Birth Control

[PacificBlue]

Anybody taking Ortho-Tricyclin? The pill that supposedly clears up your skin, anybody noticed that benefit? I have to go back on the pill and would like some feedback from pill users.

 

[Cirrus]

I take it. To be perfectly honest, I haven't noticed that my skin has gotten better or worse. What I will say is that aside from having very tender breasts the first 2 weeks or so, I have had zero side effects from them. The bad news is, and someone correct me if I'm wrong, I don't think there's a way to skip your period while taking them because it's 3 different levels of hormones in a pack.

 

[Cheyenne]

I don't think that is a low dose bcp. Loestrin or Alesse would be low dose, for example.

Can't tell you anything about the one you're considering other than what we've all heard on their TV commercials.

 

[PacificBlue]

I think Loestrin is the one I took before, little green pills? I have no idea whether they are all the same color or not. I was just curious, I will probably end up with the low-dose kind again as that seems to do the trick.