I have been on so many different types of bcp's to help my acne. Of course when I was 16 the first one they tried was Ortho tri-cyclin which made everything worse. I tried many others but the ones that worked best for me were Demulen, Necon(which I think is generic Demulen) and Mircette. The patch wasn't bad for the acne but had many other side effects. Good luck!