Dianette : Oral Contraceptive

I've never had amazing skin, but at the age of 23 I developed full blown acne out of the blue. I tried several courses of antibitoics and creams such as benzyl peroxide but nothing worked. After much convincing, I managed to get my Doctor to put me on Diannete, even though I'm classified as obsese. I was so depressed about my skin I decided to accept the risks and go for it anyway. It's been three months now and I've noticed some change, although I'd still my acne is still quite bad. I've noticed that my skin goes through spells of being really clear and then really bad. I'm not sure if anyone else found this? Anyway, I'm going to stick with it as I don't want to go on Roacutane and hope that in time my skin improves. Fingers crossed!

I've started taking the pill about 2 weeks ago. From the first time I took the pill till now i still have my period and i'm very worried about this as it is not a normal thing to happen. Usually i used to have a 5 day period. Can anyone help please

tried it for 16 months, cleared up skin except started getting forehead acne after a year. side effects included nausea, headaches, DVT. thought it was great when i was on it. when came off acne came back with a vengeance and got dark shadow on upper lip. absolutely regrent now taking it! had tried antibiotics, etc but all now fail. only thing that temporarily cleared it was pregnancy.

i used acne after ALOT of other methods of treatment and was so unhappy with my face and chest and back. i ended up at the dermatologists and he prescribed dianette, it took a few months but it worked, and i stayed on it for about 4 years until i went for a repeat perscription and the doctors at university scarred me by saying that it could kill me! so i changed to yasmin, it worked well for a few months then i broke out again and this made everything so much worse. i went home and went back onto dianette im on my 3rd month now, the spots are better than they were, going to stay on these and try and stay fit and healthy!

I would like my beautiful daughter back and would like her to see a dermatologist for her skin problems. She feels bloated and unhealthy all the time but when she comes off dianette her spots become worse and she demands to go back on it. I think that it is ruling her life and wish she had never heard of it. I am so worried about her and know that the weight gain is making her very unhappy.

I have only been on this pill for 2 1/2 months, there was a slight improvement in my skin (i only suffer with spots on my upper back), however when i stop taking the pill for the 7 days whilst i have my period my spots come back worse! My Dr said it can take up to 3 months to see an improvement. I hope they clear up before my wedding next year!

Hearing all the possible severe side effects and the way I feel is making me want to come off Dianette. Although what I am unsure of is how exactly to come off it, do you have to wait to the end of a pack, get your period and then just not go on it again or how does it work? Help would be gratefully appreciated :)

Dianette takes about 6 months to work and clear your skin up so just be patient! My skin is spot-free now! Just a little worried about the consequences when coming off the pill.

I was put on Dianette by a Dermatologist for 3 months after trying numerous antibiotics and every produt under the sun. Wish I'd done some research before hand, but never thought I would have a problem with weight gain as I'm a health freak and work out around four times a week. Within he first couple of weeks my skin had become less oily and started to clear up a lot more compared to previous medications I'd tried. I did however gain around 10lbs in this 3 months despite watching what I ate and regularly exercising, and my boobs increased a cup size. The weight gain severley lowered my self confidence and made me a bit depressed too. As an acne treatment, It's proabably the best I've been prescribed, but personally the side effects were too much to handle...3 months was more than enough!

I'm thinking about quitting on this pill. I was advised to start taking it for my acne by my doctor. If anything, my acne has gone worse and I have very sore red spots on my cheeks and around my jawline and chin. The spots are really painful and hard and if I squeeze them I just get grease coming out and they end up worse! I have been using the Clear Skin starter kit from Selfridges which is supposed to be America's best selling acne traetment and I have still not got any improvement in skin appearance. I'm also loing my temper at the smallest things and feeling utterly depressed when I should be feeling fine. This is the worst pill I have ever taken and I'm not sure whether to persevere in the hope that my side effects will calm down and my skin will improve or whether to cut my losses and stop taking it.