Levest pill and hair loss

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

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

None or not sure

94%

Quite a bit

3%

A bit

2%

A great deal

1%

Out of the 138 reviews for levest pill, 8 people (6%) 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 weeks 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 1 - 3 mo
27 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  1 month 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

Used for 6 - 12 mo
23 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  9th Dec 25

This is the first pill I’ve been on and after being so scared to start it, I’ve generally had quite a good experience. The first few weeks were quite rough, really bad headache, moodiness and nausea but this went away with time. I used to find I’d have a bit of nausea when starting the pill after the 7 day break but I shorted this to 4 days and had helped immensely! My periods are so regular and really light with way less cramping, my periods only last about 3/4 days now when they used to be over a week. I haven’t had any weight gain or changes to my libido. Overall it’s been quite good to me, my only issue is I’ve definitely become a lot moodier - still nothing crazy but not quite like how I used to be. I also can’t tell if my anxiety has worsened or if that’s just coincidental. I’m thinking of trying a different pill to see if my mood improves but nervous incase I get other side effects that I haven’t on this! My only other complaint is hair loss, I didn’t even know this was linked until I read this page and saw one of the hormones might cause this. Didn’t have any issues at the start but in the last few months I’ve been noticing a lot more hair coming out in the shower and am now wondering if this is linked.


Somewhat negative mood

0 helpful

0 comments

Levest pill common side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

57% of levest pill reviewers reported vaginal discharge

55% of levest pill reviewers reported tender breasts

48% of levest pill reviewers reported vaginal dryness

47% of levest pill reviewers reported breast enlargement

47% of levest pill reviewers reported period like cramps


Possible levest pill side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

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