Hello everyone! I start a new acne treatment. This is my third day using Retin-A, and next week I will start taking Aldactone, which is an Anti-androgen. I will keep you updated on the changes I experience. Feel free to post your comments. Thank you for watching! =)

I want to know the benefits to the pill. I am thirteen, and don’t need protection. I want to know more about it’s other uses. The ones I think I know of are as follow:

treats and prevents acne
(and my friend claims it helps her with her period, helps to calm her hormones, and possibly is helping with her anxiety and stress)
Are mine right? Do you have any others?
Thanks!

I have increasingly bad skin, and I found a great prescribed acne medication, but you have to be on birth control to use it because it will seriously deform a baby. To get birth control, do they have to do an exam? I’m not active, and I’m not irregular. I thought they just asked my friend some questions then prescribed her to it. Please answer Thanks!

what is the best borth control for cystic acne?
how long will it take to work?
WILL it really work?
will it get rid of scars?

i am 13 rs old and my periods are just offal, they are 6 to 8 days long and sometimes 12, and i miss them for a couple months and then they come back. they are heavy and come with cramps, headaches, bloating, dizzyness, depression, anxiety, acne like pizza, and feelin like crap! so i asked my mom if i could go to the doctor and get birth control for those reasons, but she says only if they are really irregular. so i have kept a calender, todays my 5th day and its still coming. how irregular do you think they have to be so i can get medication? and what kind are out there that can make them lighter or come less often, and help my symptoms? and is there other medications that i could use that arent birth control, because its not that my mom really cares about me having irregular periods it because she doesnt want me to be taking birth control unless i have too. please help and thanx!!!

My boyfriend and I have been together for three years, we are both 24 years old. The first two years I was on birth control pills. I started to hate them after awhile and stopped taking them. After that the only birth control we used was condoms, until that became a problem.

For one my boyfriend doesn’t like condoms because it takes away some of the feeling and also how he has to stop and put one on. But the biggest issue was a pregnancy scare, which turned out to be negative.

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I was on minovral 21′s for 13 years. I am 26 years old and never had any medical problems during that time. I went off in August and now, in March have not had my period yet, not even any spotting. I have been pretty miserable besides that with a bunch of weird symptoms that I had never had before including: heartburn, indigestion, bloating, pressure in my chest, night sweats, hot flashes, insomnia, and anxiety, lack of ANY sex drive, acne….
Wondering if any or all of these could be linked to me coming off those pills?
ps, have been doing regular pregnacy tests so I’m defenitly not preggers!!

I just got put on this pill today and it is my first time taking birth control. I have a few questions…

1. Does this type of birth control help with acne? It says on their website that the “Lo” version hasn’t been studied for acne treatment, only the regular version. But has anyone had any luck with this?
2. My OB/GYN said something about how I should be on my period sometime during the pack’s cycle, approximately. I think she pointed out the green placebo pills as being about the right time for my period, but I can’t remember for sure. Does anyone know?
3. It says that if you are having sex for the first time, which I am going to soon, you must use a backup method of protection for the first 7 days after taking it (when using a “Sunday Start” like I am). I’ve heard that birth control pills take one month to kick in for pregnancy prevention. So for this pill, is it one month or is it only 7 days until you are protected against pregnancy?

Thanks to anyone who can help, I really appreciate it!
Just curious, also how much weight did you gain? I weigh 100-110 so I’m not too worried about it but I do want to know how much I am working with here lol. I’m willing to lose it but of course I don’t want to gain like 30 pounds all at once.

I’m 20 years old and never used any birth control before. I went to my dr today and she gave me two months worth of Yaz. I researched it online and it’s scaring the shit outta me. Everyone is saying that they experienced severe anxiety and depression because of it and their acne got worse. I already have anxiety and panic disorder so does anyone know if it will get worse? i honestly don’t know how it could get any worse other than making me go crazy. . .but i don’t see how that could happen. Also a lot of people say it’s only for people with PMDD and I’m not sure if i have that or not. Is there anyone out there with ANY insight of YAZ that can help me???? thanks

I started taking Ortho Cyclen last week. Does anyone have any experience with this particular pill? I got it because it’s supposed to clear up acne, and stimulate breast growth. Of course, pregnancy prevention was my first and main concern.