Dianette : Oral Contraceptive

The fact that my skin impproved so dramatically, was a far bigger benefit to me than any of the drawbacks above. To me it transformed my life and my confidence, however I stopped taking it 4 months ago, I am very worried about my acne returning, however my periods have not returned either which I will need to address at some point.

I was on Dianette for two years prior to having my son. I felt fine, my mild acne (caused by PCOS) cleared up and i thought it was fantastic. After finishing breastfeeding i decided to go back on it and have taken it for 10 days and since day one have felt numb, down and nauseous Also smells which normally wouldn't bother me are making me feel sick and my sense of smell seems to be stronger. In fact if i didn't know better i'd think i was pregnant as it feels just like the first three months my pregnancy - but i'm definitely not! I have decided to stop taking it tomorrow as i feel awful, hopefully it won't take too long to be out of my system. I'm guessing the change in hormones after having a baby has made me react differently. Having spots constantly is horrible but not as horrible as i feel now and if i am miserable all the time it's not fair on my poor (but very understanding family). Fingers crossed.

well this really worked for me, cleared up my skin, made it less greasy...after 2 years though im sure the spots were coming back when i was on it...so decided to come off it at the new year, my skin was fine for 4 months but now started to break out..when back to the doctor who has given me antibiotics.. starting to clear up but was thinknig of going back on dianette for contraceptive use as well, after reading everyones reviews i am abit scared!!!!!

It's clearing up my skin and the hair thing is looking better. Basically its fixing everything i had problems with but now I'm gaining wieght (and boobs too! theres still a pro on there!) but hopefully eating right and exersise should do the trick. Pills can't solve everything :)

Have only taken this for one month but have gained 4 lbs despite increased exercise and dieting and skin hasn't improved so going back to Yasmin

The bad far outweighs the good here - We're talking bad bad bad depression. It might be worth trying but be very careful and stop if you start to have mood problems.

COULD ANYONE LET ME KNOW HOW LONG IT ROUGHLY TAKES FOR DIANET TO TAKE EFFECT WITH CLEARING UP YOUR SKIN? X

I've been on this drug for 6 months and at first I just gained weight and my hair stopped falling out (which was good). I was quite thin 38 kg (though I do have PCOS)and am now about 48 kg. I have had rapid weight gain on my bumb, hips and stomach in the last two months. My skin has cleared a little but it's still 'problem' skin. I have noticed no change in body/face hair growth. I will speak to my doctor about another treatment because if I continue to expand at this rate I'll be enormous, plus all the symptoms of skin/hair have not gone away. Also dianette takers are at risk of VTE - a heart attack caused by blood clot basically - make sure your doctor knows your family history of vte etc before taking drug., and increased chances of depression - make sure your doctor is aware of your risk of this pr. check the web. It's hard to say if you should take it. When you're skin is really bad (and painful!) you want relief. Keep asking your doctor for other treatments/ drugs.

i've been on dianette since i was 15 and acne clear up witin weeks, i tried everythin and this is the only method that worked!! I had nearly perfect skin for the whole time i was takin dianette but stopped takin it coz wanted to lose some weight and within 3 months my skin was worse than ever!! i've now started agin on the dianette has only been a week so haven't really seen a change but will let write again to say the time span in which it took!

I HAVE HAD MILD ACNE FOR 8 YEARS AND TREIED MANY CREAMS AND ANTIBIOTICS. BUT NOW AM DEPRESSED AS ITS BEEN SO LONG. THE BOTTOM LINE IS I WANT TO BE AND FEEL BEAUTIFUL. IM DEPRESSED WHEN I BUY LOADS OG CLEANERS, TONERS, EXPENSIVE FOUNDATIONS TO PREVENT AND HIDE MY ACNE. ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH, SO I STARTED ON DIANETTE. JUST COMPLETED 2 MONTHS OF TAKING DIANETTE. HAVEN'T NOTICED ANY CHANGE ON MY FACE, CHEST, BACK. THE DOCTOR TOLD ME THAT YOU WILL START SEEING CHANGES FROM 3 TO 6 MONTHS. SO I WILL KEEP GOING TIL THE END OF THE 6TH MONTH AND IF NO CHANGE WILL STOP AND GO FOR AN ALTERNATIVE. I WILL NOT TRY RO-ACCUTANCE AS THERE ARE MORE SERVERE SIDE EFFECTS THAN DIANETTE. WILL COME BACK AFTER 6 MONTHS OF USING AND GIVE YOU GUYS AN EVALUATION.