Hi all,
Just wanted to discuss some issues I’ve had with acne. I’m not super acne prone, I’d say only had mild acne over the years, some here and there when I’d get stressed out or didn’t keep on hygiene.
I started TRT about two years ago in my late 20s. Always had issues building muscle as a teen/young adult, always had to eat massive surpluses to gain and when I’d cut I’d lose all my muscle and just end up skinny fat. I managed to get pretty lean in my early 20s after basically starving myself for over a year while lifting and doing absurd amounts of cardio. Finally went and got my t levels checked around 25 and tested at 250 and 270 a couple months apart. Hopped on TRT and haven’t looked back.
Since then I’ve run two “cycles”. First one I was a complete retard, added anavar (which was fine) and enjoyable but also MENT/Trest after seeing it hyped a lot on /r/steroids on Reddit. The MENT fucked me up, had terrible BP issues despite how good it worked on my physique. Came off and that’s when my acne went insane. I started getting it on my forearms and around my knees, sides of my back by my arm pits. The weird part is that it isn’t white heads which is what I had always gotten before hormones. It’s weird little bumps that do pop and spew out pus but they’re very small, and very hard to pop usually since they have no head. And there’s a lot of them. Started low dose accutane and kinda got it under control.
Did my second cycle about six months later, more anavar and added a bit of primo every week. Upped my test from TRT of 120mg/week so I was doing 250mg of test and 150-200mg of Primo a week. My lifts exploded, I got absolutely massive lol, for me at least, went from XL being big on me to needing a XXL. Loved it.
When I came off that’s when I again had issues, despite still being on low dose accutane. More of those same tiny bumps with no heads but still kinda pop. Eventually went to the dermatologist and got a full prescription for accutane.
Simultaneously I was having issues breathing at night due to chronic sinusitis. Ended up getting a septoplasty and turbinate reduction. Because of that I had to come off the accutane so it wouldn’t interfere with the healing process.
So now it’s been quite a bit since I came off, and it seems my acne is worse than ever. Thankfully none on my face, but I’ve got it on my legs, still on my forearms, by my knees, tons of those bumps on my back. Only ever been on my
TRT for almost a year since and the acne doesn’t seem to improve.
What I’m starting to wonder is if it was actually the purge part of the accutane cycle that I hit and that’s what’s making my skin so messed up. I’m thinking maybe I quit right when the purge was happening so I was left with completely messed up skin that doesn’t seem to improve unless I manually pop these bumps. I’m wondering if anyone else has had a similar issue with accutane purging, or if this does sound like a hormone induced issue. I’m about 1/3 of the way into what my cumulative dose should be and I’ve read that 9-12 week mark tends to be where people experience purge. I’m gonna get back on accutane soon when my order arrives but just wondering if anyone else has had a similar issue with purging actually really affecting their skin or if this sounds like me just being a noob and fucking up my hormones and giving me bad acne in weird places.
Just wanted to discuss some issues I’ve had with acne. I’m not super acne prone, I’d say only had mild acne over the years, some here and there when I’d get stressed out or didn’t keep on hygiene.
I started TRT about two years ago in my late 20s. Always had issues building muscle as a teen/young adult, always had to eat massive surpluses to gain and when I’d cut I’d lose all my muscle and just end up skinny fat. I managed to get pretty lean in my early 20s after basically starving myself for over a year while lifting and doing absurd amounts of cardio. Finally went and got my t levels checked around 25 and tested at 250 and 270 a couple months apart. Hopped on TRT and haven’t looked back.
Since then I’ve run two “cycles”. First one I was a complete retard, added anavar (which was fine) and enjoyable but also MENT/Trest after seeing it hyped a lot on /r/steroids on Reddit. The MENT fucked me up, had terrible BP issues despite how good it worked on my physique. Came off and that’s when my acne went insane. I started getting it on my forearms and around my knees, sides of my back by my arm pits. The weird part is that it isn’t white heads which is what I had always gotten before hormones. It’s weird little bumps that do pop and spew out pus but they’re very small, and very hard to pop usually since they have no head. And there’s a lot of them. Started low dose accutane and kinda got it under control.
Did my second cycle about six months later, more anavar and added a bit of primo every week. Upped my test from TRT of 120mg/week so I was doing 250mg of test and 150-200mg of Primo a week. My lifts exploded, I got absolutely massive lol, for me at least, went from XL being big on me to needing a XXL. Loved it.
When I came off that’s when I again had issues, despite still being on low dose accutane. More of those same tiny bumps with no heads but still kinda pop. Eventually went to the dermatologist and got a full prescription for accutane.
Simultaneously I was having issues breathing at night due to chronic sinusitis. Ended up getting a septoplasty and turbinate reduction. Because of that I had to come off the accutane so it wouldn’t interfere with the healing process.
So now it’s been quite a bit since I came off, and it seems my acne is worse than ever. Thankfully none on my face, but I’ve got it on my legs, still on my forearms, by my knees, tons of those bumps on my back. Only ever been on my
TRT for almost a year since and the acne doesn’t seem to improve.
What I’m starting to wonder is if it was actually the purge part of the accutane cycle that I hit and that’s what’s making my skin so messed up. I’m thinking maybe I quit right when the purge was happening so I was left with completely messed up skin that doesn’t seem to improve unless I manually pop these bumps. I’m wondering if anyone else has had a similar issue with accutane purging, or if this does sound like a hormone induced issue. I’m about 1/3 of the way into what my cumulative dose should be and I’ve read that 9-12 week mark tends to be where people experience purge. I’m gonna get back on accutane soon when my order arrives but just wondering if anyone else has had a similar issue with purging actually really affecting their skin or if this sounds like me just being a noob and fucking up my hormones and giving me bad acne in weird places.
