Are my birth control pills giving me a buffalo hump?

[weirdo413]

I've been taking Loryna for about eleven months now due to detrimental period symptoms, and my mom has been (totally not) subtly pointing out that I've acquired a buffalo hump recently. I've tried reading other articles online and can't determine what could possibly be occurring, as I haven't noticed any other apparent symptoms (although my BMI suggests that I may be very slightly obese). I also feel like I need to keep taking some sort of pill containing estrogen to keep my period symptoms from possibly becoming worse.

Basically, I want to know just what could be going on, and what I might be able to do.

[Mandyyy07]

Yes. I came to the internet to see if birth control could be the cause. I noticed it a month after taking birth control. I’m 5’6 155 lbs.

[AnnieBrooke]

If you can talk your ob/gyn into it, get a bone-density scan. You want to make sure this isn't your bones beginning to bend over. There are exercises to use to keep your back straight, but it isn't too stupid to rule out osteoporosis. If your birth control contains estrogen, it should be good for your bones not bad for them, so talk to your doctor about what you are seeing that seems like a hump.

[weirdo413]

As a matter of fact, I have, but not at a faster rate than usual. Yet now my mom and I can't discuss this sort of thing without my getting angry.

[specialmom]

No, I've never heard that association.  Lots of women take birth control pills hon and that is not something you see or hear.  Have you gained weight in other areas too?