The Best Birth Control for Acne Saying that birth control treats acne comes with a really, really important-to-note asterisk. Only some birth controls treat acne. Others, like those that mimic progesterone, may make it worse.
A study that Lortscher and Admani authored analyzed over 2,000 women on birth control, and found that a combination of estrogen and progesterone were most effective forms of birth control for acne. That includes brands like Yaz, Ocella and Ortho Tri-Cyclen. NuvaRing also reportedly improved acne, though not as much as the combination oral pills.
Curology has a handy interactive guide where you can type in your brand of birth control to see where it falls on the acne improvement scale.
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