I've been on Yasmin for more than two years now - it's been quite a roller coaster ride... At first it was amazing. Skin cleared up, lost weight, loads of energy and no moods. Now, for the first time in two years, I've noticed pigmentation on my skin (like when I was pregnant). I'm also getting quite a bad skin breakout. The last time my skin looked this bad was when I hit puberty...Someone suggested that it might be the Yasmin causing it. I don't want to change my pill. I've been on two others and I was misserable, bloated, moody and had constant headaches.

I also started taking spironolactone at the same time which I think also really helped wih clearing up my skin.

I have a copper IUD so this is not my main form of BC. This product has totally cleared my skin. I seen results within a few days. I would definately recomend this pill for acne.

I had severe and I mean severe cystic acne from my face to my chest and back, I've tried everything except accutane (too dangerous) and nothing worked. My derm. finally told me to go on Yasmine and after 4 months I went back and I had a little bit of improvement, but after 10 months on Yasmine I feel like crying and screaming in joy I have beautiful clear movie star skin! Honestly I never thought as severe as my skin was that it would ever look good again. All you have to do is stick with Yasmine, but still maintain a good skin regiment , I use murad and I try to eat well.

I came to this site hoping to find some other people who have experienced a huge increase in acne since starting Yasmin. When I switched from Yasmin (1 month) to Ocella (1 month) I went from very mild acne to moderate/severe. I dont want to wait it out for another 2 months to see if it clears up, since the scaring is just now clearing after I stopped taking it for a week. I am not sure what kind of reaction I had, but it was almost instantaneous as soon as I started Ocella. Secondly, my boobs swelled up almost a full cup size. Which I thought was great since I am pretty petite. But the pain is almost unbearable. I wake up from the pain in the night if I sleep on my stomach. I cant exercise and I dont enjoy them being touched. Hugs even hurt! I dont know if I risk being put back onto Yasmin to see if things clear up or if the effects of Ocella were really that different from Yasmin. I have been on birth control for ten years and never had such violent reactions to any p

I have tried almost everything when it comes to acne: herbal, topical, over the counter, as seen on tv and while the ortho lo has helped tremendously for my acne the side effects might not be worth it and I'm even considering switching over to yasmin. I have so much trouble losing weight its unbelievable and the moodswings bizzare and erratic.

Everyone needs to stop bashing Yasmin if they have not used it for more than 3 months. With any good acne product, your skin is going to get worse before it gets better.

I went on birth control about a month ago. My obg put me on kariva and swiched me to Ortho tri-cyclen Lo a month later. Im starting my second month. I went on b irth control hoping it would get my acne under control. Unfortunatly, the pil;ls didnt help! Im getting facials, micros done on regular basis.. my acne is only worse. Dont count on your acne to get better. My sex drive is out of control!!! i cant get enough of it and i dont know why. How many times a day can you have sex??? I have no moods swings and i get my period right on time. ( i never had that problem) No cramps, bloating etc. Only the urge to make love 10X a day!!!

THIS IS A RATING FOR ORTHO TRI-CYCLENE LO! I came here to try to find reviews for Tri-nessa and OTC regular but after reading the reviews I have decided to go back on OTC-lo immediately b/c I've been on Tri-Nessa (way cheaper) for only 10 days and acne is back and have gained 4 pounds. I wanted to give ADVICE TO ACNE SUFFERERS as well. I have had mild acne/severe break outs (however you want to look at it) since I was 15. I am now 24 years old and finally found a sure fix for it just within the last six months. 1) I use Clinique 3 step system. Excpet I subsitute the face soap with Clinique Acne Solutions Foaming Cleanser 2) I use Clinique Perfectly Real Powder Compact for a base foundation (with lots of the 3rd step lotion first since it can be drying). 3) OTC-lo I know it sounds like a Clinique endorsement but it's the ONLY thing that has worked for me. I even tried Pro-Activ to no avail. I found the foundation was the key (and my last miracle step) as it di

Originally I was prescribed Diane 35 by my dermatologist, but I decided to go with Yaz eventually because it has a lower dose of estrogen as well as a shorter 4-day period. Now I have been on Yaz for around 6 months already. While I don't really regret choosing it over Diane 35, I have to say that I do have very mixed feelings about the results that I am getting. First of all, here are the pros and cons of Yaz for me. Pros: - No weight gain at all - Sex drive remaining there - Gradually lighter period - Increased breast size - Reduction in oil production of skin Cons: - Increased anxiety level - Increased irritability - Mood swings - Breakthrough bleeding - Cystic Acne remaining there I didn't really get an initial breakout from Yaz. For the first few months I did notice some strange things happening to my skin. For example, during the 2nd month for about a week my skin went from super oily to super dry with zero oil production. But very quickly it went back to normal. Yaz has really helped me greatly in reducing the oil production of my skin. Prior to taking it, I couldn't get by one or two hours without looking like a complete oil slick. But now the oiliness of my skin is very normal and in acceptable level, even though I still consider myself having oily and acne prone skin. However, Yaz has so far failed to clear me up. Somewhere from the middle of the 4th month I have started to break out more and now I have been breaking out really badly in cystic acne. I am not certain whether the sudden onset of cystic acne is directly caused by Yaz or other factors though. Emotionally it has been a roller coaster for me in the past few months. Although I don't think Yaz is to be blamed alone for all my anxiety / irritability / depression, I do believe that it plays a part in affecting my moodiness more or less. And I really think that anyone with a family history of anxiety or depression issue should be very very cautious with hormonal treatment. Anyway I am going to stick with Yaz for another 3 months maybe, just to see if my cystic acne will improve or get worse. If it gets really out of control or doesn't have any improvement after that, maybe I will consider switching to another brand, maybe Diane 35, who knows!