Dianette : Oral Contraceptive

I am now 25 and used to have horrific facial acne. I have taken Dianette on and off since I was 15, and it is the best acne treatement. It is wonderful!! Many of my friends have taken it and we all think it is brilliant. Antibiotics do not work and can make things worse. Benzoyl peroxide burns the skin, and Retin A is terrible. Dianette is the best treatment, and it should be used in combination with products containing Salicylic Acid. Origins do an amazing face mask containing this that is well worth its price tag!! Also cream washes containing the above acid, used twice daily, with a good (unfragranced) moisturiser are also essential. Avoid moisturiser at night. Cream washes ensure your face isnt dried out so this can be done.

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.

Only a week on it my skin isnt clear yet but i have to say its improving so fingers crossed, hopefuly it will clear all up! Just cannot wait to walk proudly with no make-up on my face !

Hmmm.....worrying about what will happen when I come off it. I'm really tempted to come off it the now so that the side effects of coming off it are mild...worrying that the effects may be really bad. I don't feel as if it's made that much of a difference to justify it's use...I would recommend Lymcycline which I also take in conjunction with this pill, have been taking that for about 8 months and that made a big difference to my skin initially, after a while my skin stopped improving but stayed at the same level, so I now have light acne, I would say, compared to quite severe before. I was prescribed Dianette to clear up my remaining acne, but I don't think it has helped that much. Still confused anyway...

I have heard it works wonders for some people. i have had severe acne and had to go on roaccutane treatment, which meant i had to legally be on some form of contraception anyway, so they recommended dianette as a form of acne treatment too. it didn't work, if anything it made things worse. every month i came off of it for a week i would have huge flare ups. i stopped taking it and my skin no longer had these flare ups. my roaccutane treatment cleared my skin up, but recently i have had a few spots. i am considering trying dianette again, to see if it might help.

Dianette seems to be improving my skin and I have only been taking it for less than a month. I am doing more excersise and watching my diet so hopefully I won ´t gain weight.

All symptoms stop once you come off the pill so give it a go and see. It can work very well for some.

I went on Dianette for birth control and to clear up my acne. I have had acne on my face, back and chest for about 4 years. To start with I hated Dianette. I was taking it at 9pm, and would wake up at 2 or 3am feeling incredibly nauseaous. This continued for about a week. Then I started taking it in the mornings with a meal, because I was losing too much sleep every night! I still felt nauseous in the middle of the day, but this did subside my the time I began my second pack. I liked Dianette then for a few months as it completely cleared up the acne on my back and chest, although I will admit it was not very bad in these areas, and also my boobs had grown a full cup size. I also had no weight gain. The acne on my face had slighty improved but I thought it would just take a bit more time...I waited 9 months but I still had bad facial acne. 10 months later and I have been off Dianette for a month now. The acne on my face, back and chest is now worse than before!!

This pill did not work for me, yes my skin cleared up a bit, but the headaches and weight gain made me feel terrible. I'm going back to the doctor to try something else for my spots. I would NOT recommend Dianette - the side effects are dreadful. I'm angry that the doctor would even put me on this before normal acne treatments, the headaches are horrendous, and a stone in three months is depressing - I wasn't even eating any more than normal!!

Am going to try taking it at night to see if I feel any better during the day, if not will be changing! Apparently Yasmin is good for skin too.