Acne... hormones...
Was told this year at 37 that I am in perimenopause. It was tough to hear at a young age but ultimately decided to go with the Mirena IUD for now. The past few weeks (have had the IUD for 2 mo) I have felt like a middle school girl... emotions up and down, frustrated easily and crying at random things. Also, I notice I have terrible acne. What in the world? Anyone experience this? Anyone have any feedback?
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Our M-brace The Change Symptom Handbook should be useful too: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hk8DpLZEiPkax3QzoI1boKFibjnuHBAl/view?usp=drivesdk 😊🩷
Our factsheet on Menopause Skin might be handy as well: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Uh6i_8OddWFwWxNaAUS9ZvC61qnI3mM8/view?usp=drivesdk 🩷
I was told the same thing. Then was told that I M
I didn"t have acne growing up. I got acne for the first time beginning in my late 20s. My dermatologist prescribed spiranolactone a a very low dose of sub microbial doxycycline.
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Hello 😊 Whilst the Mirena takes a little while to settle for some, the effects of the progestogen are fairly localised, so unless you were particularly sensitive to progesterone then the symptoms you describe *might* not be attributable to that. Oestrogen is usually the hormone that needs replacing/topping up, particularly for those experiencing early symptoms at a relatively young age such as yourself. Indeed, the symptoms you mention here are often due to oestrogen fluctuations/low levels. I would speak to your clinician about using a *regulated* Bio-identical HRT (AKA Body-identical HRT in the UK and elsewhere), such as oestrogen gel, spray, or patches. 🩷