Help with acne

Hi guys appreciate all your help. I'm 40, doing lots of reading.. So i finished my first 12 wk cycle in April starting Test at 250, jumping up to 375 after 2nd week then jumping to 500 at wk 9 for 4wks. Ran 1/4 Arimadex every other day. Post therapy ran chlomid at 50mg for 2-3 weeks. Everything was good until about half way through Clomid when lots of acne appeared mostly on my back. Today it's still quite bad. Any way to heal this up quicker then waiting or anything i can do??
I'm waiting till this clears to start cycle 2 which will be a Dbol stack.
I've never had bacne before.
Also, would starting the new cycle help or possibly make it worse?
Thanks again

No idea, but you may want to rethink the amount of downtime before starting your next cycle.

Aug would be 3 months. Is this not the "standard"?

I took minocycline 100mg for three months, at my weight I could have taken 200mg. The most drastic, positive, effect was a side-effect of Amoxicillin (for an ear ache) at 800mg every 6 hrs. That was also the minimum for my weight. Also, the Amox was about a year after I had first broke out with the acne.

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Originally Posted by Ramboner77

Aug would be 3 months. Is this not the "standard"?

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My fault, misread that. I thought it said you started in april

High estrogen? I've heard of this happening even on pct..

Hello Ram,

First, get a good dermatologist. Ask him/her to call into a compounding pharmacy for Doxycycline topical cream. Works great. For those stubborn cysts, apply and cover with band aid. Of course, change every time you shower. Depending upon severity, it usually clears up in a few days. Dermatologists are now using Kenalog injections directly into the cysts that are problematic. Stings for a moment but this works wonders. Stubborn cysts can be incised and drained. You are numbed before this is done. Easy peezy.

I've lived with this on and off since I was in my 20s. As a "senior", I don't usually have a problem with this now unless I go over my TRT maintenance dose. If you are doing high doses, acne will be your life....and you will be getting to know your dermatologist quite well. Probably visiting every two weeks at a minimum.

It is believed that acne is based mostly on genetics, so it is what it is. However, diet does indeed play a role. Sugar is acne's food. At times, I've broken out after eating a couple of Oreos!

As a side note I just increased my hCG from 525 iu/week to 700iu/week. My acne exploded! And I was just on 98mg/week of T. I literally had to stop T for awhile for my back to calm down.

Hope this helps.

P.S. Shout out to Kel and all my old friends!

Kinda old thread but, as 2Sox said, see your dermatologist if you can. But, I don't think this is where you have to start. I would guess the flare up is more due to the length of time you were "on" T rather than the PCT itself. When you get back "on" this might flare even more/again.

Standards - Prevent = Clean skin, exfoliate, decrease skin oil. Treat breakout = Isotretinoin/Accutane (Rx in the states), benzoyl peroxide (best OTC place to start, it's more of a spot treatment at night and after shower--back may require some help applying), oral and topical antibiotics (doxycycline, minocycline, erythromycin, etc). There is a lot of treatments available and a Derm or even PCP can point the way since there are many variables to consider (genetics, environment). Salicylic acid, retinols, sulfur, glycolic acid, anti-bacterial soaps, etc.

In addition to getting the topics from your dermatologist the following helped me:
-“body clear” body wash with aggressive scrub brush scrubbing
-tanning 3x/week
-stridex pads twice per day
-increase water intake by 50%

That cleared me up in less than 2 weeks