I was lucky in the sense that my skin was already clear before I started birth control. So far I feel a little bit more even keeled, but I don't think that 3 days on Aviane could get that kind of credit. I guess it will just take some time.
I sang the praises of Yasmin for the first several months I was on it because of how it helped reduce the excess hair growth, even the hair on my legs became less coarse. But I never noticed the diuretic effects it was supposed to have, in fact this past year I have retained more fluid than I ever have before. My legs are tight and sore.
The gynecologist said that Aviane had less estrogen in it, which I can obviously see the reasons why that would be helpful. I haven't been diagnosed with having too much estrogen [or testosterone for that matter] before, so maybe Yasmin was giving me waay too much.
I really hope that I can find someone who has switched between these two particular BCPs out there... |