"i started lo loestrin fe as my first birth control pill ever in august of 2012. i have always had some acne and it had been pretty bad shortly before taking this but it got way better right before i started this. however, after taking this, my acne was the worst it had been in a long time, maybe ever. i just stopped taking this two days ago and within the five months that i was on it, i gained about six pounds or so. i didn&#039;t mind this at all actually, because i am quite thin and have been desperately trying to gain weight. also, my breast size went up some. my period only just became regular this month, but it&#039;s so light that you can barely even call it a period which worried me for a while."