[identity profile] marrog.livejournal.com 2009-05-06 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
The same link between the pill for women and hairyness/baldness, it's a hormonal thing. Same risk you take when you take any old medication - they all have a huge long list of possible side-effects. Hormonal medications are a little more likely than most, but often they're negligible and the most common side-effect is minor weight-gain and skin problems, both of which are only rarely unmanageable. By the same token I know a woman whose skin cleared up when she started on the pill, so you never know.