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Bacne

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Anyway to control that ugly shit it pisses me the fuck off

Nitti's picture

I've always had the absolute worst bacne. Cystic to be exact. I've have a dermatologist on speed dial ,that's how often I've had to be treated. I've tried everything from targeted anti-biotics to wide range. Every topical and chemical peel you could name. The only thing I haven't tried is Accutane , well because fuck that ,that's why! Anything that a doctor needs me to sign a waiver for ,unless its saving my life- it ain't happening. So the only thing that ever worked is the sun and salt water or chlorine from a pool. A combination of them is best. Artificial sun (tanning salon) is just as good. It might fuck up t skin quicker ,it might not. But it gets rid of the acne faster and more efficiently than any medication.

GRIMEY's picture

Im in the same boat as Nitti, for me what works is tanning/swimming , as well as 2 showers/day and washing/changing bed sheets regularly as they get quite oily on cycle. No topical bs or antibiotics ever did a thing for me.

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Nitti's picture

Cystic is basically giant infected pimples. I mean huge like the size of a penny. They fuckin hurt and they leave scars. Anti-biotics always help but only for the current infections. If you look at any blood work I post, my white cells are always elevated. This is why. I have a pic up of some of the scarring too. It kinda sucks but its better than being in pain with the acne

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Yup thats them, some of them get heads eventually, and they become very very painful. Ive had it so bad before I couldnt do any bench work cause it was too painful .

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GRIMEY's picture

I had my Gf put a pin in a couple of them that were really bad, made a disgusting mess and the ones that I popped seemed to scar worse, Im glad I seem to have it under control for the most part these days.

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klon's picture

After many years of trial and error...

  1. Sanitize area with ethyl alcohol. If not available use isopropyl alcohol.
    2.. Mix 2% erythromycin gel and 5-10% benzoyl peroxide on your fingers and apply to affected area 2x per day.

The trick is to use copious amounts of the gels. Applying sparingly won't work. Adding the sanitizer up front will make a huge difference..

This can be very drying, so make sure you have an adequate moisturizer.

Extremely effective.

Nitti's picture

"Anabolic steroids" is the wrong section for this post! It's moved!

skywalker's picture

Lower the dosage, or stop the cycle until it goes away.
Washing twice a day will not help. Acne has to be cured from the inside!
Take roaccutane 1mg to kg of body weight, get blood work done on kidney and liver values while running it or your liver and kidneys could be shutting down for good and you wouldn't even know it until the just stop completely.

Jonnyhottub's picture

Lol I was also hoping to see a batman related post.
It's slowly gaining popularity on here now that more sources are selling it, but for me the only thing that worked was low dose accutane. I take 20mg eod pharmacy, has a 21 hour half life so it works out to ten mg a day. That said a lot of people talk about its liver toxicity, I don't think that's a big concern at such a low dose. Sides... Unless your allergic they seem to be dose dependent. Most people who report taking low doses do not have the initial breakout (getting worse before it gets better), and most do not report dry mouth or lips.
Most of my information was not found on sites like eroids, it was found on roscacea and severe acne forums. Most of those people have had acne there entire life and are genetically predisposed to acne. I think being that yours and mine is roid induced, we see results faster. My entire upper back and arms cleared in two weeks, something OTC products will never be able to do. Good luck dude!

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Edit: it was irresponsible of me to overlook your ai protocol, I looked at your pics and assumed your estro and all that your hormone levels were in check because your a big dude lol. There is a lot of merit to controlling hormone levels with an ai and acne. I wish we could check our levels like diabetics can check their blood sugar levels, it would save so much trouble.

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Accepted