I'm starting my fourth month and my skin is not getting any better. It was TERRIBLE breakouts at first, but now I'm still breaking out which I find ridiculous considering I was put on this (tri sprintec--generic ortho tri cyclen) FOR acne. Do you think my body needs more time to adjust or should I just stop taking this? If I should continue to take it, how long should I take it for?

Check with your dermatoloigist or whoever prescribed it for you.

Have you taken zinc gluconate for the acne?

No, never tried zinc gloconate. I was on doxycycline but that made me vomit and just super sick to my stomach and retin-a did nothing for my persistent mild to moderate acne. It always came back and so I just had red, peeling, burning skin for nothing. Can I take zinc gluconate with the birth control?

Zinc gluconate is a mineral, so I would think so, but check with the doctor or a pharmacist about absorption of the birth control meds. My son started with 22 mg. of zinc gluconate twice a day and began seeing improvements almost immediately.

Here's a site with reviews on zinc gluconate: Zinc gluconate reviews (http://www.acne.org/zinc-reviews/200/page1.html)

Also, Google "zinc gluconate acne" (without quote marks).

Let me know if you try it and what happens.