"i started a 25mg dosage of spironolactone on the 24th of march 2017. therefore, i&#039;ve been on this dosage for 2.5 months. in addition to my 25mg spironolactone dosage, i am also on the yasmin contraceptive pill. the first 2 months of spironolactone were terrible. i was prepared for this (having read others&#039; experiences on these boards) but it was truly difficult. spironolactone seemed my last port of call for hormonal acne and i was so frightened it just wouldn&#039;t work. around a week ago, however, things started changing and my skin has definitely started clearing up. i&#039;ve had no new cysts forming and i anticipate my skin looking even better in a few weeks from now. my pores will always be big but i&#039;m hopeful the acne at least can stop."