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Hi! Background info: I am now 21, and have been on birth control since I was 14 to help regulate my periods. For the most part my skin has been pretty good, and only got the occasional pimples every couple weeks. I stopped birth control about 6 weeks ago, at this time I got zero pimples and my skin was very clear. However, just over a week ago I started it back up again (because I wanted to know when to expect my period), but I have started to break out very badly like I haven't ever before, more like an acne kind of breaking out too. Normally I wouldn't care very much, but recently I have gotten a modeling agent and started doing photo shoots/runway and one thing they highly expect is clear skin. The question is, if I stop birth control now will it help my skin clear up immediately? Or will the ups and downs of my hormones from stopping and starting and stopping birth control make it worse?
Thank you for all the help! Posts: 30 | From: California | Registered: Aug 2010
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Robin Lee
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HI littlemissheart,
There's really no way to predict the outcome. Different people's bodies react to hormones, and hormone fluctuations, differently. These variations can even be true for the same person, as you've seen yourself with your different reactions to taking the pill.
Naturally, if you're taking the pill for birth control, and you choose to stop taking it you'll want to find another method.
Additionally, starting and stopping the pill is likely to make it even harder for you to predict when your period will happen.
My best advice to you would be to consult a doctor, either a GP or a dermatologist, about this.
Best of luck with figuring this out, and the modelling.
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