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

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.

I'm on yasmin and noticed i got spider veins on my upper thighs, i thought it must be just getting older (i'm 31), i hadn't realised it could be to do with the yasmin. I've suffered from excema since i was 18, although its been very mild flare ups, the past month it's worse than its ever been, i also blamed this on my age. I am now considering coming off yasmin altogether as excema appears to be a noted side effect.

i am 28, i started yasmin @ 27 and continued it for 1 yr almost. everyone tells me that i look a lot younger than my age and when i stated taking the pill i was 118, which is healthy weight for me. i stopped three months ago, i am 125 now ( i know is not the end of the world) but worst of all i got tons of cellulite in my upper legs especially back of my legs, stomach, and strangely enough on my upper arms!! i am far from overweight this just should not be, i thought! my skin started to feel like, i dont know old or something. well since i stopped yasmin i have not lost weight i have not tried honestly but i do have to say that i can totally see the difference on how my cellulite has litterly vanished. its not going to happen overnight, i took it for a year and i am still seeing the effects subside, if you only took it for three months give it another three moths and hopefully you'll be like before. It honestly sounds like you should stay away from that stuff, i didnt have any of the painful effects you mention, so i am glad you had the good sense to stop, who knows what would be the long term effects for someone like your self. I still need contraception i dont wish to be pregnant so i am seriously considering exploring some natural maybe herbal contraception alternatives. Woman have been taking care of their reproductive necessities through plants and herbal knowledge for thousands of years, the pill has only been around since 1960's and i am sure these pharmaceutical companies have made tons of money through the pill, if knowledge of herbal, natural alternatives where to enter main stream with no side effects millions of women would opt to use natural methods and these corporations would loose sooooooooooooo much money! the information is out there we should really take charge.

its not funny all that you have been through so young, do you really think they dont know these stuff can make people sick? they do! but they dont care, as long as they tell you really fast what the side effects are on their commercials, and most of women do ok with it, they continue to make and sell the stuff making themselves rich 'who cares if a small number of woman like you and I experience dangerous side effects'. i am not an progressive activist though i realize i kind of sound weird. i am a regular woman who has not done well on any of these birth control i have tried many and yasmin is the one that i have staid on the longest. other kinds made me depressed and i even got on depression medication! there was nothing wrong with me! when i stopped the birth control i felt fine again, dont doctors know all this? why do they try to diagnose the side effects as another illness and prosed to prescribe yet more pharmaceuticals to witch there are subsequently some other hundreds of side effects? i say they will continue to conduct business the best way it suits them, its my, yours, and all woman's responsibility to know our bodies and seek out alternative options! i hope the experience you had teaches you somethings one can only learn by living our lives. i wish i hadn't gone through so much before realizing that its up to me to look for something else.

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Good luck!

hello my name is audrey, i am 32 year old, i have for the past 10 years exercice 4 times a week, eat very healthy, never had a problem with my body, or anything to complain about, weighed 100 for 15 years, now 120 , i have first started yasmin about 2 years ago while i was travelling,although i dint get any side effect, like depression or moody or etc, my body changed rapidly and over 6 months the pounds pilled up, and i got for the first time cellulite on my upper leg, my posterior and my upper arms, i was really chocked to see that happening, then the spider veins started to appear and finally the strech marks from the rapid weight gain,, i immediately stopped after 6 months, i still after 2 years didnt gain my body back and now feel very upset to have such an extreme body change because of the pill, i whish doctors would take more testimonial in consideration towards pills side effect as it can really ruin your life for a while.