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Sprinolactone for Hormonal Acne -Fullerton, CA
UPDATED FROM JennaN
1 month post
7 weeks in
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So I've been in 100mg for about 3 weeks now. Haven't noticed anything :-(. I'm fact, last week I had a huge cyst surface that is still on my face. And I think I'm getting one on my forehead too. Which is weird because I never breakout on my forehead. Can anyone tell me how long it took to see results. I'm getting very impatient.
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UPDATED FROM JennaN
27 days post
One month update
So besides feeling a little less oily, haven't noticed much of a difference. Went to my derm today and she up'ed my dosage to 100mg.
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September 6, 2013
So my derm says that any birth control should help with acne???? But what will clear me is the sprionolactone since it completely blocks excess androgens
September 10, 2013
I'm on bioidentical hormones and it seems to help with the hormonal cystic acne and the plaque rosacea - I also started taking metronidazole which is a highly effective bacteria killer - it comes in topical to pill form - it has made a dramatic improvement on my face. - for me spironolactane only works for a short period of time - initially for a week or two and then my acne/rosacea seems to counter its usage and I have to stop - however the combo of bioidentical progesterone and metronidazole seems to really work.
September 10, 2013
I'm on bioidentical hormones and it seems to help with the hormonal cystic acne and the plaque rosacea - I also started taking metronidazole which is a highly effective bacteria killer - it comes in topical to pill form - it has made a dramatic improvement on my face. - for me spironolactane only works for a short period of time - initially for a week or two and then my acne/rosacea seems to counter its usage and I have to stop - however the combo of bioidentical progesterone and metronidazole seems to really work.
September 10, 2013
I'm not very familiar with bioidentical hormones. Are these the same kind that women take to help with menopause symptoms? Are they prescribed to you or do you get them over-the-counter?
September 11, 2013
I have both hormonal and acne rosacea - (runs in the family - grandfather - mother - me) actually I discovered something yesterday by googling - demodex - these are apparently little mites that are on our skin - gross, I know - apparently many people who have been exhausted or weakened immune systems due to a bad illness or even age are a hot-bed for these mites to get out of hand and increase their activity - they literally destroy skin cells and increase pores etc - I couldn't believe it but it makes sense - I also believe that bacteria under the dermis level of our skin makes getting rid of acne rosacea even more difficult than regular acne - I'm trying to get my MD to refer me to a dermatologist (why are they so difficult to get in to see? it's like they're the prima-donnas of the medical world or something!) anyway I think the combination of the progesterone (helps build immunity) and the anti-bacterial effect of the metronidazole (which I was on for something else in a pill form) have helped reduce the raised plaques in my skin and have gotten rid of the cystic acne and reduced the redness - amazing! I don't know what will happen once the metronidazole is completely out of my system but my MD gave me metrogel 1% to try (it's topical ointment) btw the pills were super strength and I cannot have alcohol while taking them - at least metrogel I can enjoy a glass of wine - whew - but google metrodex mites and see what it says - I'm taking multi-vites line Lysine, vitamins C,E,A and dhea, Antioxidants to boost my immune system and hopefully keep the bacteria and spreading of the rosacea and acne at bay.
UPDATED FROM JennaN
12 days post
Almost 2 week update
So I've been feeling pretty good from the sprionolactone. A little bit tired. I might ask my doctor if I can take both 25mg at night. Even if I get 8 or 9 hours, I'm still tired. And I have been drinking a tonnnnn of water.
I did have a pretty deep pimple surface but I've seen it lurking on my skin for a few weeks now. So I don't think it was brought on by the sprionolactone. I popped it Friday night and now I'm still left with nasty reddness around the area. Lucky me. I just want my skin to go back to normal. :-(
I did have a pretty deep pimple surface but I've seen it lurking on my skin for a few weeks now. So I don't think it was brought on by the sprionolactone. I popped it Friday night and now I'm still left with nasty reddness around the area. Lucky me. I just want my skin to go back to normal. :-(
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I stopped taking the spironolactone after only being on it for about 8 months. I honestly only saw a slight improvement. My skin was definitely not as only but I was still getting random cysts....BIG ONES. So I'm not sure what the problem was. My hormones my have just been a mess. I went off the pill during that time as well.
While I still breakout, the cysts aren't as large anymore since being off the spironolactone.
I hope it works for you! I do know it is a God send to a lot of women.
I started on 25mg after 10 days moved to 50mg and staying here. I do get a cyst once in a blue moon but that's way better then having several pimples all on the lower side of my face.
Hope you're as happy with it as I am!