the pill and acne

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-19-2003
the pill and acne
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Fri, 04-09-2004 - 1:47am
i'm about to stop taking birth control pills (yey!). does anyone know if my acne will come back? any other side effects of quitting the pill?

thanks a bunch:)

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-30-2003
In reply to: maya770
Fri, 04-09-2004 - 8:31am
Hi maya770,

If your pill helped with acne then stopping might allow it to return. You are just going to have to wait and see. The side effects that I had from quitting OCs were all positive! I had this marvelous sense of wellbeing. I hadn’t realized how blah OTC had made me feel until I stopped taking it. And, a huge plus for me, my libido came roaring back in only a few days! Woo-hoo!

Good luck

      Jill

    

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-19-2003
In reply to: maya770
Fri, 04-09-2004 - 10:18am
thanks for your response

great to know all the positive things you experienced by stopping, espcially the libido (that's the main reason i'm quitting!).

thanks again
iVillage Member
Registered: 07-21-2003
In reply to: maya770
Fri, 04-09-2004 - 1:37pm
If you aren't on one already, starting a topical before you stop the pill might help.
iVillage Member
Registered: 06-29-2003
In reply to: maya770
Fri, 04-09-2004 - 2:27pm
If you are prone to acne I stongly recommend Acne Free sold at walmart. It is the "generic" of proactiv. It has done wonders for my face. I have never felt better since quitting the pill. "Side effects" include: increased sex drive, pleasant mood, infrequent headaches :). Not so bad, Huh! You may have more cramping but its really not that bad!
iVillage Member
Registered: 04-19-2003
In reply to: maya770
Fri, 04-09-2004 - 9:02pm
lol! sounds good ilv2cook! can't wait:)

thanks for the advice:)
iVillage Member
Registered: 02-27-2004
In reply to: maya770
Sun, 04-18-2004 - 7:36pm
I have been off the pill since early January, and I started to get acne the end of February. Before I went on the pill I would get an occasional zit once in a while. I'm 29 years old and having worse break outs than when I was a teenager. Sometimes it stops me from going out because I'm embarrassed about it. I thought I would let you know my experience. iswgirl.