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Article: Birth control pills can help get rid of stubborn acne

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October 18, 2004
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Question: You recently ran a question about a teenage girl with acne. Nothing the dermatologist prescribed had worked, and her mother refused to consider birth control pills for her.

My heart goes out to her. I, too, have suffered with acne my whole life, starting when I was 10 years old. I am now 35.

My parents took me to dermatologists who prescribed pills and creams; we changed my diet; we tried sun exposure and no sun exposure. They kept trying because they knew my self-esteem was suffering. Acne makes you feel ugly.

At the age of 16 I saw a gynecologist who suggested birth control pills. I was raised strict Irish-Catholic, but Mom was open to anything that might help me. Within two ...

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