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Just stopped taking BCP.
Hello all,
I recently stopped taking my bc pills and it was great at first...better sex, I was in the mood more, etc...but now! NOW, I have turned into a grease ball. My face is greasy all the time and I am breaking out like crazy around my hair line and a few on my back. It's gross... anybody have any great ideas on how to stop this and clear it up besides getting back on the pill?
Re: Just stopped taking BCP.
Kristi and Kerry June 21,2008
Same thing happened to me. I went off to give my body a little bit of a break and to get my sex drive back. I went from having 0 blemishes to a full face full. Not fun! St. ives apricot scrub worked well for me.Surprisingly I also found keeping my face hydrated with lotion helped a bit too.
On a side note....make sure you are being overly careful if you do not want children just yet...My husband and I were using other forms of birth control, obviously they didn't work. In the months following coming off of birth control your chances of hyper-ovulating are pretty high....I learned the hard way! lol
Extended physical exercise which causes sweating for an hour each day can help. I'm not talking sitting on your butt in a steam sauna either.
The first few days the zits will be even worse as your body starts forcing sweat and oil through blocked pores. In a week or so you will look and feel so much better.
Just an FYI - take extra precautions if you're using Retin-A. My doctor told me that Retin-A can cause birth defects...
I'm going off of BCP next month. All of you scared me a bit!
Yep. I'm also very familiar with this annoying issue. It took me about 8 months for the breakouts to stop. I did invest in a Clarisonic (face brush) and used Murad with it and they went away super fast after that! I still use my Clarisonic twice a day and I don't have any breakouts (even during that time of the month). Best of luck. I know how frustrating this is. . . I was often in tears. And because I had never had acne before, I had no idea what to do. I went to a dermatologist and they put me on Retin-A. Don't do it. Worst thing I ever did. My face started pealing and was so irritated that it hurt to wash.
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