Testosterone 500 mg a week or Masteron E 300mg a week causing spot acne?

Getting acne on chest and arms. Unfortunately I don't know timeline wise which of the compounds is the culprit.

Injecting Mon, Wed, Fri. I'm going to cut the Test down to 250 and Masteron to 300. I.should probably start injecting daily which may help.
 
If I had to guess it’s the testosterone. Dry compounds like mast and primo do the opposite to my skin. But I guess it’s possible

Sometimes dropping my test dose a lot or increasing it a lot can give me oily skin.
 
If I had to guess it’s the testosterone. Dry compounds like mast and primo do the opposite to my skin. But I guess it’s possible

Sometimes dropping my test dose a lot or increasing it a lot can give me oily skin.
It's a Test blend as well. Prop, E and C. Not that could make a difference.

Have you ever ran Masteron higher than Test? I've never done it but I'm considering trying it.
 
Have you ever ran Masteron higher than Test?
It's becoming a popular protocol amongst competitors. I know of a few IFBB pros who run test & mast 1:1 during off season then leave test at say, 200mg, and ramp up the mast throughout prep to something like 200 test 1500 mast. Obviously they're throwing in a bunch of other compounds as well.

As for your acne question, unless you know already what your personal triggers are for acne you'll have a hard time figuring it out without dropping compounds one by one and/or getting bloodwork. For me I always get shoulder/back acne when my E2 goes over ~180pmol/l and bicep & forearm acne is always related to my liver/kidneys for some reason. Face almost always diet related.
 
It's a Test blend as well. Prop, E and C. Not that could make a difference.

Have you ever ran Masteron higher than Test? I've never done it but I'm considering trying it.
lol. I run everything higher than test. EQ, Mast, Primo, and currently Tren. Mast has the lowest risk of sides running it higher compared to the other 3. EQ and Primo will kill E2 running it higher. And well, Tren is never the greatest decision high or lower.
 
It's becoming a popular protocol amongst competitors. I know of a few IFBB pros who run test & mast 1:1 during off season then leave test at say, 200mg, and ramp up the mast throughout prep to something like 200 test 1500 mast. Obviously they're throwing in a bunch of other compounds as well.

As for your acne question, unless you know already what your personal triggers are for acne you'll have a hard time figuring it out without dropping compounds one by one and/or getting bloodwork. For me I always get shoulder/back acne when my E2 goes over ~180pmol/l and bicep & forearm acne is always related to my liver/kidneys for some reason. Face almost always diet related.
I thought DHT was the reason behind acne as opposed to Estrogen?
 
From my personal experience oily skin comes from high androgen index
For example 825mg test a week skin is great
I add something extra on top androgen index goes off limits oily skin or weird acne jumping out on arms shoulders or chest
Masteron always dries my skin makes me look dry like an old used sock but here’s the thing eq crashes my e2 strong and no oily skin if I leave my e2 above 200pmol no oily skin if I use primo no dry skin like with masteron
So I’d say oily skin for the most part can come from androgen overload whenever you do blood work ask for androgen index also if there’s a cap you’ll know you are over the limit
 
lol. I run everything higher than test. EQ, Mast, Primo, and currently Tren. Mast has the lowest risk of sides running it higher compared to the other 3. EQ and Primo will kill E2 running it higher. And well, Tren is never the greatest decision high or lower.
Have you done a cycle with only test/mast with the mast higher? If so, what were the results / outcomes compared to a higher test cycle in your opinion?
 
Have you done a cycle with only test/mast with the mast higher? If so, what were the results / outcomes compared to a higher test cycle in your opinion?
I have. What I noticed is unless test is relatively high (but not higher than Mast) I could not make any lean muscle tissue gains. For example 400-600 Mast and only 200-300 Test was really a waste of Mast. A boost in strength, very dry and vascular was about all the benefits I saw. I don’t get the libido or mood benefits from Mast so I don’t think I would do that again. Maybe 1:1 or 2:1 Test/Mast makes more sense. But I guess it depends on what your goal is.

Primo and EQ on the other hand works well running them higher than test. But E2 becomes an issue.
 
