YAZ : Oral Contraceptive

I reluctantly started taking Yaz 1 yr ago for hormonal acne (after trialing many topical treatments and antibiotic with no success). I was on the Yaz for about 3 months and my skin cleared up significantly; I had no acne and never got a pimple. It was evident that the Yaz was keeping my skin clear. I decided to stop taking the Yaz (after being on it a little over a year) and within 1 month the acne returned with vengeance!!! It's really bad cystic acne on my chin, around my mouth and jawline. It is horrible and 10 times worse than before I started taking it. I went back on Yaz the next month & have been on it for 3 months now...my acne has not cleared up at all & continues to worsen. Is anyone else having this dilemna? Now I'm petrified of discontinuing the Yaz, although I do not want to be on it forever. If I would have known the effects of discontinuing, I would have never gone on it in the first place. Also, I noticed I had more energy and less of an appetite the month I was off the Yaz.

Ok like most of you I never write reviews. I have always had moderate acne and usually severe around my periods. My obgyn suggested Yaz because of lower hormone levels whatever I'm not really sure..... All I know is I was not prescribed Yaz for acne! And omg I got the surprise of a lifetime when my face broke out so bad with horrible cystic acne all over my chin and jaw line....... I had 9 yes 9 cystic zits at once!!!! I got a new one everyday! So I read everyone's posts about waiting until the third month and it's no joke... I literally just started 3rd pack and like magic over night my growths dried up and are healing now?! The rest of My skin looks amazing it was just that one area. Anyways I'm posting this to tell you the products I used to at least keep them at bay and to keep yourself from crying every time you look in the mirror cause that's what I did.... And it seemed to speed up the process So I always use Clinique 3step program twice a day acne solutions I used a powerful clay mask mixed with Apple cider vinegar at night Papaya enzyme scrub 3x a week When I'd pop the zits I used a antiseptic cream to kill any bacteria but don't leave it on cause it's oily Baking soda with water to decrease their size 2x a day Aloe right after wards just 100% aloe but same rinse it off after ten minutes up and up 10 benzoyl peroxide clearing cream stuff And finally obey your body radiance peel 3x a week followed by their daily moisturizer I don't care if you think this is a lot of products when your face looked as disgusting as mine did you would understand.... Also we all have different skin so my skin can handle lots of products start slow and ease into each one. Another thing that helped was I never wore makeup over them as gross as it is they need to breathe and they looked worse with makeup anyways Good luck!!

This is a good product if you get through the enitial first few months of being sick (might have just been me who knows). It did help to clear acne after a month or two, but has lowered my sex drive conciderably.

I was very scared and hesitent to start taking bc. I was afraid my emotions would spiral out of control with irritability. But infact, things are just peachy : ). I don't break out on my jaw line like i used to and i think my ta tas are gettin a little bigger : ). Honestly, I feel like this pill has helped regulate my emotions. I'm definitely not a hot mess like I thought i would be. Also, I feel like my skin and hair are less oily, and I contribute that to this pill. I strongly recommend it : )

Yaz did clear up my face beautifully. However, that's about the only good thing I can say about it... I never had much acne before I started taking it because my doctor prescribed it to me when I was just 16 years old because of ovarian cysts. I took Yaz for about 2 years until my freshman year of college I started experience all kinds of crazy problems with my stomach. Digestion type things. Turns out that I have a liver condition called "Gilbert's Syndrome." Supposedly there's no correlation between this and Yaz but I never had any problems until about a year after I took the pill. Then everything started to change. Once I stopped taking it, my face freaked out, and has been ever since... Nothing I do clears it up. Not even other birth controls. Bottom line, it may clear your skin, but it may also cause a lot more problems that are more detrimental than acne... Good luck.

I was prescribed this along with Doxycycline to control a severe outbreak. I ended up getting a bad flare-up of hundreds of acne all over my face this past November. I've never had acne problems before. My DHEA-S and Testosterone levels were really high which is most likely the reason why I broke out so badly. I don't know if it's Doxycycline that did it or Yaz but I have not gotten new acne. I am left with 2 nodular acne on my right check and about 10/15 inflamed acne on my left check. And 2 nodular acne on my forehead. I have noticed significant improvement. Give Yaz a shot if your hormone levels are messed up like mine. Now I'm just hoping Differin and Duac do something for scars.

