I was put on the progesteroneonly pill called Cerazette and the cystic acne that developed around my chin and jaw was the most depressing part of the generally awful experience . I ' d been on combined pills in the past , and had no real skin issues with them , but Cerazette was an entirely different beast . And there seemed to be no connection between my actions and my acne , because nothing seemed to make any difference . Diet , skincare , exercise , cleanliness nothing stopped the painful lumps from constantly coming up from deep within the skin . I continued to take that pill for several months , in the hope that my hormones would ' settle ', but they never did , so I abandoned it . However , it took months for my skin to return to the same condition as before the pill , and this really got me down . It felt like I would never get back to normal . I was depressed every time I looked at myself in the mirror . In an attempt to sort my hormones out , I took the herbal remedy agnus castus for a few months , and I think it helped a little in the short term . But the only true solution for me was time . But today , I look in the mirror and love my skin , so you WILL get there . It WILL settle back into being the skin you know . I ' m sorry I don ' t have a better answer for you only that you ' re not alone in being affected like this . And that it won ' t be forever .