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Will birth control pills decrease unwanted facial hair?

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They can help.: Any birth control pill can do this, it takes time though to see a difference (months). Some people think that birth control pills containing drospirenone (such as Yaz (drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol) or yasmin) work better for this.

Dr Patel agreed

Answered 2/13/2015

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