Acne Prevention/supression (I'm busted!)
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Near compleation of a 16 week cycle. I had started my Tren ace on about week 5, and didn't get side effects until about week 10 and by week 11 my back acne began pushing through, and I mean from going from one or two pimples to patches of pimples in certain areas, and by week 13 my center chest right on the sternum began to break out.
Yesterday I arrived to the gym after work and now they've gone into a puss white stage on the chest only, with a bunch of newer ones developing. ill take pics tomorrow and post to my gallery. Anyways I was a bit upset, and thought oh shit! the cats out of the bag. LOL .
After my workout in a full pump after 80 minutes of chest/back supersets. I take off my shirt in the locker room. my skin so tightly stretched, pump full on my acne has got me lit up like a x-mas tree. they were even more dramatic.
I get a lot of looks now like people got me figured out. So anyways I get home and as soon as I step out of the shower, and feeling relaxed my girl friend takes one hard look at my chest, and she's like WTF! "when did that shit happen" and she's got this look of disgust and disbelief. I felt so shitty, and even to right now the morning after the incident. I know it can only get worse.
Question is this...besides an immediate scrub down in the shower after the gym what are you guys doing to prevent this harsh side effect? or at least tone it down? I actually completed my Tren Ace 5 days ago, and i'm now tappering off my test cypionate for the next 3 weeks.
Currently
Test cypionate 500mg wk, and dropping 100mg at a time until wk 16
Tren ace - last pin completed 5 days ago from 500mg ew
Proviron - 50mg ed
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No way! I had same problem too! Because of the tren A my body breaks out of acne, and I have to call it a day because it's hurts like hell. Now I'm taking pct! I'm reading this treas is very helpful.
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Persa gel ; liberal apply x3 ed
Clearasil 12hr (Wash) not "scrub" twice daily
Which shirts any time soiled
New sheets and pillows
Hot hot showers with a brief "cool" down period last
Sun
Benzaclen or Retin A is from MD ; seek derma
If needed
Best luck
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First thing you need to understand how acne works. It's starts months before it hits the surface. Now that that's covered the test cyp is a long ester so logic says it will take the time it takes to be effective and will start forming underneath. The tren a is short( I'm sure you know these things) but it will start forming as soon as it takes effect so that's where you are now a explosion of acne. I would go buy a couple bags of Epsom salt some nutragena spot treatment and go tanning( don't overdue the tanning). Take Epsom salt baths for 10 to 12 minutes 3-5 times a week and shower afterwards.. If you soak too long your body will reabsorb the toxins. The spot treat is pretty self explanatory. It's too late to start accutane for it to be helpful by the time you need to be clear and honestly I would stay away from that shit all together. Good luck brother
Hey bros. hate to to bring this up. But my acne was bad. And will get worse I know as soon as I start my cycle again. My dermo have me a scrip for I think doxycycline and some body was. But what worked the best was this foam called benzifoam. There's also an extra strength one with double the active ingredient.
Ok I'm on week 21 (I think) and currently on PCT. Maybe it was hormonal imbalance, but damn. The acne was begining to subside, and about 3 days after starting pct (clomid/nova) it springs back up in full force! and doubles. I was upset that I was so subconcious about it the other day that I didn't dare take my shirt off in a wide open high traffic area at my gym the other day. two more weeks of pct and I hope it starts to die down.
Everybody had some really great note worthy experienced advice here, from many different angles. I'm pleased with all the postings and glad I placed this thread today.
THANX
I use ketoconazole shampoo. I scrub it with one of those back brushes and then let it soak in. I've read it has anti-androgenic properties which work on the sebaceous glands. End of the day, whatever it does it clears up deep lumps within a day or three and doesn't fuck my liver like accutane.
Doesn't work for everyone though.
Here's where I think you went wrong...because I made the same mistake::
I would have only run the Tren Ace for the first 4-5 weeks. Start Tren E at the beginning of the cycle. At week 4, the Tren E would have been in full circulation and would have given you much more stable levels instead of the spikes from the ace. At week 4 or 5, you could have dropped the ace. The spikes that are what often cause the acne. Running a short ester of ANY compound for 13 weeks+ is not advisable.
My bad for not listing my entire cycle but the first four weeks I front loaded with test prop and also dbol at 30mg ed.
