I've been on hormonal birth control and
ever since i've been on it i've developed
mild cellulite around my abdomen. No
matter how hard I do crunches, or lose
weight, or anything, [i also eat
healthily] it's still kind of there on
that like tummy-pouch that many women are
oh so blessed with. But I noticed that
when i'm off the hormones a bit, [aka on
my period] I dont have any cellulite
appearing around my abdomen. And the skin
is tighter! And I dont feel so weighed
down [water retention obviously].
I'm just curious to know if any of you
have the same problem- that birth control
causes you to have more cellulite.
Because it could also just be im making it
up that the birth control is causing it,
but I dont know!!
Thanks for reading!!
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Carifairy
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Posted: 09-24-06 20:08pm
You are correct that it can be water
retention! I do not use hormonal birth
control, I use a non hromonal iud, so I
expereince zero side effects =)
yasmin or yaz are pills which help reduce
water retention and weight gain, perhaps
you should seek the advice of your doc to
switch to a new pill.
