteheads. I've kinda come to terms with the fact that they're hard to cover, and just cover them the best I can. My ...

When I'm home alone I like to put my music on really loud and dance around the house. That helps

Your skin is so beautiful and clear! Glad you've found something that works for you.

My skin is sensitive/oily/acne-prone too. The only cleansers I can use are cetaphil sensitive (but I found this was meh compared to botani) and the botani purifying cleanser. The botani acne line is t...

I'd go with a mineral makeup with as few ingredients as possible. I've been using drugstore foundation for years, and my skin cleared up considerably when I started using Alima Pure which has about fo...

Did you end up switching pills or sticking it out? I've come off them completely. For me there are too many negatives for my health, and they weren't doing anything for my acne, so I didn't see a po...

This post gives me hope. I've just stopped the pill and am trying to clean up my diet too. The one thing that gets me is bread though! I only eat wholemeal, but I'm wondering if I should cut down a bi...

I never had completely clear skin in the past but my spots never scarred and I never got so many of them. I stayed on it for about a year, My spots would still pop up, big ones under the skin on my ch...

Then in month three my acne slowly started getting worse. Now I'm on month four and my skin is so bad and I'm really miserable. Has anyone had issues with this before? Went to the gyno and switching t...

Day #1 I stopped taking Yaz today. I'm nervous, but I know doing this is for the best. I've been reading stories about side effects of taking it, including blood clots which can travel to your heart a...

My face is darker than my neck too, especially around my chin where I have redness/PIH. My neck is also more yellow toned so there's a pretty big difference haha. I usually try to match my foundation ...

I've decided to stop taking my birth control. I've been on and off it for four years in an attempt to control my mild/moderate acne. I've been on Yasmin, Estelle-35 (generic type of Diane, I think) an...

Day 194 Forehead; clear Cheeks; clear Chin; 3 active, 6 healing, 1 forming Days without picking; 1 Sigh. Had a bad couple of skin days. I was clear for 2-3 days, which was amazing, but I broke out w...

When my skin got really dry/flaky I would moisturise my face once all over, wait for that to sink in, then dab extra moisturiser on my dry spots a couple of times and it helped quite a bit.

Glad to hear that you're pleased with how your skin is travelling with your new routine so far! I'm on birth control too and am hoping that it's going to help me get clear. Have you found that your s...

Hi, I'm also on birth control and my skin/acne problems sound very similar to yours! Although I know we're all going through tough times with our skin it's actually nice to be able to relate to people...

It's not the bp that's causing the acne. It's the flakes and dry skin. If you flake and get dry skin you will breakout. I know this from experience. I agree with the dry skin causing breakouts. I've...

Day 189 Current condition of my skin; Lots of red marks left over from the breakouts, ugh. Every spot I get leaves a red mark that lasts weeks or months, even if I don't touch it. My chin is definitel...

Day 186 Current condition of my skin; Only one clogged pore came to a head today, and it isn't painful or inflamed... yet. Four large painful spots on the left side of my chin, I hope they calm down s...

Day 185 Current condition of my skin; Lots of clogged pores seem to be purging at the moment - great… I've had maybe three or four spots form in the past week that were the result of some err… irritat...

I've found it really hard to find a makeup remover that doesn't break me out, so I've just been using my Cetaphil cleanser on a cotton pad to remove my makeup as I don't really wear too much, then I w...