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Why does diane 35 take roughly 3 months to work for acne? and why does it actually make acne worse before better? thank you for your response.

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Acne: It takes about three months after starting acne medication to see improvement because the medicine opens up pores and all the crud drains out. After that things improve.

Answered 8/15/2016

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