Has anyone tried taking the new birth control Yasmin?

I have always been pretty hairy but after my pregnancy the hair on my face thickened A LOT! I was shaving daily to get rid of it.

My OB/Gyn suggested I take this birthcontrol pill. I am so happy with the results. I have only been taking it for about three months. My hair growth is a lot slower and a lot thinner.

Thanks for the report, Charlie! Yasmin is not heavily marketed in the US-- it's been available for two years. One of the active ingredients, drospirenone, is a spironolactone analogue, which means it works as an anti-androgen. These types of drugs can help reduce face and body hair over time.

Yours is the first report we've gotten from this specific drug brand, so thanks!

I started out on Yasmin and was okay for about two months (no side effects). I noticed 2 small patches of hair disappear from my bikini line and my leg hair in general grew back much more slowly. However, after the second month I started getting a racey heart to the point where I had a hard time getting to sleep at night. So I stopped taking it and have now switched to Diane-35, which is a birth control pill/anti-androgen that you have to get from either Canada or Europe...it is a stronger anti-androgen, I believe, than Yasmin. I suggest you go to this website: www.obgyn.net/pcos/pcos.asp
Go to forums, then PCOS medication. Do a search on Yasmin and Diane-35 and you'll get a ton of info on other women's experiences with these drugs (although keep in mind that their reactions might be different given that they have PCOS).
Good luck.

I just started takign Yasmin 2 weeks ago. No side effects yet and no hair disappearance either.

I was on Yasmin for quite a while. I didn't notice any reduction in hair growth, but I also didn't know that it could do that at the time, so I wasn't really looking for it. I somewhat expect my OBGYN will put me back on it because she's supposed to be putting me on some sort of birth control and that seems a likely candidate thanks to all of my hormone imbalances.

Anyone know how Yasmin reacts with Spironolactone?

Hi,

I am planning to go on Yasmin soon. I have my appointment on Dec-10 ... Please let me know if this helped you. I have heard many horror stories about this medication, which is also bothering me.

In my case, I am seeing a single coarse hair on my chin for a past year ... and it appears around my cycle!! Though I do not soom to have any adverse hormonal problems, but my hair follicles might be extremely sesitive to any changes during that time.

I have never been on any BCP previously ... but I need to use one now.

Any feedback will be very helpful.

Thanks

I have decided to give it a try for 3 months. I am starting on it tomorrow Dec-18. My gyne uses yasmin and is very happy with it ... so that did give me courage to try it. I will try to provide my feedback on it every week - emotions and hair!!

It was my 3rd day today on yasmin, and as far as the effects on my physical or emotional being - there are none. I feel exactly the same. Thank lord!

Almost 2 weeks that I have been taking yasmin regularly -- and I feel just the same. Ah, though my coffee intake has reduced drastically. I think it is related to medication. I drink 3 cups day ... early morning, mid morning and late afternoon.

Previous week I used to walk thrice as usual - to cafe to make some coffee for me, but was unable to get thru my 2nd cup.

Now, 3rd is totally eliminated and I dilute my 1st and 2nd cup with water ... I need that kick to get my job done.

Besides this change, I am as physically and emotioanlly active as I was before yasmin.

I cannot imagine how scared I was to start on yasmin.

For any hair growth related changes, I guess most people say it is usually 3-6 months before one can note those.

At the moment, I am happy to be positive about yasmin after reading many negative posts about it.

I am back to my normal coffee routine, so basically yasmin has not affected me at all.

At the moment, there is no change in hair growth as well.