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Do birth control pills help maintain your period if you are somewhat anorexic?
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Artificially: The pills artificially regulate periods. They give one's body estrogen and progestin hormones; the estrogen stabilizes the uterine lining (and allows it to thicken to some degree), then the inactive pills at the end of the pack trigger a hormone-withdrawal bleed (the period).
Answered 5/27/2013
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Yes it will: Yes it will help you to keep your periods even if you are anorexic.
Answered 7/12/2013
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