Let's talk pimples...

damabo80

When in your cycle do you get them?

I used to be a "right before period" type of girl. But, these last two cycles, I have added "a week before ovulation" as well. I was crystal-clear-commerical-ready all during PG and for about 3 weeks after the D&C.

I'm trying to figure out what gives?

SWine789

No idea, but if you can figure out how to clear them back up, please pass along the info. I've just broken out like crazy since the D&C and I was smooth and clear before and during pregnancy except if i forgot to wash off my makeup.... ugh.

suntoto

damabo80:

I'm trying to figure out what gives?

Your hormone levels.  They CHANGE after a m/c.  Don't expect your old "normal' to be the new "normal"...

Pregnancy changes the body.

kellbelle618

I am the same way. I used to be clear all the time, but after the m/c I feel like a teenager all over again.

CashewsMommy

I get adult acne all the time, for no reason at all... it sucks. It does get worse just before i get AF though.

RaineFaye

CashewsMommy:

I get adult acne all the time, for no reason at all... it sucks. It does get worse just before i get AF though.

This exactly for me too 

TeacherVicky

My skin is no longer my skin since the m/c... I have acne for the first time in my life so I've been trying to find things that work since.

I just started using a new cleanser: Vichy Normaderm Acne Prone Skin.

So far, pretty good!!!

goalieamy24

Yep, acne all the time now! It sucks! I never had trouble with acne.  But then again I was on birth control since I was 17, so maybe that helped keep my skin clear. 

AGFaso

Right around AF and right b4 O for me.  I struggled w/adult acne ages 20-24 I saw a dermatlgst and he put me on the following regimen:
 

1. Oral dose doxycycline (sp) every day 1x/day - to kill bacteria? Rx only

 2. Benzoyle peroxide gel every other night - OTC 10% solution

 3. Differin gel every other night (off night from benz perox) Rx only

after about 3 months, gone, forever ! (except for the occasional AF stuff)

now when i have break outs, i just use the benzoyl peroxide and it seems to work great!!

triple_sevens

My skin was very, very bad for 2-3 months after the miscarriage. Then it evened out. Now it's back to normal. It took me 9 weeks to get AF, so my body was clearly not handling the hormone changes well.

Your skin will clear up eventually. It just takes time.

lyndsaynicole

I started getting a lot of pimples a few years ago. Summer of 2007, I broke out like crazy-and nothing helped. I tried getting facials, I tried really expensive skin care stuff. It eventually got better.

Now, I still get pimples, but it's not too bad. 

I have noticed since the two m/c's, my skin hasn't really changed that much, but my hair got ridiculous. It doesn't hold color like it used to, it's extra frizzy and doesn't cooperate. My sister is a hair stylist and I talked to her about it. She said that even though I was only pregnant for a short time both times, that's long enough to really change my hormones and my hair is effected by that. She says that she has had clients that get pregnant and go from super curly hair to poker straight and super straight hair to really curly. That's crazy.