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it's possible it could be hormones. A lot of women's hormones go haywire after surgery, although they normalize again after a few weeks or months. I've read a lot on here about mood swings and screwed up menstrual cycles for the first few weeks/months after surgery. I'm wondering if your acne issue could be related to that, too.

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I agree, it’s likely hormonal. We store a lot of oestrogen in our fat. As we lose weight it’s released into our blood stream. As @catwoman7 mentioned a lot of women experience heavier, more frequent, more painful or prolonged menstrual cycles & other associated effects like mood swings, acne, etc. while they are losing weight. It does pass. The oestrogen boost alleviated all my menopausal symptoms but when I hit goal & had lost most of excess fat they all came back unfortunately. LOL!

Plus it could be a release of toxins in your body from being on a cleaner & reduced diet.

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Any surgical operation can cause side effects that no one can predict, and acne is one of the most harmless. Every organism is different, and you never know how yours is going to react to some changes inside your body.I would suggest talking to your doctor about that because internal causes cause some types of acne, and you will be unable to cure it using exterior methods. But if you have had the surgery, you need to be extremely careful with what pills you take and how they can influence the chemical composition of your blood. The thing that helped me was eurocharm.ca because it is a thorough procedure with many stages that helps to get rid of acne and redness of the skin.

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I unfortunately have the same issue... After 1 week I started to break out on my face a bit. Im not almost a month and I still have a few pimples on my face left...

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