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Hi,
I started taking oxybutynin for hyperhydrosis.
It’s been about 2 months since i started taking it, and probably about 2 weeks after i began i noticed more acne on my face. I usually never get acne, maybe one pimple a month. However now after 2 months of taking the pills i have had the same pimples for over 6 weeks. They tend to randomly become small, then spontaneously get bigger at other times. Since taking oxybutynin, I tend to always have at least 5 pimples on my face. They seem to group together, there are 3 on one side of my chin, 4 on the other, 2 above my eyebrow, and 1 above the other eyebrow. Sometimes I get a couple on my nose. It’s pretty frustrating/embarrassing, considering I’m a 25 y.o. female and stopped getting regular pimples when i was around 16. i haven’t changed my diet, or my exercise routine. I am going to try to reduce the amount i use (I was using three 5mg tablets a day), however having acne far outweighs the adverse affects of hyperhydrosis. Any recommendations would be amazing. Hopefully this info can help researchers a bit.