Kyleena coil and body hair increase

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

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

None or not sure

82%

A bit

11%

Quite a bit

5%

A lot

1%

A great deal

1%

Out of the 148 reviews for kyleena coil, 27 people (18%) reported body hair increase.

Reviewers that reported body hair increase as a side effect

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

Used for 5 - 8 yr
32 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  5 days ago

Positive - first one for 5 years, protected against pregnancy, stopped periods after about 18 months so saved money on tampons. No significant side effects initially. Set and forget method was great. Negatives - I found the fitting incredibly painful. When I had it changed after 5 years the reinsertion was traumatic and I won't have it again. I suffered with mouth ulcers every month that got progressively worse over time. My mood wasn't bad but it was overall flattened. The new one never settled and I had problems with the threads travelling upwards, I found medical staff across the board (GP, clinic, hospital for ultrasound) very uninterested when I had issues after fitting which was difficult because I was frightened of possible consequences if it moved or they couldn't get the threads to remove it. I have honestly never had thrush so much in my life as I did when I was on kyleena. Noticed more and darker body hair over time.

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Somewhat negative mood

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Used for 6 - 12 mo
31 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  17th Nov 25

Kyleena was recommended with mr having Adenomyosis due to wrongly being given the copper coil before and bleeding for months on end. Kyleena had irregular periods to begin, the only sidr effect for the first 4 months were severe coldnesd/flu like symptoms the day before my period for all 4 months. As my periods stopped, my sex drive and mental health crashed. I'm on month 9 and awaiting removal.


Somewhat negative mood

1 more effect

1 helpful

0 comments

Used for 18 mo - 3 yr
22 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  6th Jun 25

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 :(


Very positive mood

3 more effects

0 helpful

0 comments

Kyleena coil common side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

76% of kyleena coil reviewers reported period like cramps

53% of kyleena coil reviewers reported tender breasts

40% of kyleena coil reviewers reported vaginal discharge

32% of kyleena coil reviewers reported breast enlargement

30% of kyleena coil reviewers reported lower back pain


Possible kyleena coil side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

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