posted Sun, 05/19/2013 - 12:41
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I've been of test e 500 a week since march 30th. Did a 13 week cycle with aromisin and post was clomid. My back acne is rediculous, I'm in the military an deploying, training now b4 Afghanistan and showering with the guys is shity cause of my back shoulders and chest. Can't go to a dermatologist cause they might know I was on shit. So I got malaria pills which is doxycycline and it's not working. I'm out all day in full gear sweating and m back looks like killer bees attacked me, shits growing on each other lol any suggestions?
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I have been in the same position you are. First of all everybody reacts differently, but from what you are saying you are going through the exact same thing I did. Mine didn't start until my pct. I used hcg and clomid because I was on a tren/test cycle. The hcg confused the shit out of my body. I am 33 and my body thought I was 16. First of all, you need panoxyl body wash. Do not scrub with a back brush!!!! Use a clean cloth. Also, plain ivory soap. After shower use a topical solution that has alcohol, salicylic acid, and witch hazel. Use a cotton ball or cotton pads to apply. Apply two times over affected areas after shower. Let dry for at least ten minutes. Next, apply benzo peroxide cream. (10%). Apply it twice also, and let dry very well. This will bleach your sheets or your shirts when you sweat. I didn't give a damn as long as it worked. Do this everyday twice a day and try not to get frustrated for this takes time to work, but it does work. Finally, let mother nature help you. If you are outside, take off your shirt. The sun is your best friend, and will dry that shit up fast. I know you don't want people to see but its worth it. TAKE OFF SHIRT WHILE IN THE SUN!!!! Now then, a wise man told me when I start my next cycle the acne would probably go away completely. He was right. This is very important. Use aromasin ED at 6.25mg per day. Dont use EOD. Also on your next cycle make sure you add masteron to the mix. This shit is great and has become my favorite steroid. I use it at 400mg per week. Masteron has so many positive sides. If I would have been more educated on masteron I would have never ran tren, and I love tren. Masteron will also be your best AI. (MASTectomy... MASTeron) This will combat estro. I hope this helps and I wish you the best. Please keep me updated I would like to know if this works for you. I will send you a FR. Be safe and thanks for your service.
Awesome man I reall apreciate all that, I'm deffinatly going to try that my best, all I need is that topical solution. So your saying my next cycle will help get rid of this acne? I've been to scared to run another cycle due to increasing my acne. But shit it's been a while I'd love to run another ASAP. Thanks bro!!
Just reading from below... I use the panoxyl which is a shower wash but instead of rinsing it, i take a shower at night, then get out, then apply the cream all over the affected areas and let it dry, then leave it on overnight. Dont wear a nice shirt or have nice sheets, it bleaches. It drastically reduced the size and redness of the acne for me.
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Have you tried vitamin a at 10,000-30,000 mixed with vitamin b5. These two vatamins will dry your skin from the inside out. This is important because acne is created because dirt, oil and bacteria cover the poors. If you eliminate the oil you acne will clear up. People that have acne have oily skin
I know how you feel bud I have been through the same thing. More than likely it is your hormones causing the breakout. I would recommend getting bloods done. It is possible that your estro is way high causing you to break out. If you do decide to go to the doctor make sure that you tell him the truth. By law they cannot say anything and they don't care, they are there to help you. Having said that, the only other things that are going to help is tanning, swimming in a pool with chlorine, showering at least 2 times a day and using benzoyl peroxide body wash. I would be willing to bet that once you get your hormone levels back to normal the acne will die down. Good luck brother. One more note: I am highly against taking accutane. It is a very very dangerous drug and the negative side effects far outweigh the positive ones. I am speaking from experience on this one. Trust me its not worth it. It put me in the ER and I have scars for life because of it, don't take that chance.
Thanks man, is it ok to take natural testosterone booster or is that going to keep my hormones fucked up?
I wouldn't exactly say no to that but I would definitely get my bloods taken just to see where I stood. I personally don't know much natural test boosters or if they even work.
And I can't tell the doctor that I ran steroids I'm in the military
Correct, if you are in the US. It's called "Doctor patient confidentiality or Patient privilege".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physician%E2%80%93patient_privilege
Being active duty this does not apply if he visits a base doc. He would have to go off base and pay the full cost of the doc visit and treatment if any. I speak from personal experience, unless things have changed.