At first you don't really see a difference other than mood swings and loss of sex drive. After about 2 and a half or three months though, my skin cleared up DRAMATICALLY. I never broke out anymore and my skin was perfect. I wanted to get off of it though cause I think birth control is kind of a pain in the ass. Little did I know about 2 months after getting off of Yaz my acne would come ROARING back 100 times worse than its ever been. Huge cysts everywhere constantly. Now I have been put on Accutane which I really didn't want to do but it's working just fine. If you are using Yaz to control Acne, be prepared for the possibility of even worse acne once you get off of it!

like every pill there is chemicals going through your body.i stopped using the pill for 2 months and my face is worse then ever, my hair and face are greasy.I have heavier bleeding and horrible cramps.I was on it for 5 months and im going back to the doctors to get a perscription.my insurance covers the cost.

The only thing that has worked for me. I have heard some great and some terrible reviews, but after years of struggling and months of battling the worst break outs of my life right before my wedding, it was a life saver. My hormones must have been out of control because YAZ regulated me in all ways-period, acne, moods, breast size, etc. I know every one can react differently but it is the best thing i could have done for my skin

I am 22 years old and have been dealing with pretty much every kind of acne for years. I have tried everything you can buy in the store and nothing really worked (I read that a lot of drugstore acne products put stuff in that makes you break out so you keep buying their products). When my face is broken out, I don't want to leave the house and I am constantly thinking about my skin to where I feel absolutely depressed about it. So I saw a dermatologist and he put me on clindamycin (probably not great spelling) lotion in the day, adapalene cream at night, and doxycyline for a month to help with the initial breakouts they sometimes cause. It worked fantastic for me for like a year and a half and then my skin randomly started breaking out again really bad. I went back to see my dermatologist and he put me on a bunch of stuff that didn't work and I was dealing with even worse skin for a long time without solution. He finally put me on ziana a month ago for the nighttime, onexton for the day, and ampicillin tablets. Since I was trying to avoid accutane (which was my next option), he also recommended that I change my birth control to one that helps acne so I switched to yaz immediately. The first week was pretty bad because the onexton hurt (it burned, itched, made my face red) and the ziana made my face flakey and dry when I woke up in the morning. My doctor told me that these products can take up to 4 months to be effective and that they oftentimes make your skin a lot worse before it can get better (it has to bring up all the acne and bacteria up to the surface to get rid of it which takes time). I broke out pretty badly the first week and the beginning of the second, on top of that my face was flakey so I couldn't really wear makeup and I was just bummed (even though I knew that's how some of these treatments work and it's probably a sign that it's working). I've had a few side effects that were not unbearable and also went away as my body and skin got used to the medications. I was expecting that I would have to deal with it for months. Honestly, with the exception of accutane, I have been on every pill and and cream there is. By the end of week two and miraculously it was crystal clear. I never thought i would ever be someone to not wear makeup, and I have been (even on dates! That is how clear it is). It's still a little dry, but I started using a really gentle moisturizer (4 dollar ponds) with both the ziana & onexton and also using a lot less of the product. When I first got the onexton, I put a lot on because I wanted to make sure it "really worked" and that was such a mistake because it was VERY painful. I have been using a pea sized amount with moisturizer of both and it works better that way. When I was having my initial breakout, I would desperately read these reviews to have hope and I made a pact with god that if my acne clears up, I will share my experience to help others who are going through the horrible issues acne causes. My advice: don't use too much, don't exfoliate (ziana is an exfoliant and that's why there is flakey skin at first. It also makes your skin super thin so you can't pick and have to be very gentle), be careful in the sun, avoid any other harsh products, and hang in there! You might have an initial breakout, you might not. Either way, it depends on the person when your skin clears up and if you give up before 4 months, you could miss out on a chance to see the progress, my breakout was so bad that I wanted to stop and I read these encouraging posts and figured that I was going to have acne either way (if I was off the medicine or if I was on it) so I might as well suffer through breakouts while I'm treating it and it's worked for me. If you give up before a few months, you haven't even let the medicine do it's job yet and there isn't a single acne perscription that says if can get rid of your acne before 4 months (otherwise I would have tried it). Don't believe me? Ask your doctor. Don't give up, bug your doctor and ask a million questions. As soon as one didn't work, I got another, and kept going until I got something that works for me. I hope everyone finds what they're looking for and hangs in there :]