Sure, they prevent pregnancy, but more and more, women are relying on the pill to help clear their skin, ease PMS, and even reduce their risk of certain cancers.
Since their debut in the 1960s, oral contraceptives have since become the most popular form of birth control in the country. Now, an estimated 11.2 million women in the United States take an oral contraceptive pill, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
While there is ongoing debate about employers’ legal obligation to provide insurance coverage for the pill and other forms of birth control, more and more women are using oral contraception for anything but its original purpose. Fourteen percent of all users say they use the pill only for its additional benefits like reducing menstrual cramps, clearing skin, and relieving premenstrual syndrome (PMS).
Here, a look at the added perks of the pill.
Cramps or Menstrual Pain
“One of the most common reasons why women take oral contraceptives is for painful periods,” says Maria Lina Diaz, MD, head of the section of ambulatory gynecology at Cleveland Clinic Florida. Birth control pills suppress cramps
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because they stop ovulation, or when the ovary releases the egg. The pill also causes a lighter menstrual flow, which can lessen painful contractions of the uterus.
Clear Acne Breakouts
Around 14 percent of women take oral contraceptive pills to help clear their skin. Birth control pills that contain estrogen can especially help reduce acne breakouts since the hormone decreases the amount of androgen, the oily skin-causing hormone, in the bloodstream.
Tuesday, 25 September 2018