Oral contraceptives, a mainstay in birth control since they were introduced half a century ago, can do more than just prevent pregnancy--they also can help to control your acne. If you're a woman with mild, moderate or even severe pimples and...
Azurette, also sold under the brand name Mircette, is a birth control medication used to prevent pregnancy. According to Drugs.com, it is a combination of the female hormones ethinyl estradiol and desogestrel. Specifically, it reduces the chances...
Once they're in adulthood, women tend to get acne more often than men, usually because of normal hormonal swings throughout monthly menstrual cycles. But women also have an extra tool they can use to tame their acne if it gets out-of-control: oral...
Prevention of pregnancy occurs with the use of hormonal therapy found in prescribed oral medications named oral contraceptives or "the pill." These medications cause changes in the female's body to prevent conception. While they offer some of the...
Several types of oral contraceptives, or birth control pills, are highly effective at preventing pregnancy. These varieties consist of the traditional pill, which administers hormones for 21 days followed by seven days of placebo, and the...
Yaz and Mircette are birth control pills used to prevent pregnancy. However, Drugs.com indicates that Yaz can also be used to treat manifestations of premenstrual dysmorphic disorder, a condition characterized by depression, anxiety, difficulty...
Apri is the brand name for the oral contraceptive drug called desogestrel/ethinyl estradiol. This combination form of birth control works by inhibiting ovulation, causing changes in the cervical mucus. This makes it harder for sperm to enter the...
Chasteberry, also called vitex, is used to balance female hormones, regulate menstruation and promote breast milk production. Germany’s regulatory agency for herbs, Commission E, approves vitex for treating mastodynia, or breast pain, as...
Birth control pills or oral contraceptives are one type of birth control. Other options include abstinence; fertility awareness or the rhythm method in which coitus is avoided during the time of ovulation; tubal ligation, also known as having the...
Because of their ease of use and effectiveness, many women rely on oral contraceptives, or birth control pills, to prevent pregnancy. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that in 2002, 11.6 million women in the United States used oral...
Solia is a form of hormonal birth control that combines ethinyl estradiol and desogestrel. This kind of birth control disrupts the hormonal cycle that causes ovulation, making it much less likely, though not impossible, that the woman taking it...
Birth control pills are among the many treatments physicians use to treat acne in women. The American Academy of Dermatology says oral contraceptives may yield long-term effectiveness when other medications fail. However, birth control pills are...
Hormones drive acne development, and some women tend to get pimples at particular times of the month, usually just before their menstrual periods. Others have them all month long, but the severity seems to ebb and flow in response to hormonal...
Oral birth control (contraceptive) pills are used to prevent pregnancy. According to the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, they are used by millions of women in the United States and are considered safe and effective for most...
Birth control comes in several different forms, including hormonal, sterilization and barrier methods. Some people also choose abstinence to prevent a pregnancy. Birth control allows a woman and a man the option to control when they decide they...
The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) indicates that 50 percent of adult women between the ages of 20 and 29 continue to suffer from acne. Women may also notice that their acne gets worse after age 20, says dermatologist Bethanee J. Schlosser...
Since oral contraceptives, popularly known as birth control pills, first came onto the market in 1960, blood clot formation in users has been recognized as a serious side effect, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center. The first...
Excessive facial hair growth occurs when the body produces too much male hormone. Causes of increased male hormone production include polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), adrenal tumors, adrenal hyperplasia and ovarian tumors. While waxing and...
