Co cyprindiol & acne

[ecocat]

Can anyone answer why the acne treatment (also known as a contraceptive pill) has not cleared up my acne after taking it for 12 month's. i'm 32 years old & after never suffering from acne suddenly developed it two years ago & it's never gone away. it's making my life miserable and whatever i seem to use it does not work.
Any suggestions welcome.
thanks.

[Pigletion]

I don't know why it hasn't worked, but as you've given it a year, go back to the doctor and ask for something else as this clearly doesn't work for you. (I have found that my doctor has little clue about such things, just says your skin looks ok now. Well it would the amount of make-up I have on to cover it!).

Seriously though, there are lots of treatments and due to their nature not all of them work for everyone, but I'm sure there is one that will work. Make sure your doctor realises how bad it makes you feel, often people who have ok skin themselves do not realise.

Try and think if it gets worse at certain times, like time of the month, when you're hot/stressed/tired etc, after you've eaten certain foods etc. to try and give them as much info as possible. If they have good skin and haven't dealt with a lot of skin complaints, they need pushing in the right direction. Be assertive.

Good luck (I'm having to wait until my face goes bad again, to then try and get an appointment, so they'll prescribe me something new. Oh joy..).

[eash]

Go on Dianette.

[ecocat]

thanks Pigletion, i'll try to make an appointment with my doctor next week. You're right though acne, doesn't seem to be taken seriously in adults & i don't know about you but it feels like there are so many products on offer out there for acne but none seem to work - or at least not for me! Hopefully my doctor will prescribe something that will work other than that which is bought off the shelf. Wish me luck!

[luwarm]

My sister suffered from bad acne. She tried all the regular stuff, the pill, roaccutane etc. The last thing she tried was a sunbed type treatment at the hospital. This seemed to have worked. Maybe you could try that. She also uses a prescription product called aknemycin which helps with the spots a lot. I hope something works for you. Good luck