Combined pill and hair loss

How our community feel they have been impacted by hair loss on the combined pill

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

None or not sure

96%

A bit

2%

Quite a bit

1%

A great deal

1%

A lot

0%

Out of the 2707 reviews for the combined pill, 113 people (4%) reported hair loss.

Reviewers that reported hair loss as a side effect

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

Used for 3 - 6 mo
18 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  2 days ago

Feel “out of it” a lot more but not necessarily depressed. However cramping is really bad

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Somewhat negative mood

3 more effects

0 helpful

0 comments

Used for 6 - 12 mo
34 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  5 days ago

I always feel tired, no matter how much I sleep it feels like it's never enough. Most days I don't feels in control of my emotions. And my hair falls in clumps but my gyno tells me not to worry.


Somewhat negative mood

1 more effect

0 helpful

0 comments

Used for 1 - 3 mo
27 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  3 weeks ago

I switched to this pill after being on a mini pill and feeling a lack of emotion, not necessarily depression just nothingness. My doctor advised this pill would help with symptoms of PMS and I couldn’t disagree more, I am a usually very happy positive person. I felt angry, irritated, hopeless and then ultimately depressed in just 6 weeks on this pill. I ended up having a panic attack and it then dawned on me that the only thing that has changed recently is this new pill. I stopped taking it the day this happened and I have felt completely fine and back to my normal self since. Personally I would never recommend this pill, I never suffered from any mental health issues before the pill and it’s made me go off contraception completely. The ONLY thing I would say about this pill that is a positive is that my skin was flawless, but that isn’t worth it for me alone. My skin wasn’t bad before other than an occasional hormonal spot here and there.


Very negative mood

1 more effect

0 helpful

0 comments

Combined pill common side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

52% of the combined pill reviewers reported tender breasts

48% of the combined pill reviewers reported breast enlargement

46% of the combined pill reviewers reported vaginal discharge

43% of the combined pill reviewers reported period like cramps

38% of the combined pill reviewers reported vaginal dryness


Possible the combined pill side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

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