I have. What I noticed is unless test is relatively high (but not higher than Mast) I could not make any lean muscle tissue gains. For example 400-600 Mast and only 200-300 Test was really a waste of Mast. A boost in strength, very dry and vascular was about all the benefits I saw. I don’t get the libido or mood benefits from Mast so I don’t think I would do that again. Maybe 1:1 or 2:1 Test/Mast makes more sense. But I guess it depends on what your goal is.

Primo and EQ on the other hand works well running them higher than test. But E2 becomes an issue.
SUPER interesting! I appreciate it. So a higher EQ or primo would equate to muscle tissue gains? How much more significantly compatively (in your opinion but im sure kinda hard to judge)
 
SUPER interesting! I appreciate it. So a higher EQ or primo would equate to muscle tissue gains? How much more significantly compatively (in your opinion but im sure kinda hard to judge)
After a couple months of 400mg Mast, 300 Test, I swapped out Mast for 600mg Primo, 400 test. I see steady lean gains on 400-600 Primo even with test as low as 300-400. I cannot run test much lower due to E2 and even that ratio has crashed my E2. I did something similar with EQ. 600 EQ, 400 test. But EQ is the long game. You gotta wait several weeks for serum levels to peak and the cycle is usually much longer. Whereas Primo peaks around 6-8 weeks.

Primo is easily my favorite. If I didn’t get massive pip I’d run it every time.
 
After a couple months of 400mg Mast, 300 Test, I swapped out Mast for 600mg Primo, 400 test. I see steady lean gains on 400-600 Primo even with test as low as 300-400. I cannot run test much lower due to E2 and even that ratio has crashed my E2. I did something similar with EQ. 600 EQ, 400 test. But EQ is the long game. You gotta wait several weeks for serum levels to peak and the cycle is usually much longer. Whereas Primo peaks around 6-8 weeks.

Primo is easily my favorite. If I didn’t get massive pip I’d run it every time.
Thanks! I have use them all, just have always used at a ratio less than test. Interested in maybe trying something new along this lines. I like test, and don’t ever really have serious e2 issues because I manage it, but i would say I am a solid moderate aromatizer. Starting to hear more competitors starting to talk about these low test cycles. Thanks
 
It's a Test blend as well. Prop, E and C. Not that could make a difference.

Have you ever ran Masteron higher than Test? I've never done it but I'm considering trying it.

i recently did and it went horribly.
back acne exploded with mast, started with 300/300 test mast and went to almost 300/600 and more mast i used, worse ive felt, worse acne ..
 
I guess I’m lucky with acne and hair loss. No compounds give me issues.

yea you are mate. for it it was acne in bottle.
not sure about hair loss, im shaving it with razor eod so its no issue for me. i can see that my hairline is slowly goin back and my forehead is bigger every week :D

overall mast was big dissapointmenr for me.
one good effect was that i didnt have any subq water at all. but when i pushed it higher (kind of stupid decision), i looked much flatter and my mental health suffered.
 
yea you are mate. for it it was acne in bottle.
not sure about hair loss, im shaving it with razor eod so its no issue for me. i can see that my hairline is slowly goin back and my forehead is bigger every week :D

overall mast was big dissapointmenr for me.
one good effect was that i didnt have any subq water at all. but when i pushed it higher (kind of stupid decision), i looked much flatter and my mental health suffered.
interesting, no acne here, but i do think of all the compounds i have used, mast is the only one to negatively effect my hair. So far, the best benefit, maybe only, i can definitely say from mast is that its helping control the bloat/water retention i usually get from running anadrol and GH together lol
 
interesting, no acne here, but i do think of all the compounds i have used, mast is the only one to negatively effect my hair. So far, the best benefit, maybe only, i can definitely say from mast is that its helping control the bloat/water retention i usually get from running anadrol and GH together lol

yea that effect on water retention is very nice. ive been playing with idea to use it in low dose around 100mg oer week with this exact goal in mind but im glad my bacne is getting better and i dont wanna it back. good for you that you dont have this issue
 
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