Yasmin : Oral Contraceptive

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21 yellow tablets
Active Ingredients:
3 mg drosperinone and 0.03 mg ethinyl estradiol.

Inactive ingredients:
lactose monohydrate NF, corn starch NF, pregelatinized starch NF, povidone 25000 NF, magnesium stearate NF, hypromellose USP, macrogol 6000 NF, titanium dioxide USP, talc USP, and ferric oxide pigment, yellow NF. The white inert film-coated tablets contain lactose monohydrate NF, microcrystalline cellulose, magnesium stearate NF, hypromellose USP, talc USP, and titanium dioxide USP.

7 white inert film-coated tablets
Inactive Ingredients:
Lactose monohydrate NF, corn starch NF, povidone 25000 NF, magnesium stearate NF, hypromellose USP, talc USP, and titanium dioxide USP.

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January 21, 2007

Pros:

Helped clear my skin along with Retin-A Micro.

Cons:

nothing

If this doesn't work for your acne after 3 months, than try Ortho-Tri-Cyclin. I used to be on that for acne, but just found that this one worked better for me. It is different for everyone.
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December 29, 2006

Pros:

not pregnant

Cons:

BAD acne and red marks on face, moodswings, anxiety.

I've had perfect skin my entire life (am 25) and went on yasmin as a birthcontrol. After a month I started breaking out and after two I looked like a pizza. I got really depressed and had no sex drive. Initially I thought it was stress and didn't see the correlation. After I researched Yasmin and read the comments here I went off it. It's been a month and my skin is almost perfect again (except for some marks still fading) and I'm anxiety-free and happy. I just felt the need to say to everybody that felt like me- get off it. This page helped me a ton when I was very depressed. To all girls getting acne from this, it will get better and marks fade!
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December 7, 2006

Pros:

Clearer skin!!

Cons:

Initially, felt sick, ok now.

I have had bouts of bad acne on and off, more on and am now 42 years old and sick of it. Was on Dianette for a long time, over 7 years which was brilliant for my skin. Doctor took me off of it when I was 40 and for 6 months everything was okay then my acne came back with a vengence. Boils, lots of pimples all over my face. Doctor put me on Yasmin, at first it made my acne worse!!! Very gradual improvement and now after 3 months I have no boils just a few small spots, which I can live with!
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November 27, 2006

Pros:

Clearer skin (body and face), lighter periods, no pregnancy!

Cons:

Frequent spotting.

Yasmin is working for me except for the spotting. I have had no other negative side effects. Mood is fine, less PMS (in MY opinion anyways!).
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November 20, 2006

Pros:

Nothing as yet!

Cons:

My skin has gone nuts!

I was on brenda for years and that was fantastic for my skin until I got depressed. So i went off it and my skin started to go bad again so I went and tried Yasmin. I am now in my second month and my skin is like it used to be when I was 17. Pimples galore! All over my chin and face big red lumps...Someone help..Im going to a dermatologist soon to try and fix it ill give it until the end of this month!
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November 11, 2006

Pros:

Clears body and facial acne and is fantastic once it starts working

Cons:

Bigger breast, food cravings, expensive, takes a while to work

I am on Yaz, which is a lower dose version of Yasmin. The first three months were really bad, the pill caused me to break out more,and I experienced a lot of food cravings and breast enlargement, but my doctor told me to give it a chance. By the fourth month my skin started to clear. Now I've been using it for six months and have not had a breakout on my face for the last two months, (my back cleared up about the second month after I started using Yaz). I just started Retin A micro and hydroquinone to help with the hyperpigmentation marks left from my past breakouts.
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November 8, 2006

Pros:

I used to get the world's worst periods, with stay in bed, flat on your back, with a hot waterbottle on your abdomen type cramps. Yasmine freed me from that.

Cons:

I went on yasmine, and within 3 months I gained 70 lbs and could never loose it. I'm now the meanest person I know. I'm hungry all the time and don't want to be bothered with anyone. I don't even want to be intimate with my husband.

I went of Yasmine last week and already feel 100% better. I got back my desire to be with my husband. He says I'm not a wench anymore. And I've already lost 5 lbs. If you've had problems with other BC, I definately don't recommend this one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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October 16, 2006

Pros:

You don't get pregnant!

Cons:

Mood swings, acne

I have been taking Yasmin for 4 months after my Dr said I shouldn't take Dianette long term (I had been taking it for over 5 years). I have found Yasmin makes me incredibly moody and depressed, and my skin is awful - it's broken out all over my chin and jawline (plus some pimples everywhere else) which is really hard to deal with after having had completely clear skin for 5 years! I really wanted to like this, but it just doesn't work for me.
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October 11, 2006
I started taking Yasmin when I was 17 for birth control purposes. February of this year, at the age of 21, I decided to stop taking it because of side effects, and money. I had no idea the extent of the side effects I was experiencing until I stopped taking it. I was happier, less moody, and I felt like having sex again! Then slowly, I started getting pimples increasingly, and finally in October I have full blown acne on my forehead and around my mouth. I have spent hundreds on acne clearing products. Proactiv, philosohpy (which I swear by, besides their acne treatments), and so many others. I had wonderful skin before going on yasmin, and wonderful skin while on yasmin. I wonder if I will ever again. I am thinking about going on OTC, but I don't know. I would not recomend yasmin, not even for the side effects while on it, they are nothing compared to the acne once you come off.
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March 25, 2020
SECOND MONTH - ACNE WORSE

Hi! I am an Italian girl and I have been suffering from hormonal acne (especially on my chin) for almost 1 year beacuse of my PCOS. I tried different therapies with topical medication and antibiotics but nothing seems to work :( So, my doctor prescribed me Yasmin. I started to take this pill almost 2 months ago: the first month nothing changed (I just had normal breakouts especially before my period), but the second month has been awful, my face is a mess with lot of red and itcy bumps on my chin and even on my neck (where I usually don't have pimples). I called my dermatologist who told me that during the first 3 months skin can get worse (hormones need time to stabilize), so I should stick with it for at least another month to start seeing some improvements. I am very afraid, but if my skin is getting worse before it gets better, I will stick with it! Did any of you experience initial breakout before noticing skin improvements?

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Francesca D
October 4, 2024
Did you look at spironolactone as an option?
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Shelly Pearce
October 8, 2024
Hi, We are in the same boat! did you stick with it?
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