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Can birth control get rid of cysts?
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Sort of: If you have the normal follicular / physiologic ovarian cysts that occur for every woman during every cycle, then yes the pill will usually suppress the ovaries and the cysts will usually lessen with time.
Answered 6/22/2017
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