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ive been on Yasmin for about 3 years now because it clears up mah...

Posted at 9: 9 PM on Jun 22, 2009 by gaga123, #42503
ive been on Yasmin for about 3 years now because it clears up mah acne...but now i don't know if it's good for me. the first side effect ive noticed about a year after was that i get really burnt when i go out in the sun... and this is even with sunscreen! i get red rashes and my face gets swollen... at the time i thought that was just heat rash and didn't think much of it. now about 3 yrs later, i got a really really bad sunburn which resulted in huge blisters, and this scares me. I used sunscreen and my doctors said it couldn't have been just the sun so they are still trying to figure out what caused the burn...however after reading this thread im starting to think that Yasmin was the cause of it coz i never used to get sunburn before i started taking the pill... i grew up in a place where its Summer for almost a whole year so its really crazy to think that i would get burnt this much just for staying out in the sun! this past year ive also started gaining weight and now my sex drive is just gone... i thought it was me but i couldn't understand why that would be...now it all make sense...
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Reply 5 months ago on Jun 24, 2009 by jmeds, #20943

Hi I am experiencing a similar issue. I have dark skin so I do not get burnt but I do get very dark even though i wear sunblock and don't spend much time in the sun. I do get more rashes now that it is summer. I have decided to go off the pill so I hope the damage is reversible. I have been on the pill for about a year as well.

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Reply 4 months ago on Jul 19, 2009 by fredr010, #21657

I've been on Yasmin for 2 years now. I have very fair skin which I know burns so I use sunscreen. This past week I went to the beach in Florida and was out in the sun not more than 3 hours and got burned even though I was wearing SPF 50! My face got burnt and for the first time my forehead and eye area is all swollen up because of it. I've had worse sunburns on my face before and have never had this happen. After reading your post I'm wondering if this is a side effect of Yasmin also. I didn't gain weight on it until this year but that's probably because of other reasons. It does really kill your sex drive! Although I can't complain about the now acne free skin and super short periods.

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