"i first had my first one inserted in 2008 shortly after having my first and only child. i had minimal side effects. my period stopped until about a year out from the removal date and became light and irregular with months inbetween so it wasn&#039;t really a problem. i had bad acne growing up but my skin cleared. i never have had much of a sex drive to begin with so i don&#039;t know how much of an effect the implanon had on that side of things. same goes in regards to depression. my appetite did increase a large amount and there has been gradual weight gain over the 7 years of use. the removal of my 3rd one had complications due to it moving deeper into my arm so i have decided to give it a break now and see what happens to my body without one."