* NEW QUESTION ATOMIC - Horrible skin ttc pink

[TickledPinkButLoveMyBlue]

Just wondering, I have the most terrible skin at moment & I was wondering if thats something to do with my girl swaying? Im starting to feel like a teenager again with all of these pimples......

Many thanks!

[mydream]

Yep! Right there with ya! Its part of the sway..

[TickledPinkButLoveMyBlue]

Yep! Right there with ya! Its part of the sway..

Really I'm not even hardcore swaying. I wonder if I've got too much testosterone at the moment....

[mydream]

I just posted something similar in TTC pink forum on acne and supplements... I don't know how to attach as a link sorry...
it was just a few days ago..atomic responded

[dramabird]

Mine has been dreadful since I went off the pill in October and I've been swaying girl for three months now. My back, shoulders, throat and the "edges" of my face (jawline, chin, on my forehead by my hairline) have been gross. Lots of small, pus-y pimples. What's odd is that I got this same kind of breakouts during my first trimester with both of my kids (both boys). So I'm presuming that it's definitely hormones at play (good or bad, I don't know!).

But at least it's not just you. I'm with ya!

[myGirl]

Yep, I have cysts on my chin. I also thought testosterone, but I am feeling so calm and not confrontational, so it can't be testosterone. I do think it is related to the sway.

[atomic sagebrush]

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gend...ores-zits.html

You can get crap skin from the pink sway, definitely! Dry skin, lack of fat in the diet causing thickening of skin oils and plugging of the pores in addition to ingrown hair follicles, and higher carb intake which can feed skin bacteria that causes whiteheads. Honestly I think the pink sway may be worse for the skin than the blue sway is. A lot of times I have gotten panicked q's from blue swayers who are worried their skin is getting better on the blue diet!!

People have this notion that you only get zits from high testosterone but there are lots of reasons why we get zits (and many different kinds of zits to get - some have nothing to do with testosterone at all!!)

[atomic sagebrush]

Mine has been dreadful since I went off the pill in October and I've been swaying girl for three months now. My back, shoulders, throat and the "edges" of my face (jawline, chin, on my forehead by my hairline) have been gross. Lots of small, pus-y pimples. What's odd is that I got this same kind of breakouts during my first trimester with both of my kids (both boys). So I'm presuming that it's definitely hormones at play (good or bad, I don't know!).

But at least it's not just you. I'm with ya!

There is a condition called keratosis pilari that 50% of all people have, it causes your skin follicles to produce thick oil that then plugs the pore and can cause cyst-y pimple-y looking things and ingrown hairs, esp on jawline, chin, neck, around hairline, eyebrows, butt, upper arms and thighs, that look and act exactly like pimples but are totally different critters. It is often aggravated by pregnancy and are also aggravated by dry skin and a lack of fat in the diet.

[TickledPinkButLoveMyBlue]

Thanks atomic and all of you ladies for your input. Does vitex cause any side effects? Ive been getting headaches too....

Btw I don't know how I missed that you were pg let alone that you are expecting a baby girl....how exciting! Did you sway (is that a silly question?) Congratulations and all the best.

I've slacked off a smidge on the diet....second attempt next month so I guess I better knuckle down

[atomic sagebrush]

No, not a silly question at all!

I didn't let anyone other than my husband know I was expecting until after my gender ultrasound because I thought it would stress me out too much and make me have GD when I really didn't care too much about gender either way.

I did sway pink but it was not a traditional sway at all, it's in the Sway section.

Some people have gotten headaches on vitex. For me, it made my AF really light.