Dianette : Oral Contraceptive

hi guys! I thought i would share my acne story with you.. I started to get oily skin at ten , and by the time i was fourteen, i had full blown acne.. After years of otc treatments, antibiotics, retinoids.. I went on roaccutane at nhneteen, it cleared my skin up amazingly but four months after i came off it.. I started to get some spots. I went to the doc who gave me the pill dianette and isotrex. Isotrex dried up my skin but did clear it, though i have stopped usiog it now. With dianette, i can see that it has definitely made my skin smoother and less spotty and oily, i know that it will take a while to see the results properly. But i can definitely see improvements! Highly recomment it lol x

I have been on dianette for nearly 6 months and only in the past week my skin has cleared up. I have been very close to quitting after reading bad reviews but this pill does work eventually, it just takes a long time! for the weight gain - my breasts are noticeably larger ( not a problem) however I have noticed slight stretchmarks on my inner thighs. I'm not overweight atall so this did confuse me but with a little coca butter I'm sure it's not that big of a problem! Good luck to everyone trying to find a solution. This is just personal side effects - it varies for everyone!

First 2-3 months of using this I had the worst migraines I have ever had and my skin was breaking out more than ever! but I wanted to have clear skin so bad that I stuck through it, despite the pain I was in for a good few weeks.. but i am SO glad that I did. I've been on it nearly a year now and the initial breakout went after about 5-6 months and I now do not have one spot on my face, however I am left with ugly red marks which I am having trouble fading! End of the day Dianette is a miracle product and in all honesty I am scared to come off in case the acne returns before I can fade the scars. Would definately recommend this product and remind people not to be scared off by the side effects during the first few months as they DO go away!

i went on this in combination with trimethoprim last year when i was 16 (after trying countless topical treatments/antibiotics etc) and within 6 weeks my skin was far clearer with mostly just red marks left from previous breakouts and far fewer new spots. however it made me gain a lot of weight (something i wasn't used to as a somewhat underdeveloped teenage girl and came as a shock) and people around me realised it had really affected my mood so i stopped taking it after about 4 months. soon after my acne started reappearing and recently it is worse than ever so i think the next step is trying a course of roaccutane. overall it did make a big difference and its worth a try but the side effects were quite substantial and for me it wasn't a long-term solution.

Dianette has worked wonders for my skin.. I get the occaisional spot but only small and my acne is just scars now. i saw a drastic improvement after 3 months of taking this pill, but before that I didn't see much happening. I have experienced none of the above side affects other than dry eyes. I am a contact lense wearer and I have never had a problem with them. It is only in the past few months that my eyes have been really dry and gritty. I have just been putting it down to over-use but after seeing that other people on dianette are experiencing the same, I may contact my doctor as my contact lenses are very improtant to me!

When I developed scarring acne as an early teenager the option of the Pill wasn't mentioned once. I was given multiple antibiotics and face creams, then had a course of Roaccutane. This cleared things for 5 years then the acne returned. Dianette has really helped, but I do have a much bigger appetite than I used to have.

I started using Dianette when i was 16 as i had quite bad spots on face and back. After 6 months my skin was clear and not oily at all. I would still get the occasional spot but nothing major. as for side affects i never had any even after being on it for so long. I stopped taking it a year ago after being on it for 8 years. i read in lots of reviews that it shouldnt be taken for very long due to long term side affects, so i though i would come off it to see how my skin and body react. After 2 months my period returned and so did some spots, how ever not as much as before. A year on i am still off dianette and have been using Benzoyle Peroxide on for my spots it seems to be working i still get the odd breakout around my period time. have notice my mood has been more up and down and peroid pains are back but i'm going to carry on without for now.

I have been on Dianette now for three years, my skin has improved greatly to what it was before, but still I get the odd few boils on my face and most recently they seem to have increased slightly on my chin. After reading all of these reviews its clear that in 9 out of 10 cases, when coming off the pill acne has got far mor sevre than before. I'm dreading the day I come off the pill, its not fair that when all of my friends around me will have perfect skin and I may look like a spot again. I've only just started to gain some self confidence after years of my face looking like a boil. For some people dianette seems to work well whilst on it but coming off it it all looks down hill, so I would only recommened it for short term use.

My daughter has been on dianette for about three years and thought it was very good for clearing up her acne in a matter of months. However around the same time she started to suffer from itchy skin on her arms and legs and scratched them so much they sometimes bled. She started to put on an extra stone in weight. Then her indigestion pains started on a regular basis with almost constant nausea. Some days she ate hardly anything and then would suddenly get her appetite back and overeat. This cycle has continued all this time. She became very tearful and anxious. Since she came off dianette her nausea and stomach pains have disappeared and her weight is going down. We are all relieved after this roller coaster but she will need to try an alternative pill for her spots which are returning. The moral is, don't suffer unnecessarily. Go back to your doctor and try another pill.

Seems to be an effective pill for clearing acne. However it is getting very frustrating constantly feeling sick and tired as I am usually very active and find I have less energy. Not everyone seems to experience these symptoms though, and the leaflet says most symptoms disappear after the first few months...I hope!!!