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I am 21 years old and I was on Yasmin for three in a half months ...

Posted at 1:22 AM on Jul 24, 2008 by jessica04, #32667
I am 21 years old and I was on Yasmin for three in a half months (i stopped the last pack half way through). The first month i was on it, i had a lot of leg pains especially at night and sometimes to the point where i couldn't sleep. I went to the doctors and told her about this and she said it had nothing to do with the pill. My leg pain stopped after the first month i was on it and for two months i was fine. At the end of the third pack i began to get leg cramps again, but this time it was different i had little sharp pains here and there and tingling and my legs became extremely itchy. In the matter of two months i got spider veins and cellulite on my upper legs. Before the pill i had NOTHING on my legs. I searched the internet and found that birth control can cause spider veins because of the hormonal change so I thought my legs were itchy because of the spider veins so i stopped using the pill and made a doctors appointment. Three days after stopping i got my period for the second time that month. I also broke out with lumps that are red and extremely itchy. The doctor told me that the bumps are eczema and i also have a lymph node, which she said is from the eczema (which i find very strange). Two days after i broke out and got a lymph node, i got sick with a fever, extremely soar throat and a swollen neck. Today is my 7th day off the pill and im still sick. Hopefully i get better. But from being a 21 year old whos 95 pounds and having nothing wrong and starting this pill and getting spider veins, cellulite and then eczema all around the same time, i feel like im aging before my time. If anyone else has had any similar effects please let me know. Thank you.
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Reply 16 days ago on Aug 05, 2008 by mathildamay, #10786

I think Yasmin jump-started my cellulite process. I'm older than you (36), but never had lumpy thighs until a few months after starting yasmin. (I had been on several types of birth control on the past.) When it started, it snowballed, so that I was just staring in horror at the bumps and lumps quickly working their way down my legs. By the time they almost reached the back of my knees, I started investigating the possible cause--it was too sudden to be natural, and, like you, I've never been overweight.

I stopped Yasmin, began exercising 20 minutes in the morning (not too different from what I normally do, but more dedicated), and cut out processed foods, just to see. In under 2 weeks my cellulite withdrew by something like 40%. No kidding. I don't think it's just the healthy stuff, either.

Yasmin apparently has a tiny bit of testosterone-blocker (this is why it seems to work on hormonal acne). My doctor wondered if that might be the reason: men don't get cellulite, women do, thus maybe blocking our testosterone leaves the field open to cellulite...?

Just a theory. I'm not going back on Yasmin, ever. That cellulite was too scary.

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