I'm so glad to find this forum. I've been on Yasmin for 7 months...

Hi doitallmom:

I just wanted to mention that there is a site, called the "Yasmin Survivors Forum" (if you type it into your search engine it will come up in the results) where there are many women who have experienced terrible side effects from taking this pill. There is a thread regarding the rash, as well, if you scroll down to the bottom of the page. Apparently, this happens to many women who take Yasmin.

In the meantime, best of luck and good health.
Meagan

Hi there... I came off of yasmin just 2 weeks ago and thought I should share with you my story since yours is a skin issue. I took yasmin for 3 years. This past year I would wake up some bumps on my lip.. then on my hands.. then (this is over a period of months) I would wake up and have a slightly swollen lip... this was over the last year or so. I would also get a feeling in my throat, like something was in it and swallowing felt funny.
WELL, 2 weeks ago, I took my bc like I always do, right before I go to bed and my lip starts to tingle and itch.. and in the morning my face was swollen 3x the normal size on on side, mostly at the lips... I couldn't really talk.. it was like those awful photos on google. It was angiodema and can kill you by swelling of the throat. I had also for about a year- an ear issue.. it would sound like I was talking under water and felt like swimmer's ear- related to the swelling I found out later. Turns out I'm allergic. I developed this allergy over the period of time I was exposed.

I just want to say to anyone out there that has FACIAL/LIP SWELLING, or swelling of the hands... GO TO THE ER. It can kill you. I got lucky.. my swelling started slow and after about a year if was full blown. It is not something to mess around with!I was prescribed an epi pen. I developed an allergy to a preservative in it and I'm not an allergen sensitive person. That was just the parms/doc guess I might add.