Tag: Estrogen dominance

Over 65% of women aged 15-49 in the U.S. use some form of contraception, including the pill. Many wonder, "Do birth control pills cause high estrogen?" The answer is nuanced, as combination pills introduce synthetic estrogen while simultaneously suppressing the body's natural hormone production.

Hormonal birth control introduces synthetic hormones into the body, which, according to research, suppress the body's natural estrogen and progesterone production through a negative feedback loop. Understanding how and why this occurs is key to determining if and how **birth control mess up estrogen levels**.