Dr Jacqueline Coombe
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It looks like a hairband.
Okay.
Um, and it's like kind of squishy.
It's plasticky.
I'm not sure if it's actually made of plastic, but it's like kind of squishy.
You insert it into your vagina, leave it there for three weeks and then take it out.
Have a period, put a new one in.
Oh.
Yeah, so it works.
It's the same kind of hormones as a pill, so it works like the pill.
It's a good option for if you like the pill but don't like taking it every day.
Really, really, really, really good.
It's just been listed on the PBS.
So before it was around like more than $70 or something for three months, which is just so much money.
But now it's $25.
Wow, for three months.
For three months, which is so good.
So that can be a really good option for people.
The other method that people try sometimes is a contraceptive implant or implanon.
So it's the small rod that gets inserted into your upper arm, under the skin in your upper arm.