Cerelle pill and body hair getting darker
How our community feel they have been impacted by body hair getting darker on cerelle pill
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
None or not sure
86%
A bit
7%
Quite a bit
4%
A great deal
2%
A lot
1%
Out of the 328 reviews for cerelle pill, 45 people (14%) reported body hair getting darker.
Reviewers that reported body hair getting darker as a side effect
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
Used for 3 - 5 yr
37 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 2 days ago
Would have been ok apart from the bile acid diarrhoea anytime I ate anything with fat in it! Thought I was lactose intolerant, stopped pill and suddenly I could eat dairy again! Weird, went on it again after having my son and the diarrhoea suddenly came back doctors said it couldn’t be the pill but I’m not on it now and after 3 weeks no more diarrhoea. Bit of an odd coincidence if it’s not the pill
Top side effects not reported
0 helpful
0 comments
Used for 12 - 18 mo
23 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 8th Jan 26
The good thing about Cerelle is that it stopped my periods. However, it triggered an androgenic response for me so I gained weight on it, got lots of stretch marks (which I have never had before), experienced hair loss, experience increased and darker body hair, and it gave me bad skin, also seemed to be more irritable all the time. I have been changed to a combined pill now so fingers crossed everything gets better!
Somewhat negative mood
2 more effects
1 helpful
0 comments
Used for 3 - 6 mo
28 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 10th Dec 25
Ive been on cerelle for 2 months so far but that is long enough. My hair and skin are extremely greasy all the time, i’m so moody and I keep getting bursts of anger. I have food cravings too so I have gained some weight! Sex drive did increase slightly
Very negative mood
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0 comments
Cerelle pill common side effects
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
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45% of cerelle pill reviewers reported vaginal discharge
41% of cerelle pill reviewers reported breast enlargement
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