An Implanon is placed in your upper arm of the least dominant arm (if you are right handed it is placed in the left arm). Placement takes place under local anesthesia. As a result, you usually feel little of the placement. An Implanon can remain in place for 3 years.
+ Remains three years
+ Impossible to “forget”
+ Gradual hormone release, without daily highs and lows
+ In 1/5 women, don’t have a period
– You cannot regulate the timing of your period
– 1/5 women have repeated and/or prolonged bleeding