"i have been on this birth control for one year exactly and i mainly went on this for my skin but i didn&#039;t notice anything different with my acne when i was on it compared to when i didn&#039;t take birth control. the only thing i can say was that around the time i got my period, my face was the clearest it ever was and then as soon as my period stopped, i began to breakout again. i think with this birth control i did gain weight, probably around 15-20 pounds. it also made me very moody. i never got so upset/mad as easily as i did when i was on this. i felt like an emotional wreck at times because i would get mad so easily and i hated it. i decided that this birth control, while effective for preventing pregnancies, was not for me."