We will be discussing birth control and acne in this article but before doing so, it might be beneficial to explain what causes acne. There are two types of glands in our skin; sweat glands and oil glands. The oil glands are largely located on the face, chest and upper back. They cluster around the hair shaft and drain their secretions into the hair follicles. These secretions are called sebum and are the natural skin oils that lubricate and protect the skin. Acne forms when the hair follicles get blocked and the sebum is trapped.
You
might well ask what birth control has to do with acne.
For some female patients, the cause of acne is an
excessive production of hormones called androgens. This
extra androgen in a woman’s system causes the oil glands
to produce more oil than they normally do and the
resultant glut causes acne. Thus we see that indeed
there is a relationship between birth control medication
and acne.
This
is where oral contraceptives or birth control pills
help. Such pills lower your androgen levels and
consequently your acne outbreaks also cease. By and
large, oral contraceptives are not what doctors choose
as the first medication step against acne. It is only
when other treatment options have been tried and not
succeeded that this line of defense is fallen back upon.
It helps if the concerned woman needs a form of birth
control anyway. And for best results, doctors use oral
contraceptives jointly with other forms of acne
medicines. It’s just that your doctor will have to
correctly identify that your acne attack is influenced
by hormones and has not come about due to other
causes.
There
are many conventional and over the counter drugs that
try to eradicate acne. But the fact is that, with most
of these medications the acne might go away, but it
makes a comeback almost always. This is because these
medicines just try to cure the symptoms of the problem
without really going deep into the real causes of acne.
Conventional medicines often also cause side effects and
their implications can become more serious than the acne
itself.
However,
we would like to suggest to you that, with the
probability of so many harmful side-effects, whether it
is worthwhile for you to get into conventional treatment
for birth control and acne. Instead, we would like to
tell you about the holistic approach which cures your
malady with no ill-effects. Not only that, it is the
only method that cures your acne permanently. This is
because all other forms of treatment aim at tackling the
symptoms of the ailment and not the root cause. The
holistic approach on the other hand goes to the very
root of the problem and fixes you internally so that it
is actually nipped in the bud. If you don’t want your
condition to come back again to haunt you, choose the
holistic approach and never be troubled by acne
again.
