thanks for the reply! i'm going to look into getting that book ASAP..

as for what b/c i'm on.. well, i started on aviane and was on that for about a year. i really thought that that was the pill which was giving me such bad breakouts.. so this past june i was switched to ortho tri-cyclen lo, but like i said.. i haven't seen much of a change in my face.. any other b/c suggestions? i'm going back to the dr. in december and would LOVE for this problem to stop.