Other Benefits of the Pill

Generally, people familiar with the Pill just as a means of hormonal contraceptives.Apparently, these pills also have other properties such as acne and menstrual problems.
Quoted from Channelnewsasia, Wednesday (05/05/2010), experience problems with skin breakouts occurred in Val D, 27-year-old woman. To overcome this, he did not use soap and acne medication but the pill.
"Occasionally I take the pill within the last 5 years. It was not to prevent pregnancy, because it is managed to make my skin improved," said the woman from Singapore.
Initially, the use of oral contraceptives like birth control pills for many avoidable cause side effects ie, dizziness and nausea-vomiting. However, since the dose is lowered, this pill was chosen because it is more convenient than other methods such as condoms and Intra Uterine Device (IUD).
With the increasing popularity of birth control pills, also extends punggunaannya destination not only for the purpose of contraception. The pills generally contain a combination of estrogen and progesterone hormones are starting to be used for other purposes, including treating acne.
One study even revealed that birth control pills the potential to prevent some types of cancer in women. Research at Oxford University, published in 2008 concluded that the Pill can reduce ovarian cancer risk by 20 percent per user for 5 years.
Dr. Anungpriya Agarwal from the National University Hospital Singapore added, birth control pills can also address complaints during menstruation. The complaints include swelling, pain and irregular cycles.
"Complaints during menstruation is the impact of hormonal imbalance, which triggered a variety of causes such as stress and lack or excess weight. Therefore, it can be overcome with artificial hormones," says Dr. Anungpriya.
Nevertheless, not all experts agree with the use of birth control pills for other benefits.One of the doctors from Raffles Medical Group of Singapore, Dr. Wong Wei Sun, including the less agree.
"The use of oral contraceptives for other purposes is still controversial. If there is still another option, should be avoided," said Dr.. Wong.
According to him, the various complaints during menstruation is a symptom of estrogen dominance to progesterone. The trigger a lot, including the individual lifestyles.
Places to eat from Styrofoam, plastics, pesticides, and paint a few ingredients that lead to estrogen dominance. Even some foods such as soy and hemp can also trigger it.
If the trigger is a lifestyle, Dr. Wong did not recommend the use of birth control pills as a top choice. But he agreed that the pill could solve the problem of acne, especially those that arise during the coming months.