Hi, I'm Liz aka itsliz89 and welcome to my little home on the internet. This is my personal website so I'll be blogging about what interests me which may include, makeup, vegetarian food, feminism, human rights, my dog, random blurbs, and who knows what else. I am a member on 
Acne update 01
Jan
01
2009
BUT WAIT! That means you will have to be on BC for the rest of your life? Yeah so? My copay is only $10 for a three month supply so it’s affordable. I don’t smoke, nor plan to, and have a fairly healthy diet and lifestyle so the benefits outweigh the risks. I never plan to have rugrats and my boobs are bigger. What’s not to love? I’m pretty much set with the whole hormones deal until I reach menopause…
Okay, now that that’s taken care of, I have to make a relevant rant. First of all, this is my experience skin care experience. My skin is not your skin, so it doesn’t mean that a BC is going to fix your acne problem like it did with mine. Also, because BC did not work for you, does not mean that it will not work for someone else. I knew without a doubt that my acne was caused from hormonal imbalance. What’s great about actually seeking professional medical assistance is that a doctor will look at exactly what specific type of acne YOU have and talk about what may be the causes of that. My annoyance stems from a comment on my original acne post advising me to stop taking contraceptive medication and look into other over the counter alternatives. I was taking them before, I need it. The reason why I stopped was because the physician I had at the time was a jerk by prescribing me name brand medication with no override so it cost me $90 for a three month supply! I only pay $10 now.
NO ONE has should have the power to advise someone to stop taking their MEDICATION unless you happen to be a licensed doctor, physician’s assistant, or nurse in some other countries (I actually don’t believe nurses should be able diagnose and prescribe but hey, that’s a matter of opinion I guess), more specifically, the original doctor who actually prescribed the medication to the patient. Unless the doctor is involved in malpractice, but come on, obviously. Common sense here. I am so sick and tired of people who are out there trying to discredit medical science, and science in general. Medical professionals and scientists do not work their asses off and stay in school longer than others to learn voodoo.
The moon landing never happened, scientists are out to get us, … bla bla bla.
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hi there! i’m glad your acne cleared up =) try drinking bitter gourd ( boil some and drink the water) it helped me maintain my skin after it cleared up =)
any tips on acne scars?? i have them too =(
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whee i’m on yasmin too and it helped alot
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Retin-A is supposed to clear acne as well as scars. Mederma works as well. But with all scar treatments, it’s a gradual process and takes patience. Apparently I don’t care about my scars as much as I say since I’m too lazy to use Retin-A.
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hahah wut u say is soo true!!!! im with u on the last part bout the ppl in the medical field. lol
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let me tell you that i have acne and it is similar to yours. my doctor also put me on yasmin and it got completely better. minimal scars but no acne at all. so i thought why not just go off the yaz. i mean i had been on it for 6 months and i didn’t want to take it any longer since it messes up your system so i went off it. no longer than a week after i went off it i thought i was doing good, no break outs nothing but then maybe two weeks later i started breaking out again. worse than before i went on the yaz and in places that i had never broken out before. i went back to my doctor and she recommended that i go back on it and start up the topical treatments again which i did not like.
long story short after i went back on the yaz it didn’t work anymore…at least not for the acne. my body was immune. and i found out after reading online that the yaz had given me an all over body yeast infection which was trying to purge out of my body through my skin. thus causing the acne. i had to go on a major detox to rid the excess yeast from my system. this was not pleasant since you have a restricted diet but it worked out.
the only reason why i am telling you this is to warn you against going off it. i know you say you won’t but you may want to in the future and there are major side effects.
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November 1st, 2009 at 3:25 PM
Nope, hate kids. Plus they are expensive to take care of lol.
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Vitamin E Lotion is helping with my acne scars, try ST. Ives Swiss Formula Vitamin E Advance Body Moisturizer, it’s not more than 5$ CAD.
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I really respect that you aren’t afraid to show your flaws to help other girlies out there!
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Hi, can you do an update of your skin??
I am crazy about my acne!! It has just gotten worse and worse.
I also had a lot of improvements when I was on a certain BC but now I am on another BC pill because the first one gave me a lot of migraines..And to my dissapointment this pill is not helping at all with my acne =(
I want to do the Jazmin thing but I am not sure if it will give me headaches, and it’s pretty pricy too…Can you please do an update on your skin and how Jazmin has been helpful ? I would really appreciate it. Thanks =)
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April 9th, 2009 at 9:26 PM
Well, I’ve been taking Yasmin everyday and everything’s pretty much the same. My skin still looks great and I never have to worry about it. The scars have gradually faded since then.
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yay!! glad it worked for you!! i took yasmine before too.. because i have bad hormone imbalance.. hence my bad acne since.. o i dunno forever.. yes I was acne free for the 1 year i was on yasmine.. but I got the unlucky sideffect of weight gain… my hormones r still off and still suffering from acne.. but I have been taking apo-tetra? this antibiotics my doc prescribed for my acne and its great!! now just have to worry about those of acne scarssss
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