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

96%

Quite a bit

2%

A bit

2%

A great deal

1%

Out of the 136 reviews for levest pill, 6 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 6 - 12 mo
23 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  6 days ago

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.

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Somewhat negative mood

0 helpful

0 comments

Used for 1 - 3 mo
44 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  9th Aug 25

If you have androgenic hair loss this makes this worse. My GP put me on it to manage my periods when I had originally asked for HRT. The hair loss is severe and is seriously affecting my mental health


Somewhat positive mood

1 more effect

1 helpful

0 comments

Used for 18 mo - 3 yr
20 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  2nd May 25

Ive been on 3 different pills and Levest was my long term. My skin got clearer and my periods have been much more managable (I used to be prescribed meds for pain control). However the main effect is decreased sex drive dramatically and just feeling 'meh' all the time very dampened emotions over everything. Not many highs not many lows just an overall feeling of meh.


Somewhat negative mood

2 more effects

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0 comments

Levest pill common side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

57% of levest pill reviewers reported vaginal discharge

54% of levest pill reviewers reported tender breasts

49% of levest pill reviewers reported vaginal dryness

47% of levest pill reviewers reported period like cramps

46% of levest pill reviewers reported breast enlargement


Possible levest pill side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

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