vaginapagina | Acne/Pimple Problems on the Pill (Reply)

I heard great things about HBC pills for helping acne. I've heard of other people's personal experiences which HBC pills has helped them with their acne. I hear a lot of people wanting to be on HBC pills for acne problems, as well.

My close cousin is on HBC pills to control her wild acne problems. She says it's helped her greatly in controlling her acne problems.

I've never had an acne problem. Of course I get the occasional pimple here & there, but overall I have very good skin. However, after being on HBC pills, I've started to break out MUCH more & all over my forehead. They hardly go away & when they do, they leave reddish marks, & sometimes scar. Then NEW ones show up. My boyfriend, who could really care less about my pimples, wondered why I was breaking out so much & also asked if the HBC pills had anything to do with it (since it's supposed to help control it?).

I know stress could be a BIG factor for pimples & I'm also on my period (nearing the end). However, I just came back from an one month winter break (from school) & school has just started so there isn't much stress to consider. I've been eating normally as well, if not healthier than I did before.

SO MY QUESTION IS... Has anyone dealt with pimple problems, or bad acne since starting on the pill? Or is it not the pill that is causing all my breakouts? & if anything, how did you deal with it? (e.g. creams, medication, switching to another brand of pills, etc...)?