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Community Conversation => Transitioning => Hormone replacement therapy => Topic started by: lacitychick21 on August 28, 2008, 10:12:06 AM

Title: HRT and pimples!
Post by: lacitychick21 on August 28, 2008, 10:12:06 AM
OMG! I'm pretty upset right about now. So, some of you may (or my not)  know that over the last two years my Estrodiol levels skyrocketed into 1st/2nd trimester prego territory. It took a year and a half of no hormones at all to get them down to "normal" levels, which was about two/three months ago. Since then I've gotten pimples!!!! like a new one every 5 to 8 days.... and you know how they linger for a while.

I feel like a 9-year-old boy!

When I use the muscles in my face, I can feel all these little dots of pain! EW! GROSS! People used to comment on my porcelain-clear skin. No more! So what do I do? If it's hormonal.. nothing except up my dosage?! or will it stablize and I'll clear up again?? it's been so long since I started hormones, and now, it's like I'm starting over and I don't remember how my body reacted the first time around...

Thoughts?
Title: Re: HRT and pimples!
Post by: MeghanAndrews on August 28, 2008, 06:54:46 PM
Hey Laci,
You should mention the kind (not dosage or anything) of hormones you are on and whether that's changed in the recent future, I think some people probably had the same bodily reaction. Me.