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Birth control
I've been on Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo (birth control) for about 4 months now and I've noticed in the last month or so my face has gotten a lot bigger, I'm almost developing a double chin and it's puffier. I haven't gained weight anywhere else. Will this go away on its own? Is there anything I can do? It is kind of making me miserable...other people have noticed too.
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Well birth control makes you gain weight but it may not be fat weight it is most likely water weight and most likely it will go away.
But call your physician and ask them about it, the gave it to you so they pretty much know everything about it.
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Contact your doctors office and talk to the nurse there. She can tell you if this is normal or if there is something else they need to look at.
While its true some birth control can cause weight gain, we are only talking 2 or 3 pounds at best. Not something to worry about. So, please contact your doctor and ask questions. You should be able to take care of it over the phone unless they feel they need to see you for some reason.
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I have been on Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo for awhile (yet stopped). Well one of the main side effects are weight gain, and it can hit anywhere on your body. Sometimes it targets the stomach, sometimes the thighs, sometimes and face and neck.
The only thing you can do [at this point] would be to develop and exercising and diet plan to lose a few pounds off the body. If you're already active and you're on a healthy diet for the most part, I would either wait another month or two, and see if your weight will be regulated again, or you can go to the Physician whom prescribed it to you to give you a different oral contraceptive birth control.
Pretty much most (if not all), birth controls have the side effect of weight gain, weight loss, nausea, fatigue, mood swings, headaches, spotting, etc. But it's really a measure if the benefits of the birth control out-weigh the disadvantages/risks.
EDIT: With your additional information, I would definitely try a few months and see if the chin changed. It's sometimes inevitable to lose or gain weight regardless of your physical activity. Yet if you see no results I would definitely go back to Planned Parenthood and ask for a change in it. Yet some patients did claim those rare side effects of redness or swelling at different parts of the body, which happens not even uncommonly. SO it may be that as well.
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