Well, basically the woman,
for example, the classic type,
who mainly starts using contraception
after a few contraceptive mistakes,
wants to have guarantees on safety,
she has some doubts,
she asks: "but the patch is actually safer than the pill?"
In this sense, we certainly have to reassure her,
saying that the guarantee that the patch provide
derives from the method of administration,
in other words, the patch releases, gradually
and constantly, a quantity of estrogen
and progestin hormones through the skin.
And it is this constancy
in the levels of hormones in the blood
which gives the maximum security
for inhibiting the onset of possible ovulations.
So it's a very safe method.
And we have data that tell us
that security is, talking of contraceptive effectiveness,
highest in all age groups,
but particularly in young women
under the age of 20 years old.
In this age group,
the safety, the adherence to treatment,
that we call compliance,
is around 67%,
but rises to 87%,
with a 20% increase just in the younger girls.
Why? Because the patch
resolves the main problem of the teenager,
which is forgetting to take the contraceptive.
So in this sense it's a safety
that applies not only for the classic woman,
but also for her daughter, so to speak.
Because is the mother who can appropriately advise
also her daughter, her girl.
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