Like a lot of you I have struggled hard with acne over the years while on cycle. Back in high school prior to ever learning about steriods I always had acne troubles. I've been prone my whole life. It wasn't until I start taking steriods though that my back and shoulders got terrible. I never had them there before. The acne that developed was the sistic infected variety. The pimples would often times be the size of dimes, red, unpopable, and painful. My shoulders, chest, and upper back would pretty much be covered and each one would take a minimum of a month of heal. I had one on my chest that persisted for 3 straight months! If I were on a 10 week cycle I would start acne at week 2 and it would not clear up until about 6 weeks following PCT or 6-7 weeks before my next cycle. So out of a 26 weeks period of cycle/PCT/off I would only be acne free for about 6 weeks. I had it pretty bad. Bad enough that going outside with my shirt off was not an option.
I've used a lot of products. Some with success and some without. Anitbiotics have been great but they have disturbed my digestion and I can tell my gains have been cut slightly while on them. Also, it's just a bad idea to treat acne with antibiotics all the time because at some point in your life you are really going to need anitbiotics to stop a real infection and the last thing you need is for your body or that bug that has you sick to be desensitized to anti's. I try to stay away from them until a last resort.
Accutane worked but made me feel terrible so I quit.
I read about others trying Nizoral and figured I would give it a try. I began to use it and saw nothing for weeks. It didn't improve anything but I stuck with it. Then after about 3-4 weeks of every day usage I began to see thing go away and new ones NOT take their place as was customary. At this point I have been washing every day with Nixoral for about 8 weeks and am about 100% clear. It also does not dry your face and skin out like almost everything else you would wash your face with often. I am 4 weeks into a 500mg/wk cyp 500mg/wk Masteron cycle. Masteron is well known to cause acne and test has always tore me up. To date...nothing, and I am usually a mess by now. I don't consider small pimples to be an issue and I still get the occasional one. I pop them and they are gone the next day. I'm most concerned about the ones that last for weeks on end as large red boils on your face.
Granted, I am not totally through this cycle and just getting into the hot zone for acne but to date things are looking really good (Literally) and I wanted to share this experience with others on the site that have had or are having similar issues with their skin.
Nizoral can be purchased in the hair products ailse of your local grocery store or pharmacy and costs about $10 for a small bottle ($16 for the larger). It only takes a drop to wash everything from the shoulders up so I would figure a bottle should last at least 4 months or so. It also doesn't have a bad medicine smell. It pretty much smells like soap. I can't sit here and say is will solve the acne world but I can say that for me, a person that had a huge issue for years, after 6-8 weeks of use, it was pretty much a god send. I'll update this post every 2 weeks of so on how it is working for me.
One more note......the one thing I did notice was that when I did discontinue usage for only 3 days I saw an immediate breakout until I resumed usage. I do not skip a single day. When I do, I have issues so you have to be diligent for it to work as far as I can tell. Don't go using it here or there and expect results. I hope this post helps a few of you. That will make it worth it cause I feel your pain!
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Originally Posted by Receiver84
2%. Let me rub it on 
