yasmin birth control! - Birth Control Message Board

*pig_tails* · 04-26-2007, 09:54 PM

has anyone taken this? is it effective in preventing pregnancy & acne??

any other side effects~???

i just read some info saying that it can help you lose weight on it but it may cause blood clots etc..

any more info i should know~?

Longview · 04-27-2007, 07:49 AM

Yes im on Yasmin. It's a Birth Control pill so its 99% effective in preventing pregnancy. Ive been on it for a year now, and have had no problems yet. And yes my acne has greatly improved. I use to be on ortho lo and then solia but then the main reason i switched to yasmin was to lose some weight...or well to not gain anymore...and that has helped also.
AND all BC pill, the patch, shot, even nuvaring has serious side effects...but the chance of getting them is low. But this goes with every medicine you put in your body. All around its a great pill, probably my favorite that i have been on so far. But kind of expensive if you dont have insurance which is my problem right now.

tandjsmom · 04-27-2007, 04:09 PM

I loved Yasmin too. I lost weight (10+ lbs) and no serious side effects until...
18 months later, my hair started to thin drastically, from the Yasmin. Yasmin is great for hair it pushes all of your hair into the "growth" phase. However, eventually that ends and then you lose that hair- basically at the same time. (Normally your hair growth/loss/new hair is more staggered)It was very dramatic for me and I'm just starting to recover.
Research it carefully- after this I decided I'd rather be fat and have beautiful, healthy hair than skinny and bald. (Yes I had bald spots.)
Good Luck in your decision process.

asako · 04-28-2007, 12:29 PM

i was on yasmin for about 5 months and didn't care for it at all. My doctor had prescribed it after I stopped breastfeeding. Yasmin made me have TERRIBLE cramps and a long long....LONG uncomfortable, heavy period...

Kszan · 04-28-2007, 04:32 PM

Another thing to keep in mind with Yasmin and Yaz is that they contain a diuretic, which is supposed to prevent bloating during PMS. Because of the diuretic, majority of women who finally go off the Yaz or Yasmin find that they feel very bloated and very gross from not having that diuretic every day as they did when they were still taking it. So the withdrawal from coming off Yaz and Yasmin is a lot worse than when coming off one of the other pills.

And just for the record, no birth control pill is going to help you lose weight. If anything, women on BC end up gaining due to the excess estrogen that their body has as a result of being on the pill. Something to think about, for sure.