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Hormonal IUD and tender breasts

How our community feel they have been impacted by tender breasts on hormonal IUD

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

None or not sure

63%

A bit

16%

Quite a bit

11%

A lot

6%

A great deal

4%

Out of the 82 reviews for hormonal IUD, 30 people (37%) reported tender breasts.

Reviewers that reported tender breasts as a side effect

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

Used for 1 - 3 mo
19 years old
🇺🇸 US
  •  3 weeks ago

initial "spotting" turned out to be almost 10 days of light to medium bleeding but cramps and bleeding have become much lighter compared to my regular cycle

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Somewhat negative mood

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Used for 8+ yr
25 years old
🇺🇸 US
  •  11th Jun 26

’m young (under 30) and yet desire is not there like it used to. I walk around with constant painful acne on my face no matter how many times I wash my face. I had it removed years ago and everything went back to normal. Then I got it again 3 years ago (still have it) and instantly remembered exactly why I got it removed in the first place.


Worse skin

1 more effect

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Used for 6 - 12 mo
19 years old
🇺🇸 US
  •  15th Apr 26

I've tried all the pills out there for BC, but my last resort was the hormonal IUD to stop me hemorrhaging every month. For the last 9 months, I've had 4 UTIs and constant pelvic pain. I've seen a urologist twice, and the hypothesis is that the IUD is drying out not only my skin but my vaginal tissues as well. I wish I could get it out to remove myself this constant UTI type pain, but I haven't bled a lot in the last couple of months. It's a very bad negative for a semi positive.


Very negative mood

2 more effects

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Hormonal IUD common side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

1

Period like cramps

55% of hormonal IUD reviewers reported period like cramps

2

Tender breasts

37% of hormonal IUD reviewers reported tender breasts

3

Headaches

37% of hormonal IUD reviewers reported headaches

4

Vaginal discharge

32% of hormonal IUD reviewers reported vaginal discharge

5

Lower back pain

32% 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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