You are 100% correct. I was speaking from a regular citizen standpoint. I should have made that clear. I would not advise you talk about it to a base doc, because I am not 100% sure how that differs. I would recommend going to a outside clinic if it is something you can pay for.
Awesome, thanks guys I haven't went yet, I've got a dermatologist in mind!
Thanks bro good shit!!! I'll just go to the doctor as soon as I get back! Thanks
Good luck bro. One more thing, would I be correct to say that most of your acne came on durring or after PCT?
During, it slowly came in at about 4 weeks in, and I thought it would go away and ignored it until now, stupid move, I had no idea it would get this bad.
I'm sorry the way I worded that was a bit confusing. You are saying that it came in 4 weeks in to the start of your cycle correct?
Yes, started on my uper back about 4 weeks Into cycle, then about8 weeks it was crawling down my shoulders, now it's all of my back, shoulders, and 25% of my arms.
How are you holding up bro. Is it getting any better?
It's clearing up a little bit, I've had about a week off of training and that cut back on sweet but afghan on Monday so I guess I'm fucked lol I tried to go to the doctor but they where being a pain and said I can't get in until July 1. But I will be gone then. I bought penoxyl cream wash today, so I'll give that a try.
Hey guys just an update, I've been showering twice a day, got ahold of proactive body wash, body pads, and lotion. It started to work but sweating all day and wearing vests are making this near impossible. It's traveling down my chest now and I look like a mess. There multiplying by the day. Not sure what to do anymore it's really disgusting. I'm taking protein, fish oil, multivitamin and also a natural test booster cause its been 3 months since my last shot of test e.
Considering you are sweating all day wearing your vest. Clean off your body with Alcohol, then apply baby powder to keep your body dry. that should help.
another Route: Oral antibiotics
Oral antibiotics are frequently prescribed for patients with severe acne and some patients with moderate acne too. The aim of such oral antibiotics is to lower the population of Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes), a bacterium commonly found on the skin, which will multiply rapidly in blocked follicles. The dosage will be initially high, and then as the acne reduces so will the dosage. Antibiotics are not taken for more than six months. As time passes the P. acnes can become resistant to the antibiotic and another antibiotic is needed. Some American studies have indicated that it is better to use oral broad-spectrum antibiotics
Consider Accutane your last resort. That is some serious stuff. You really don’t want to mess with it unless you absolutely have too. I am sure some of the other methods will help you out a good bit first. I found Ivory to be really good at drying out my back. Also, use non scented detergent when washing clothes too. If you can find a buddy that will help you out, you can have them to wipe your back down with a non alcohol based stick deodorant. I have seen friends use that with great results.
Use a Benzoyl Peroxide body wash when you shower then put 10% Benzoyl Peroxide cream on each individual spot twice per day. Works like a dream for me.
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Shit I just bought some 10% benzoyl peroxide today, don't you have to wash it off thou? I was going to scrub it in for like 2 min in the shower and then take it out
I've been applying benzoyl peroxide 10% heavily to acne-prone areas in the shower. I rub it in thoroughly and then rinse it off and finish showering. It has noticably reduced the acne. I intend to get some bottles of generic nizoral and apply this as well. This might cover the hormone-related aspects of it.
Well guys I've bought some nutrigena acne control with sallicic acid in it 2%. Been using that after showering and safeguard anti bacterial bar soap for the past 3 days and I almost think it's getting worse, crawling down my arms. I can't get ahold of anything else you guys suggested due to being restricted to the base... I do have a bottle of acne control with a different active ingredient in it called benzoyl peroxide 2.5%. I have not tried it yet.. Should I stop using the other stuff and switch? I use the scrubber that looks like a toothbrush but huge and thick bristles to scrub it in, kinda hurts. And can only shower once a day since I'm gone all day. And it's not helping that I'm completely soaked from sweat after a long day of training.
I believe you may be scrubbing to hard!
Let your skin rest for one or two days!
Apply generous Amts of the Benzol peroxide cream at night before bed, wear a clean shirt to bed!
Wash with The acne wash in the Am but do not agitate the acne with scrubbing only a mild wash and gentle as you can be!
I would go see a doctor for internal meds !
