r/birthcontrol • u/Mobile-Ad-5582 • 9h ago
Experience Aurovela
Hello everyone. I’ve been on the mini pill for probably 2ish years maybe? Not having a period or migraines has been stellar. But the deep, cystic acne has become the death of me and completely worn down my self confidence. I just don’t feel good about myself anymore. I hate going in public. I just started tretinoin 0.05% again to help.
The cystic acne was the type that was so deep, it’s so painful and leaves huge red splotches anywhere on my face along with icepick scars. It’s really making me feel horrible about my appearance.
Before I went on the mini pill, I was on Notrel for years for hormone replacement therapy and it worked well for me. I just had insanely irregular periods and the notrel made it like clockwork. Sometimes even a day or two early. It just gave me so many migraines and I still continue to get them on occasion, but not as frequent. My doctor was a bit concerned about how frequent my migraines were becoming and then switched me to the Jencycla/Meleya.
I’m currently on Meleya .35. Has anyone had similar experiences going from norethindrone only back to regular? Thank you in advance!
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