YAZ : Oral Contraceptive

Bad for Acne, good for everything else.

I'm 29 now and have been on a variety of acne treatments since I was 15. Before Yaz, I spent 10 years taking Dianette and was reluctant to come off this as I found it so successful. Having said that I have been pleasantly surprised by Yaz. My skin is pretty much the same as it was on Dianette (more or less clear but regularly one or two spots) but an added bonus is much lighter periods - 24 hours literally, whereas both on Dianette and naturally I was always 5-7 days long. I have experienced some headaches, though there were more at the start and I wonder in some ways was it a withdrawl from coming off the Dianette or just my body getting used to the new horomone combinations...otherwise I have found it fine, once taken with food. I have not had mood swings and though I have put on some weight recently I know myself that's probably down to an over-indulgence of easter eggs ;) Would definitely recommend people to give Yaz a go - you never know what might work for you until you

I've been on it for three weeks and so far it's been just fine! The first few days my moods were so up and down! I was getting scared at how I would react to the medication, but now my body has gotten used to it and I love not having to worry about getting prego:) about to get to week number 4, and hopefully my period will be okay, because i usually have severe cramps and mood swings.

my skin cleared up within the first week, i haven't experienced any of the hormone-related mood swings or general craziness that others have talked about.... it worked for me, really well. don't be freaked out by all the bad reviews, try it for yourself.

I had mild acne when starting this pill. I decided to take it for the obvious birth control methods but also to clear up my skin. Within the first week of taking this pill, my skin got horribly worse. I now have severe acne due to YAZ. Little pimples everywhere, my chin has disgusting huge puss filled pimples, it hurts to touch it. I used to breakout only before my period and now it is all over my chin, on the sides of my nose, upper lip, and in between my eyebrows. This pill has completely ruined my face and did the complete opposite of what I was trying to achieve. I have not gone out the past two weeks of my SUMMER, because of how embarrassed I am of my acne. I have never wrote a review for anything and really wanted to share this with everyone. This pill is NOT for everyone and I would take extreme caution if deciding to take YAZ. I went to my doctor yesterday, and the first thing she said was "I'm taking you off this pill." I HATE YAZ, it has RUINED my face.

The initial breakout was rough! I didn't want to go out or see anyone. I decided to stick it out for 4 months to really give it a chance. I am finishing my second month on it and it seems to be getting better. Today my face feels good and looks pretty clear. I'm hoping it just keeps clearing up. No weight gain or emotional side effects. I am willing to give it a chance for a while since I've struggled with acne for so long.

Started taking this about three months ago to help control my acne. I don't think this was enough to help because I started taking Spironolactone three weeks ago and my face is doing MUCH better. Could just take more time though. Also,I just got some hormonal blood test done and they said my estrogen was low so I need I higher dose birth control anyway.

I took Yaz for 6 months(from april 2015 to august 2015) after my gynecologist recommended it as a treatment for my PCOS. Initially, she told me to only take it for 4 months, but my left ovary still had 5-6 cysts and took it for another 2 months. Yaz did a great job for my ovaries in these 6 months, I got rid of all those cysts(and still cysts-free now), but for my hormonal acne, it was terrible the first 2-3 months. I literally didn't get out of the house for days, I developed big, painful pimples all over my face, like never before; my appetite was over the roof(I gained 2kg in 6 months, mostly water retention I think, because I was constantly fighting my emotional binge-eating feeling lol). After these horrible 2 months, my face slooowly started to be somehow "normal" again, and in my last 2 months I only had a few blackheads on my nose. Once I got off, my acne slowly came back and by november-december, my face was full of little monsters again(no cystic, painful pimples though, but a lot of whiteheads and blackheads). I think Yaz works as long as you stay on it, but you can't really take it forever :) Now I'm on metformin and spironolactone for almost 2 weeks as a treatment for PCOS and insulin resistance. Hope this one works, as now I am treating the cause of all my problems(bloody hormones!!!), not the effect.

I went on YAZ when I was a sophomore in high school in the hopes of it clearing my mild to moderate acne that I had had since 6th grade. It took a couple months to actually help my skin. It never made it worse, but it took a while (probably a year or so) to completely clear my skin. I was so excited I finally had clear skin! I had no problems with it until fall 2015 (my sophomore year of college). I started having migraines that were unbearable, so my doctor wanted to switch me to Aviane because it has a lower estrogen dose. I did a lot of research and read horror stories about people's skin on Aviane so I decided not to take it. Ultimately, I quit brith control all together hoping that I had grown out of my acne and boy was I wrong. I stopped taking YAZ in the middle of October and my skin was okay for a few months. I was taking vitamins and eating clean hoping it would help. Now it's January and my skin is the worse it has ever been. Horrible acne all over my cheeks, forehead, and chin/jaw area. It is so bad that I've decided to go back on birth control. I'm afraid to go back on YAZ because of the migraines and moodiness, so my doctor is having me try Sprintec (generic for Ortho Cylen) to see if it will clear my skin without the horrible migraines. I'm on my third week and my skin only seems to be getting worse, but I'm still hopeful! Overall, I would not recommend YAZ unless it is your absolute last resort for acne. And beware of going off the pill. I know everyone reacts differently to the hormones but for me personally going off YAZ has wrecked my skin. I'm giving it 3 stars because it really does help clear acne, but with that you'll have to be on the pill for the rest of your life if you want to keep your clear skin.

So I've had acne since I was 14, I'm 24 now. It was severe at one point. I tried multiple topicals and it would work and then come back worse. So I finally went on Acutane. Cleared my skin up to where I would get maybe two or three small pimples! I was clear for 6 years. Then a year ago I started Minastrin fe 24 for my irregular periods I've always had. It made my skin all oily again, and I had horrible cystic acne return. After 6 years! My derm said it was from too much testosterone, which increases oil production. Enter yaz. In the first week I noticed I did not get a cyst. I was getting them everyday before. It has only been two weeks, so after a few months I will update again. But it is reversing the damage my other BC did, so far so good! I did get tired and nauseous a little but that only was for the first two days. No other side effects now. I'll post again in a few months with results. 2 month update----- I'm almost done with my second month and still improving. My skin is getting less oily. I haven't gotten a cyst. I am still getting smaller pimples, blackheads, whiteheads, but not like before. So far so good!