Gator
Thanks ill try that
Hey bro are you sure you can't get panoxyl it comes in a cream and and a bar. It's 8% benzyl peroxide. A lot of acne treatments will make your acne worse in the beginning...even prescriptions like accutane and the cyclines. I wouldn't give up on it yet.
Thanks man, there letting us leave base this Monday for Memorial Day so I'm going to look for that stuff then, I'll keep you updated
You can try panoxyl creamy wash or panoxyl bar soap. You can get it at wal-mart,wal greens ect. Some places keep it behind the counter in the pharmacy so just ask them if you can't find it on the shelves. I have terrible acne. I take salt baths and use a prescription topical gel and that soap but still struggle. I ran tren in my last cycle and so I'm broke out all over my shoulders and my arms too. You'll get it under control it just may take a while. Good luck brother and be safe over there.
Thanks bro, I'll look for it!
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You might wanna double check the type of soap you are using. If its deorderant soap which what majority of bodywash and hand soaps are... you're not helping the acne.
Look for the bar soap specially labeled "anti-bacterial" such as the Safeguard brand. This is what you want. I shower twice a day and use this, also scrub my back and wash my face with it as well. Have been acne free ever since.
Damn.. I'll get rite on that too!! I been using axe body wash, I'll check that out I really appreciate it bro
keep us posted!
Hey brother had the same thing happen after my cycle. I ran 12 weeks of 500 mg test e, then played around with my levels, raised it up to 1000 just for fun. Paid for it with super high estrogen levels, cus so my aromatised, and I was on a bunk AI. What i did was the following, ordered some good Aromasin, started at 12.5 mg ED for 2 weeks, then brought it down to 6.25 ed (where im at now). Also, started really taking better care of my skin, got some walmart brand proactive acne 3 step stuff, did that consistently, and spent 20 minutes a day outside during lunch tanning my back and chest. The sun is the fastest solution brother!! Those UV rays burn those zits right up!!
Hell yah thanks man, I'm going to try an find some acne shit tomorrow and use it I the shower.
Hey, thanks everyone, yes I've scrubed my back and use aromasin 12.5 EOD while on cycle, also I'm going to do what you said and go to the doctor, I was just afraid of them taking blood and seeing what I've been using. But one of you where prior military and said I'm good to go, thanks I appreciate it, I'll have to wait until I get back from training thou. I will try buying that acne cream to test out what that stuff does but as far as showering 2 times a day I'm lucky to get it on once a day out here. I also have bought aloe cream and scrub that In my back but I couldn't tell a difference. Thanks guys ill hit the doctor June 17th and let you know what they say!
Retin-A topical gel will be your next step, not accutane
Your off cycle most likely hormones are out of wack, go see the DOCTOR!
Use full acne wash on your back twice daily for one minute or more, get your back some sun and use facial lotion on the area, benzoyl perioxide acne cream applied at night; after shower , clean sheets and clean white Tshirt used twice daily if you can
Aromasin is what works for me!
25mgx2-3 per week or 12.5mg eod while ON!
Accutane is the only thing that helped me 20mg ed. for 4 months. but i got some nasty scars all over my back,chest and shoulders.
I get small white heads once in a while. not the big cyst i use to get.
I like the contribution; need more here though! More info.
Well with this med it should be used under care of a doctor and not just ordered by the Internet!
Play it safe on Eroids, for the next million times this may be read by a non member just by a google search!
So tell people that worked for "you" at that doseage and duration but comes with risks too and should NOT just be replicated!
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I agree it's potential side effects make it something almost not worth EVER using. Only in extreme situations, when all else fails.
Liver failure, going deaf, developing diabetes, it's harsh. It's also a teratogen and causes extreme deformities to babies of women taking it during pregnancy. Truly a toxic drug
You're right. They did pescribed me that when I was in but I had severe acne. Not because of roids. Accutane has a lot side effects ranging from dry skin to depression.
Have you done any blood work? how is your estrogen levels? e2? Do you or did you use novaldex during PCT?
Former military myself.
If you are in the military you should just go to a dermatologist. As long as you're off the juice you should be fine. They most likely pescribe you a topical meds at first. But if it does not go away and depending in the severity of your Acne, you get pescribed Accuttane. Or you could buy some medications online. Your choice