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Q: Ortho Tricyclen Lo And Acne?
asked by: Kel67 on February 12th, 2006
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I know that ortho tricyclen helps acne, but I got put on lo (b/c im "small") I went to their website and when someone questioned its effects on acne, it said it had not been studied for the treatment of acne. Does anyone take it that has acne and personally saw improvements, b/c thats the only reason I specifically asked for ortho tricyclen in the first place.
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Tylanas
replied on February 14th, 2006
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Re: Ortho Tricyclen Lo And Acne?
kel67 wrote:
i know that ortho tricyclen helps acne, but I got put on lo (b/c im "small") I went to their website and when someone questioned its effects on acne, it said it had not been studied for the treatment of acne. Does anyone take it that has acne and personally saw improvements, b/c thats the only reason I specifically asked for ortho tricyclen in the first place.


i totally saw improvement; just keep up on cleaning it like you normally do. Do you have any doctor prescribed acne washes or gels? I know I have about a hundreed; those damn doctors tried everything. I just never kept up on it; and the pills they put me on one time made me so sick to my stomach!

Then, last summer, I went in for yet another dermatology appt. I'm 21, btw. My doctor said: "here is one last thing we can try. It is very powerful, and you will need to be on two forms of birth control (ortho-lo and condoms for example) because you absolutely cannot get pregnant while on this stuff! It will seriously deform the baby! Also... A couple of teens have commited suicide while taking it."

terror!! I actually thought about taking this, for several days! I set up my pap smear to get on bcps, because you have to be on those for a month before you can start these face pills. But, during that month, I washed my face religiously!! The washing accompanied by ortho lo cleared me up; and so I never went on the scary face pills!
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anchi90
replied on February 24th, 2009
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tri cyclen lo and acne
I am supposed to start taking otc lo on sunday for the first time,,i have mooderate acne,and the doctor said it would help....has anyone seen a ddifference in their skin from ofc lo??
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Lala24
replied on April 22nd, 2009
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ortho tri cyclen lo and acne
I have moderate acne and my skin got worse for the first two cycles on ortho tri-lo. Now i'm on my third pill pack and its finally improving....getting almost clear. The progestin (norgestimate) in ortho tri lo is the same as in the regular ortho tri-cyclen so it should have the same or similar beneficial effects.
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