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ok right now i just started doxycyclo 100mg a couple weeks ago and am on aleese bc and i am not seeing an improvement. I am sooo depressed! I won't leave the house and am crying all the time. I am starting to think that it is my bc pill (aleese) that is causing the problem. I just started my 3rd pack a week ago. I have a gyno appointment on wed. but will still have to finish my pack. I don't know what birth control i should go on, that is my question. Or if I should just make m derm dr put me on that spiro pill that I have been hearing so many good things about on here. If I did that what birth control should i go on? I have been hering good things about yasmin, should i go on that would it be ok to be on that and spiro at the same time? Is there an ittional (sorry dont know how to spell) breakout? How long do these meds take till they start clearing up? I am just going crazy right now and feel that i really need to do something b4 I end up doing something stupid, i just cant take it anymore! I feel like i need to start telling my derm what it is that i want. Thats y i am asking you all for your help. Please help me and tell me about your experences.
Thank you all

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I know exactly how you feel. i am so depressed i feel like i should just wear a bag over my head. i look in the mirror and just get disgusted. i used to have really nice skin until last year and got compliments on it all the time. i see pix from when i had good skin and i can't believe that it has gotten so bad. all of my friends have good skin and i feel like the ugly duckling when im around them. I dont know much about bc pills but im using calamine lotion on my face now and am debating whether to go on accutane. I also tried retin-a and tazorac which both just caused my skin to get worse. I also tried egg yolk masks for awhile. They made my face really smooth and reduced redness but i didn't see any change in my acne. I know i probably didn't help much but it makes me feel better knowing that other people feel the same way i do. if you have any other advice for me i ll gladly love to hear it. Hope everything works out okay.

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It's funny about what ysaid about the bag over your head be/c i've been joking (kindof) with my funny about needing a bag or ski mask over my head. I also know what you mean about looking back at old pics. I HAD prett good skin but was NEVER happy with myself and now I wish my skin looked the way it used too. This experience is kindof (hopefully lol) going to teach me to be a little happier with myself. I think I put too much pressure on myself to try to be prefect or to look a certain way. I need to stop all of that and just live life. It's ver hard to do at the moment considering the fact that I am soo embarassed by mt acne that I won't leave the house. I only leave if it's a derm appointment. I won't let people see. It's ruining my relationships with people. I haven't seen my b/f in 2 weeks be/c of my face. I just can't wait until this is all over (if it ever will be). I am trying to think positive but it's hard at times. Hmmm how do you make an egg mask, is it just egg or r there other things that you need to put in it? A big problem with me right now is redness! And scars! I don't know what I'm going to do about all of my horrible scars. It just makes me soo sad. Makes me wish I woud have been happy the way I was b4.

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Quote: This experience is kindof (hopefully lol) going to teach me to be a little happier with myself. I think I put too much pressure on myself to try to be prefect or to look a certain way. I need to stop all of that and just live life. It's ver hard to do at the moment considering the fact that I am soo embarassed by mt acne that I won't leave the house. I only leave if it's a derm appointment. I won't let people see. It's ruining my relationships with people. I haven't seen my b/f in 2 weeks be/c of my face. I just can't wait until this is all over (if it ever will be).
LisaMarie982001: I don't know much about your story but all I can say is that I have had acne since age 13 (19 years!) and the one thing I wish I could have changed is the way I let it affect my life to the point I was miserable, much like you sound. I would stay inside, not go to events like parties and pools where my skin would show, I would sabotage relationships with my boyfriends because I was so angry I couldn't control my acne health. Now at age 32 I have a husband who loves me but the issue of acne still comes up because I get upset now and then and I have to work through it. What I'm saying is try not to let it ruin your life; I know that is so hard to say.

I've been on spiro, accutane, antibiotics, injections, benzoyl, retin-a, birth control - the other thing I wish I wouldn't have done is spent all that money on OTC lotions and soaps and treatments at the salon and tanning appointments to try and hide it when it only made it worse - you get the idea.

My acne is really clearing up now because I've taken an internal, natural approach - birth control worked for me really well but I'm wondering about the long term damage to my body for using it so long.

What I'm saying is I hope that you will not let it affect your life too much. I know it is hard because I've cried over it many, many times. Please let me know if you ever need to vent. If I'm on the boards and I see your post, I'll listen.

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