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Spironolactone for Hormonal Acne?

karen9345
I have been struggling with cystic acne on and off for 16 years. I am currently 35 and had a very bad cystic breakout back in november so my derm put me on spironolactone. I am now taking 100mg a day and am at 6 weeks. My acne gets worse before my cycle but I breakout all the time. Will the spiro work for me? I have been asking for accutane for yrs and the derm believes that it will clear me but the acne will come back. I also have had a few nodules so I am worried about more scarring.

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