Kyleena coil and body hair getting darker

How our community feel they have been impacted by body hair getting darker on kyleena coil

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

None or not sure

87%

A bit

7%

Quite a bit

4%

A lot

2%

Out of the 135 reviews for kyleena coil, 17 people (13%) reported body hair getting darker.

Reviewers that reported body hair getting darker as a side effect

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Used for 18 mo - 3 yr
22 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  3 weeks ago

So I’ve had the kyleena put in just over 2 years ago. For the first 18 months it was great, there was no side effects and my periods were getting lighter and less painful! After that, I started noticing quite a bit of hair loss during showers and brushing, visibly making my hair look thinner. I’ve always had thick hair so this was quite upsetting and I put it down to the stress I had during college. Now I’m in a new job that I’m loving, the hair loss hasn’t subsided. It’s still falling a lot everyday so I’m deciding to get the kyleena removed in a months time. I’ve been to the GP and got bloods done in which everything came back fine. So hopefully once I’ve the kyleena removed my hair will slowly start growing back :(

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Used for 3 - 5 yr
Lowdown user
🇬🇧 UK
  •  12th Nov 24

Kyleena was good within the first 2 years that I had it, but I think that when the hormones start depleting that new side effects occur. Better than any other options I had, and insertion wasn’t painful as the healthcare provider used LA during. Looking at either swapping it out for a new Kyleena or to swap out for the copper coil as I’m now suffering extreme bloating and acne 3.5years after insertion. Hope this helps.


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Used for 12 - 18 mo
Lowdown user
🇬🇧 UK
  •  9th Jun 24

The experience is very good in terms of contraception. However I have had quite irregular periods which can be heavy alongside bad cramps.


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31% of kyleena coil reviewers reported breast enlargement

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