I am beginning to wonder if starting birth
control is the cause of my acne. I've been
on it for three years and since I've
started it the breakouts have been getting
worse. 3 months ago I switched from
Cyclessa to Ortho Lo and there has been
the slightest difference(better). When I
first started BCP I noticed I have several
small tiny bumps on my forehead and that
stayed like that for 2 years then the
bumps moved to my cheek and the only time
my face looks almost 90% clear is on the
sugar pill week. My period day my face
gets inflamed and I get a few whiteheads
that I pop and they get red and irritated,
but the day right after it calms down and
is almost clear 4days after.......until
the 2nd week of pills my face slowly
starts getting bumpy again. The thing I
dont understand is that one week its fine,
the next week it's bad. I am debating on
going off of them, but I am scared it
might get worse, but then again I think it
may be causing it?!?!?!?! I am supposed to
go see my PCP on friday to get a referral
to a derm, but I am due to start my new
pack of BCP tomorrow. It seems that the
end of every week that my face kinda
clears until I take the placebo pills and
period day comes and it goes whack, until
the end of that week. Maybe I need a
monophasic pill, I dont know I am at wits
end.
What would you do, if you had these
symptoms?
Is it possible that the week I am off the
pill, having my period, that my complexion
could clear? Because it is almost 100%
clear. Should I take my pill tomorrow or
no. I wonder if taking it screws my skin
up and the week I am off of it, it can
breath and try to be normal. I see a derm
dr. for the first time in two weeks,
should I take it until she can do a
hormone test, or what. Please help, what
would you do?
If you need more info, ask. Thanks so much
for any advice..
