WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for March, 2002: Re: [Birth Control] Acne & Alesse-Desperate for help

Re: [Birth Control] Acne & Alesse-Desperate for help

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 8 Mar 2002 05:57:36 -0600 (CST)

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At Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Deborah wrote: >
>I am 26 years old and went to my ob/gyn about going on birth cotnrol for
>acne. I had, what seemed to be hormonally induced, breakouts only on my
>chin area (cystic) and she put me on Alesse. Since then I have been
>getting terrible cysts and nodules on my chin area, that will not go
>away. It is much worse than when I was not on the pill. My Derm has me
>loaded up on antibiotics, which I hate! I need some advice. Will any
>other pill help me with this? If I switch will it make it worse? I read
>somewhere that Alesse is very androgenic and is not good for those who
>already have acne. Help would be appreciated!

Alesse would not be my choice for treating acne. The estrogen is what does the most good for acne and Alesse is the lowest dose estrogen available.

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R.Daniel Braun, MD  FACOG   FOG
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