Sexual health psychiatrist Elizabeth Gordon and gynecologist Alyssa Dweck said in an interview: CNNthat contraceptives (including combined oral contraceptives, COCs) can potentially affect a woman’s degree of sexual desire and her ability to enjoy sex.
According to them, most women do not feel a change in their sexual temperament while taking COCs.
There are individual cases of a decrease or increase in attraction. The psychiatrist said that when a woman is taking birth control pills, she may no longer find her boyfriend or husband attractive before taking the pills.
Former scientists from Oxford University to solvethat all hormonal contraceptives, including progestogen-only pills, slightly increase the risk of breast cancer.