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Hormonal IUD and discomfort wearing contact lenses

How our community feel they have been impacted by discomfort wearing contact lenses on hormonal IUD

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

None or not sure

93%

A bit

4%

Quite a bit

2%

A lot

1%

Out of the 83 reviews for hormonal IUD, 6 people (7%) reported discomfort wearing contact lenses.

Reviewers that reported discomfort wearing contact lenses as a side effect

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

Hormonal IUD  
Used for 1 - 3 mo
18 years old
🇺🇸 US
  •  2 weeks ago

Hormonal IUD  

im on month 2 of iud and I js hate the consistent spotting I want to have sex without getting stuff dirty likeeee

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Worse skin

0 helpful

0 comments

Used for 18 mo - 3 yr
36 years old
🇺🇸 US
  •  1st Sep 25

I've had horrible bloating. From when I wake up till I go to bed my clothing size changes up to two pant sizes because of the bloating depending on what I eat. As in it's so much worse with things like potatoes. I've had to switch to basically only wearing stretchy clothes because it gets so bad.


Somewhat negative mood

2 more effects

1 helpful

0 comments

Used for 18 mo - 3 yr
22 years old
🇺🇸 US
  •  15th Apr 25


Decreased sex drive

2 helpful

0 comments

Hormonal IUD common side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

1

Period like cramps

54% of hormonal IUD reviewers reported period like cramps

2

Headaches

37% of hormonal IUD reviewers reported headaches

3

Tender breasts

36% of hormonal IUD reviewers reported tender breasts

4

Vaginal discharge

31% of hormonal IUD reviewers reported vaginal discharge

5

Lower back pain

31% of hormonal IUD reviewers reported lower back pain


Possible hormonal IUD side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

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