There was definately a spike though cosidering the 400/ 100 andogenic/ anobolic rating , with the andogenic being 4x greater than Test. Yups that's a spike in itself.
Test prop 1-4. 75mg eod (frontload for quick test activity)
Test enan 1-10 600mg ew ( 300 x 2 )
Test cyp. 10 - 16. 500mg taper to 300mg ew. (. Recieved incorrect test (ester) but running it anyway ) oh well
Dbol. 1-4. 30 mg ed
Tren Ace 5-13" 500ew ( pin eod)
Nolva 1-4. Eod or as needed (itchy nipples)
Proviron. 5-16. 50mg ed, tren friendly ( libido )
HCG. became available a little late, Doh! Ran 13-16 to make tren recovery easier for pct afterwards
Nolva and clomid on hand for pct about 2 weeks after cyp clears out.
AnonGet a scrip for bactrim from your doc or you can find it here online thru some of the suppliers. That will clear up this outbreak, it's more a serious anti-biotic and I only recommend it for now, just to get what you have under control. Its too strong to take long term
THEN, for future cycles, run doxycycline. It takes about 3 months before it's maximum effectiveness so I would wait about 3 months till you start your next cycle. Stay on doxy taking 1 pill ed as prescribed by your doc. Its a less serious anti B that you can permanently use. You shouldnt have breakouts in the future.
I'm a person that has mildly oily skin naturally, I do this and I have 0 issues. I tested it out last cycle during PCT, I stopped taking doxy, within 3 days I started to get little breakouts on the back of my upper arms, a couple on my chest a couple on my back. Immediately started taking it again but it took a couple weeks to completely clear up.
Anyway, I have 0 acne, ever, as long as Im taking doxy.
**Might as well add this now before the flaming commences... I realize this WILL NOT work for everyone, although it will work for most.. Im just suggesting it as a next avenue of approach...
Even the scrub down immediately afterwards won't do much. The only things that helped were minocycline (daily and indefinitely) and I use a acne medicated wash that has the salicylic acid. Still doesn't get it all.
Aside from the fucked up skin, how's the cycle going?
Cycle is freakin awsome!!!!!!! LOL never in my life have I been so freakin lean. The dbol helped push me up 20 pounds, than when. The tren took it's place along with the enan taking a good effect in the second month. Lot,s of things started happening, than about week 9 I beagan dropping 1/4" ew off the waist line.
Dbol had pushed me from a 34.5 to 36+ waist line. My diet was all funked up and I was hittin my 4,500 calorie diet any way I could LOL. My diet to this date became super strict and lean to 2,500 for the cut. I picked that many weeks because i didn't just want to bulk, or just cut. Plan was to bulk the hell up than trim off the fat to see what I made.
Week 1 - 176 lbs 15.5% bf
Week 5-6 195 lbs 17% bf
Week 13 176 10% bf
minocycline works great the first time in less than a month you'll clear up. But it works less and less the more times u take it and acne comes back after.
AnonYou can't.. some of the acne is a result of the blood levels going up and down too quickly but the thing is that your sebaceous glands are on over drive and producing loads of oil.. wash with a moisturizing soap twice a day, find yourself a quality toner, (NOT SEA BREEZE it has alcohol in and will dry out the skin and make it oily again).. the skin likes to be balanced, use salicylic acid or benzoil peroxide on the acne. These may help tone it down, if it is mild then go tanning but remember to wash and moisturize.. (for oily skin). If all else fails accutane done properly works wonders but can be hard on your live and joints.
Quick question girrrl. I read somewhere that you need to run accutane for a minimum of 6 months in order for it to work correctly. Any truth to this?
AnonI am running it right now.. I had to cut the cycle a bit short but in the three weeks I took it my acne started to dry up. It didn't all go away but I ve started another cycle this week so I can really knock it on its behind... next cycle I won't wait to start running it. I waited too long and I am taking a pretty low dose because of the liver toxicity.
Same is happening to me. I had no choice but to see my dermatologist, nothing over the counter worked bro. Acne is getting a little better, but as soon as 1 or 2 pimples go way, 5 or 6 new ones pop up, lol it's a fucking losing battle.
If this stuff can start to fade away into the pct stage than I shall be a happy little gym lab rat.