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numblittlebunny

Probably have this and can’t go on the combination pill, what else is there?

Meds/Supplements

I came off the combination pill in 2020 after finding out the stoke and blood clot risk increase from having a bmi over 30 + aura migraines, my doctors never told me or informed me of these risks.

Ever since then my symptoms have slowly gotten worse, I get stomach hair, chest hair, no facial hair yet, but overall the hair growth is getting worse, I’m oily, acne riddled and recently I noticed thinning hair too. Obviously my first place is going to be the doctors for some tests to find out what’s truly going on, But i can’t help but be worried about if I have this, because I don’t know what I’ll be take to take to fix these problems, especially since they’ve made me feel particularly uncomfortable, I feel unfeminine, like a man.

and it’s incredibly triggering and upsetting… I started getting a few stray chest hairs when I was 15, righttt before I went on the combination pill and it went away and i never even thought about it again until it started getting worse after I came off in 2020.

Currently I do take Hana for birth control, but it has had zero effect on my symptoms,

I do wanna really quickly say, please no suggestions for things with no medical basis, like teas, random supplements, etc. I want to know if there’s anything medication wise I could get from my doctor If I do have this.

Posted Sep 30, 2026, 3:34 AM UTC

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