Combination of acne treatment and contraception, regulates menstural cycle, period becomes lighter and shorter with less or no menstural discomfort like cramps etc, lowers the risk of anemia, cervical and other cancers, heals and treats acne conditions to give you beautiful skin, 35-50% recovery for acne patients after 3 cycles, 90% recovery from acne after 12 cycles
Possible Side Effects
Breast tenderness/swelling or breast pain, headache, nausea/vomitting, low sex drive, mood swings like depression, eye sensitivity or dryness resulting in contact lens intolerance, vaginal dryness, skin reactions like acne/peeling, water retention, weight gain (Diane-35 has higher dosage of hormones hence more prone to side effects)
Cost
$28-$35 per cycle depending on where you purchase
Meliane:
Benefits
Highly reliable contraception, regulates menstural cycle, low dosage pill so less side effects, your period becomes lighter and shorter with less or no menstural discomfort like cramps etc, lowers the risk of anemia, cervical and other cancers
Possible Side Effects
Breast tenderness/swelling or breast pain, headache, nausea/vomitting, low sex drive, mood swings like depression, eye sensitivity or dryness resulting in contact lens intolerance, vaginal dryness, skin reactions like acne/peeling, water retention, weight gain
Cost
$14-$16 per cycle depending on where you purchase
Yasmin:
Combination pill, Yasmin contains two different female hormones drospirenone (progestogen) and ethinylestradiol (estrogen) Drospirenone can prevent weight gain, bloating, swelling or water retention, it can help reduce acne, greasiness of the skin and hair
Benefits
Highly reliable contraception, will not cause weight gain, relieves all menstrual discomfort like menstrual cramps/pain, treats acne and gives you beautiful skin
Possible Side Effects
Breast tenderness/swelling or breast pain, headache, nausea/vomitting, low sex drive, mood swings like depression, eye sensitivity or dryness resulting in contact lens intolerance, vaginal dryness, skin reactions like acne/peeling, hypersensitity reaction
Cost
$25-$28 per cycle depending on where you purchase
Gynera:
Benefits
Highly reliable contraception, regulates menstural cycle with very little chance of spotting, very low chance of side effects as well, periods are lighter and less painful, helps prevent anemia and other cancers
Possible Side Effects
Breast tenderness/swelling or breast pain, headache, nausea/vomitting, low sex drive, mood swings like depression, eye sensitivity or dryness resulting in contact lens intolerance, vaginal dryness, skin reactions like acne/peeling, water retention, weight gain
Cost
$14-$16 per cycle depending on where you purchase
Ortho Evra:
Benefits
Birth control patch to be worn under clothing, more than 99% effective in contraception, less internal side effects as patch is worn on the outside on the lower abdomenial, upper arm, buttocks, lower back, shoulder or thigh area
Possible Side Effects
Nausea/vomiting, headache, redness/itching on the patch area, breast tenderness, vaginal discomfort/irritation or stomach cramping/bloating
Cost
$30-$35 per cycle (3 patches) depending on where you purchase
Mercilon:
Benefits
Similar to Diane-35, Mercilon is both and acne treatment and contraception but it is a low dosage pill hence less prone to side effects, regulates menstural cycle, low dosage pill so less side effects, your period becomes lighter and shorter with less or no menstural discomfort like cramps etc, lowers the risk of anemia, cervical and other cancers
Possible Side Effects
Breast tenderness/swelling or breast pain, headache, nausea/vomitting, low sex drive, mood swings like depression, eye sensitivity or dryness resulting in contact lens intolerance, vaginal dryness, skin reactions like acne/peeling, water retention, weight gain
Cost
$14-16 per cycle depending on where you purchase
Above mentioned are the more popular brands locally i believe, some like Estelle and Diane-35 are similar if not the same but named under different brands, Mercilon and Marvelon are the same as well, there is another one called Nordette/ Loette ($10) and others selling for $1 per cycle at polyclinics, my mum has been taking those $1 bcps for decades and i know many women around me have as well, they say its the same as those "branded" ones just that they dont have skin benefits, ive not tried those personally so unable to do a review for them, ill find out more and add on later (IMG:http://flowerpod.com.sg/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Birth Control Pills For Better Complexion, Discussion for all forms of BCP
May 19 2005, 05:09 PM
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