Side effects
Lucette pill common side effects
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
56% of Lucette pill reviewers reported tender breasts
48% of Lucette pill reviewers reported vaginal discharge
46% of Lucette pill reviewers reported breast enlargement
43% of Lucette pill reviewers reported period like cramps
42% of Lucette pill reviewers reported lower back pain
Lucette pill rare side effects
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
3% of Lucette pill reviewers reported hair loss
3% of Lucette pill reviewers reported pelvic infection
3% of Lucette pill reviewers reported a latex allergy
Possible Lucette pill side effects
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
- Tender breasts (56%)
- Vaginal discharge (48%)
- Breast enlargement (46%)
- Period like cramps (43%)
- Lower back pain (42%)
- Vaginal dryness (36%)
- Nausea or vomiting (31%)
- Sweating more than usual (27%)
- Thrush (24%)
- High blood pressure (19%)
- Headaches (16%)
- Cystitis (12%)
- Body hair increase (12%)
- Dizziness (11%)
- Migraines (7%)
- Discomfort wearing contact lenses (5%)
- Body hair getting darker (4%)
- Hair loss (3%)
- Pelvic infection (3%)
- A latex allergy (3%)
- Migraine with aura (0%)
Reviews
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Used for 1 - 3 mo
15 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 1 day ago
I have been on this pill for about 2 months and already have had a far better experience then I had on my pervious on.How ever the only think I have really noticed a difference is my appetite has increased quite a bit .surprisingly I was preparing myself for my sex drive to completely change and lose it all but it has actually been somewhat the same
Top side effects not reported
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Used for 6 - 12 mo
25 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 3 weeks ago
Helped treat my painful cystic acne, good contraceptive. I take continuously and have a break every 3 months if I dont get a period in between. Cramps are worse but lighter periods. Increased sweating (like, drenched), night and day (after minimal activity)
Improved skin
1 more effect
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Used for 1 - 3 mo
22 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 12th Sep 25
Overall a good pill and much better than countless others I’ve tried in the past. Migraines are worst for me I’ve been experiencing them more than ever whilst being on this pill.
Top side effects not reported
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Used for 1 - 3 mo
19 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 27th Aug 25
All good so far just really tender breasts but no weight gain and even cleared up my skin!
Improved skin
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Used for 18 mo - 3 yr
26 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 5th Aug 25
Lucette has worked well for me for managing period cramps and acne. However since starting it I've had an increase in back pain, a flare up of eczema that I've never had before, and I can't have caffeine without having a bad reaction. My sex drive has also decreased a lot.
Improved skin
2 more effects
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Used for 6 - 12 mo
20 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 24th Jun 25
Stopped the mini pill after 3 years and switched to the combined to see if my skin and moods would improve. My skin definitely has improved and is similar to my post-accutane skin I had before I started hormonal birth control. My mood swings remained awful. I took the packs typically back to back but on a couple occasions I had breakthrough bleeding so took a 4 day break. I never had a yeast infection/thrush before taking this pill but in the 10 months of taking the combined pill I’ve had about 7 cases of thrush. Doctors kind of dismissed me saying it must be something else but it’s the only thing in my life that has changed, must be the estrogen! Finally had enough of the recurrent yeast infections affecting my relationship and sex life as well as day to day comfort so decided to switch to the copper coil last week. Fingers crossed my hormones will balance out!
Somewhat negative mood
1 more effect
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Used for 6 - 12 mo
20 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 7th May 25
Really helpful for my moods, only 10 months in did i randomly experience breast secretion and so swapped to the sister pill eloine with less oestrogen
Very positive mood
2 more effects
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Used for 3 - 6 mo
Lowdown user
🇬🇧 UK
• 18th Sep 24
Has really helped with my PMDD and overall mood. Have had some weight gain but would take that over the depression.
Very positive mood
3 more effects
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Used for 18 mo - 3 yr
Lowdown user
🇬🇧 UK
• 15th Aug 24
This took me a while to realise that my mood was being negatively affected as I also had a big change in life, getting married but weight and mood really changed. Felt unhappy a lot of the time and thought it was the changes in life but then stripping those changes away, I stiff felt sad and when I was off the pill on my period o felt so much better and more like myself.
Very negative mood
3 more effects
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Used for 1 - 3 mo
Lowdown user
🇬🇧 UK
• 18th May 24
I swapped onto Lucette after I started having spotting on Yasmin. I thought it would be an easy switch as they are the same but it was not. I started having awful low moods and suffering from cystic acne for the first time in my life. I stopped after 6 weeks. I have since found out that they use different binders in yasmin and lucette and that is what likely caused my issues.
Very negative mood
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