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Re: Acne/Hormones/Birth Control...From: M.A.M. (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sat, 8 Nov 1997 00:11:08 -0600 (CST)
At Fri, 7 Nov 1997, Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. wrote: > >>The notion of taking BC pills for a good portion of my life kind of >>worries me, (I'm not really considering pregnancy at all).... but if I >>were using them to help my skin, I suppose I'd have few options. Is >>long-term usage of BC pills too risky, or is it "safe enough"? > >I didn't see a snip-it of the original about why you were taking the >birth control pills, but if I recall correctly it was PCO. The risks of >untreated PCO include possibility of cancer of the uterus so I'd say the >pill is "way safer" for now. Actually, I have no idea if I have PCO. My original message was about long-term problems with acne (often cystic) and less than 100% results with Accutane. The pill I'm on now is Ortho Try-cyclin, but I was thinking (prompted by some info another woman gave me) that maybe the progesterone is only aggravating my acne rather than helping it... because I now break out when I begin a new pill pack. I might go and see an Endocrinologist about my hormone levels, and perhaps s/he could recommend the right birth control pill for me. I was just concerned about the risks associated with long-term use of BC pills, because if I'm using them to help my acne, I would have to imagine I'd be on them for quite a while. (After all, I'm 21 and my skin hasn't really improved since my teenage years.) Thank you for the info you've provided though.
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