Question:
spots, tablets, and possible hormone probs - info/expereinces?
Hi all,
Right I'm fed up! Blimmin' 29 years old and still getting spots
Any advice/experinces would be welcome.
I had spots as a teenager as you do but they were on my forehead and back when they came up. Since my twenties though I've been getting painful spots around my jawline only.
Over they years the docs have given me lotions and creams and stuff but they just dry my skin out and my skin isn't oily anyway. I'm careful not to use 'clogging' products and use a good anti bac wash and stuff. Its been a couple of years since i went to the docs about this but just recently its got worse. Tablets were mentioned before but I decided against it as I don't like taking drugs, but now i'm seriously considering it. I think it would be some sort of antibiotic. Does anyone take anything like this for spots? Surely you can't stay on them forever and I'm worried it will just be masking a problem...ie the spots are a symptom of something else.
I have a friend who has polycystic ovaries...and she gets the same kind of spots as me. I don't seem to have any other signs though...hair growth and things...cos my hair is very fair and wouldn't notice much anyway. Does anyone know if there is a test for hormone problems...I'd rather know if there is a problem.
I will go to see my GP, but would love to hear from other heregers so I've got a bit more info. Things I've found on the net tend to be very medical and for doctors...I'd like some real woman info before i go!
thanks all x
i could talk for hours on this subject!
im taking antibiotics - tetracycline - for my skin. im 22, have had bad skin for 6 months-ish. so far, its really improving. its the marks now that are worse.
i came off micrgymon, and was put on dianette. this made my skin much worse and made me a horrible person to be around.
like you, my jawline is the issue. spots have gone from forehead and now its only marks left. im having microdermabrasion for this in sept.
i think reason for my skin was hormonal, poss due to being on microgymon for 4 years before, few friends have found this too.
also using the wrong products made it worse. i now stick to dermalogica.
feel free to moan all you like, i do it daily. bagging makes it better!
Hello!
I too have suffered from terrible spots on my jawline for years - I'm 30 now and thought it would never end. I spent a fortune trying to get rid of them and had come to the conclusion that I was just cursed with bad skin.
A couple of mon ths ago I came off the pill as I was getting bad side efects - had tried lots of different brands but all had bad side effects - putting on weight, loss of sex drive etc. Within a couple of weeks all my spots had cleared up and I haven't had any since. I had never connected my spots with the pill before but it is the only thing I have changed recently so must be that.
It was amazing! People have even been commenting about how good my skin is - and that has never happened before!
So my advice - if you are on the pill, come off it! (I was on the mini pill by the way - don't know if the normal pill is different) I suppose the bad thing is you have to use other contraceptive but I'd rather do that than have the bad skin I had.
Sorry to have waffled on for hours. Hope it helps
XX
I have had the opposite problem. I have been on Cilest for years but decided to come off it to give my body a break. I never really had any side effects and I had pretty clear skin apart from one hormal spot a month round my jawline. Now I have been off the pill for about 5 months and my skin is like a bloody teenager and I am in my thirties. I am raging. I am now seriously considering going back on the pill if my skin doesnt clear up. I am trying out freederm, if that doesn't work, I will go back on the pill I think!!!!
ive been having acne since i was small- grrr- been goin to many docs and only this year found out i had a harmonal problem
the doc asked me if i had a hair problem
i am anemic and i only lose hair- lol- but i dont have excessive hair growth
im on diane now-its my 4th or 5th cycle not sure- For the first time in my life,i have clear skin- no acne at all:yay:
its like a dream come true after 14 years- im 23 now and well i only have som e red scars which im tryin to get rid of using some cream the doc gave and glyolic peels- in another 3 month - i should have flwless spotless skin!- thatll be the best day of my life!
there were times i would just hate to go out and meet new people,coz of my face... now it has brought so much confidence in me and i realised how beautiful i look without acne! jus a few scars that im tryin to deal with now
so i woul suggest go to a doc and get a blood test and harmonal test or watever and ull know if u need to have a change of tablets ..Dont give up hope yet..
i never thot i would see a day with clear skin- im beginnin to see my face without acne now and i feel and look beautiful (this is teh same person who dint have any self esteem before)
GOOD LUCK!:angel:
Hi all,
Right I'm fed up! Blimmin' 29 years old and still getting spots
Any advice/experinces would be welcome.
