Implanon : Implantable Contraceptive

I had this God awful thing placed in my arm 2 months ago and it was the worse. I had constant bleeding, mood swings, gained 6 pounds, and the acne. Oh my, the acne. It was all aver my face and neck. I mean from lits of tiny white heads to giant zits. I took that suckered out of my arm the first chance I could. It's been about a month. No more bleeding but I still get break outs, not as many as before but I never had them so the ones I have now are too many. My question is... how long before I get my smooth clear skin back??

I got the Implant in my arm in June 2012 that was my first one I kept that one in my arm for three years and everything was perfectly fine. June 15 I got it removed and got another inserted the same day. I didn't know they had changed the form of birth control within the arm implant. Within 4 months of this birth control, my face has broken out bad. I always had pretty skin to the point people thought I wore makeup. I never knew what was breaking me out I has spent over hundreds of dollars on acne products and nothing worked. I kept wondering why my face was breaking out the way it was. My face is horrible and my acne mostly on my cheek. My right cheek is covered with acne, but yes I have it all over my face as well. I will be getting this Implant removed out my arm in three days and I hope my skin go back to the way it was.

I got the implant March 2014, for about 8 months everything was good, the insertion wasn't painful, I spotted only a couple times, and I didn't have to worry about taking a pill every day or getting a new patch every week etc. However, my skin started experiencing acne like no other. I never had acne as a teenager. So I just assumed this was adult acne. Started as just a couple of pimples and it got really severe, cystic, painful acne. In the course of a year I tried so many products, over the counter, expensive, professional strength medication, laser you name it and I tried it. I couldn't take it anyone. I hated seeing myself in the mirror. I wore alot of heavy full coverage make up. I wasn't happy. I felt depressed all the time. I knew my acne wasn't bacterial, so it had to be hormonal. I finally decided to have the implant removed, it's been 2 days now and my skin is clearing up so quickly than what I expected. I was given ortho tricyclen pills but I think the hormonal imbalance in my body caused such severe acne, so I'm going to stay away from hormones for a while. I would highly suggest anyone to do research before getting the implant. Acne could be a side effect and you really have to think whether it's even worth getting the implant. And if you are reading this and are struggling with acne just try to figure out what's causing your acne and hang in there. Everything will get better!

I got the Implanon early last year I believe March prior to that I had the Mirena IUD for 5 years which was fine. I thought I would give the Implanon a try because it was very successful at preventing pregnancy and basically because it was new sorta. BIG BIG I MEAN HUGE MISTAKE!!! I am 26 years old and have never had issues with pimples yet alone ACNE, I am embarrassed of my face it has literally done a complete 360 in the past couple of months but worse I now have pimple scarring too. I keep reading posts about CYSTS I'm assuming that's what I might have on my face basically a pimple under your skin that you can't pop? At first there wasn't any big changes in the first 1-3 months I had it implanted but then my face was starting to get little breakouts here and there which eventually turned into big breakouts and painful pimples both on top of my skin and under my skin. I am also starting to get pimples under my neck which I have NEVER had a pimple there before and some on my upper arm by my neck... Super embarrassing!!! I currently still have the Implanon in but have an appointment next week to have it removed. Why?? Because my face is getting so bad I started to do research about everything seeing what might be causing my acne/pimples/cysts whatever you want to call it my problem basically and found out this birth control causes acne as on of the major side effects that along with weight gain. When I was reading on [link removed] one of the dermatologist said it is very bad to switch birth controls as an adult for this very reason because it can often cause your body a dramatic hormonal change which in return can cause ACNE. So I'm hoping my face starts to clear up once the Implanon is removed. I will give an update about 1-2 months after removal.

UPDATE! 6/14/2011 All the cysts are gone and I literally have very few pimples. I have scarring left over but I am using Ret-A every other night and the nights between those I use emu oil which I have to say I like better and I am considering just using that alone because the days I wake up and had used the emu oil my scars look softer and less visible vs. waking up from the Ret-A where the skin is dry over the scars and of course peeling from it so then I don't want to wear makeup and it makes me want to pick at my face, ahh.... I have been using Exuviance as my foundation makeup and also there concealer which is a godsend for people with acne prone skin or bad skin in general, so little is needed and realllly makes your skin look so good and feel good even after a long day of wearing it.

I just wanted to update from my last post,my skin has started to clear up dramatically. I still have a few cystic like bumps on my neck. They are smaller but getting smaller with time. I have not had any new ones come up, THANK THE LORD! I do however have a lot of scaring and its depressing. The day I had the Implanon taken out I was prescribed YAZ birth control, my doctor said this would help clear it up. I am not sure if it is the YAZ as well helping but whatever I love it and I am so happy that its clearing up all together!

Say good bye to your social life I never go out and not only did I get acne like you would not believe but I gained like 30 lbs. and I am very athletic and healthy....VERY! I didn't know what was going on with my skin until I started researching and looking around at what the hell has been going on. I got the implanon Jan 2009 and it is now 2011, I have an apt May 4th to get this bad boy out..... *Not everyone is going to have these issues but what research I did and what I found it all pointed to this... Acne and weight gain two things I never wanted!

I originally had a Mirena IUD after having my daughter. I was acne free for 3 years while on it, then switched to Implanon because sex was becoming painful. I had it put in June of 09 and in February of '10, I got my first taste of severe acne with a huge cyst on my cheek. This then changed to severe acne (cystic, whiteheads and pustules on my chin, jawline and back) pretty quickly over the coming months. I had it removed in early October '10 and switched to Zovia for birth control and I am just now starting to see an improvement (nearly December '10).