I had spots as a teenager as you do but they were on my forehead and back when they came up. Since my twenties though I've been getting painful spots around my jawline only.
Over they years the docs have given me lotions and creams and stuff but they just dry my skin out and my skin isn't oily anyway. I'm careful not to use 'clogging' products and use a good anti bac wash and stuff. Its been a couple of years since i went to the docs about this but just recently its got worse. Tablets were mentioned before but I decided against it as I don't like taking drugs, but now i'm seriously considering it. I think it would be some sort of antibiotic. Does anyone take anything like this for spots? Surely you can't stay on them forever and I'm worried it will just be masking a problem...ie the spots are a symptom of something else.
I have a friend who has polycystic ovaries...and she gets the same kind of spots as me. I don't seem to have any other signs though...hair growth and things...cos my hair is very fair and wouldn't notice much anyway. Does anyone know if there is a test for hormone problems...I'd rather know if there is a problem.
I will go to see my GP, but would love to hear from other heregers so I've got a bit more info. Things I've found on the net tend to be very medical and for doctors...I'd like some real woman info before i go!
thanks all x
Answers:
i could talk for hours on this subject!
im taking antibiotics - tetracycline - for my skin. im 22, have had bad skin for 6 months-ish. so far, its really improving. its the marks now that are worse.
i came off micrgymon, and was put on dianette. this made my skin much worse and made me a horrible person to be around.
like you, my jawline is the issue. spots have gone from forehead and now its only marks left. im having microdermabrasion for this in sept.
i think reason for my skin was hormonal, poss due to being on microgymon for 4 years before, few friends have found this too.
also using the wrong products made it worse. i now stick to dermalogica.
feel free to moan all you like, i do it daily. bagging makes it better!
Answers:
Hello!
I too have suffered from terrible spots on my jawline for years - I'm 30 now and thought it would never end. I spent a fortune trying to get rid of them and had come to the conclusion that I was just cursed with bad skin.
A couple of mon ths ago I came off the pill as I was getting bad side efects - had tried lots of different brands but all had bad side effects - putting on weight, loss of sex drive etc. Within a couple of weeks all my spots had cleared up and I haven't had any since. I had never connected my spots with the pill before but it is the only thing I have changed recently so must be that.
It was amazing! People have even been commenting about how good my skin is - and that has never happened before!
So my advice - if you are on the pill, come off it! (I was on the mini pill by the way - don't know if the normal pill is different) I suppose the bad thing is you have to use other contraceptive but I'd rather do that than have the bad skin I had.
Sorry to have waffled on for hours. Hope it helps
XX
Answers:
I have had the opposite problem. I have been on Cilest for years but decided to come off it to give my body a break. I never really had any side effects and I had pretty clear skin apart from one hormal spot a month round my jawline. Now I have been off the pill for about 5 months and my skin is like a bloody teenager and I am in my thirties. I am raging. I am now seriously considering going back on the pill if my skin doesnt clear up. I am trying out freederm, if that doesn't work, I will go back on the pill I think!!!!
Answers:
ive been having acne since i was small- grrr- been goin to many docs and only this year found out i had a harmonal problem
the doc asked me if i had a hair problem
i am anemic and i only lose hair- lol- but i dont have excessive hair growth
im on diane now-its my 4th or 5th cycle not sure- For the first time in my life,i have clear skin- no acne at all:yay:
its like a dream come true after 14 years- im 23 now and well i only have som e red scars which im tryin to get rid of using some cream the doc gave and glyolic peels- in another 3 month - i should have flwless spotless skin!- thatll be the best day of my life!
there were times i would just hate to go out and meet new people,coz of my face... now it has brought so much confidence in me and i realised how beautiful i look without acne! jus a few scars that im tryin to deal with now
so i woul suggest go to a doc and get a blood test and harmonal test or watever and ull know if u need to have a change of tablets ..Dont give up hope yet..
i never thot i would see a day with clear skin- im beginnin to see my face without acne now and i feel and look beautiful (this is teh same person who dint have any self esteem before)
GOOD LUCK!:angel: