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Arimidex helping acne?

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Can estrogen control help with acne breakouts while on cycle?
I'm not prone to gyno or hair loss at all but acne is the one that gets me. Luckily none on my face, mostly on my back then a little on shoulders and chest. Family history of back acne. I've had back acne since teens and I'm getting that looked after by dr. I'm at the point of accutane for 6 months so I don't need any advice on anything else regarding acne.

So does estrogen control help? Anyone else have experience with this topic?
Cycle was nothing major 500mg test e only and now on 250mg.
 
You need to keep your estrogen in check but I don't think adex helps acne. I get acne on my upper arms, shoulders, and back but not bad enough for me to be too concerned about it. I changed my soap and got stridex pads and it helped some. Next cycle I might try aromasin. I've heard that using that instead of adex can help. Fact is that being on cycle is going to make your skin more oily than usual regardless. I'm not sure why aromasin is better than adex if you get acne. Possible bro science.
 
johnnydoe said:
You need to keep your estrogen in check but I don't think adex helps acne. I get acne on my upper arms, shoulders, and back but not bad enough for me to be too concerned about it. I changed my soap and got stridex pads and it helped some. Next cycle I might try aromasin. I've heard that using that instead of adex can help. Fact is that being on cycle is going to make your skin more oily than usual regardless. I'm not sure why aromasin is better than adex if you get acne. Possible bro science.
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Aromasin is the king of anti-e's!!!!
I was prone to all the bullshit before aromasin came into my life....
 
I found this when I had the same question. Everything I read pretty much was the same as what is summed up here

"acne is caused by stimulating the sebaceous glands , These glands are responsible for producing and secreting oil. Excess gland stimulation increases the oiliness of the skin and traps dirt and bacteria in pores. As opposed to normal acne, anabolic steroid use is associated with shoulder and upper back acne ,the reason too much oil is being released has to do with the lipids and fatty acid deposits underneath the skin not getting broken down and re-circulated into the bloodstream. Instead they are being released as sebum (oil). What enables our body to break down these fatty acids is directly related to an enzyme called coenzyme A, which is an essential enzyme to the body and is used for fatty acid metabolism.
oily skin would rather be caused by conversion of testosterone to DHT not estrogen"
 
Jbird291 said:
I found this when I had the same question. Everything I read pretty much was the same as what is summed up here

"acne is caused by stimulating the sebaceous glands , These glands are responsible for producing and secreting oil. Excess gland stimulation increases the oiliness of the skin and traps dirt and bacteria in pores. As opposed to normal acne, anabolic steroid use is associated with shoulder and upper back acne ,the reason too much oil is being released has to do with the lipids and fatty acid deposits underneath the skin not getting broken down and re-circulated into the bloodstream. Instead they are being released as sebum (oil). What enables our body to break down these fatty acids is directly related to an enzyme called coenzyme A, which is an essential enzyme to the body and is used for fatty acid metabolism.
oily skin would rather be caused by conversion of testosterone to DHT not estrogen"
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Yeah that makes sense. Thanks for sharing.
 
I sit in a local pool 30min a day the chlorine is killing all my acne I tried everything this is working for me they also have a steam room which I use everyday to detox it opens the skin pores and cleans as well then I bath In apple cider vinegar one cup into bath I guess u can throw baking soda in too , some guys swear by tanning i never tried that way
 
Munky said:
I sit in a local pool 30min a day the chlorine is killing all my acne I tried everything this is working for me they also have a steam room which I use everyday to detox it opens the skin pores and cleans as well then I bath In apple cider vinegar one cup into bath I guess u can throw baking soda in too , some guys swear by tanning i never tried that way
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Those are not bad mentions
I can vouch for both tanning and chlorine water. Used both methods
I just cant stick to tanning consistently enough to keep the breakouts under control when im cycle. If i did it helps tremendously.
Also the chlorine treatment does a nice job at drying up the skin. So a dip in the pool is great for controlling surface acne
 
Nat2Syn said:
Only time I ever broke out using steroids is from estrogen rebound. So in my case, keeping estrogen under control = keeps acne under control.
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It's funny you mention that, I got terrible acne using adex on cycle. The acne didn't come about until after the test cleared my system and I began pct.
 
Nat2Syn said:
Only time I ever broke out using steroids is from estrogen rebound. So in my case, keeping estrogen under control = keeps acne under control.
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I dont know exactly whats all behind it or the mechanisms but my talk with the doc revealed estrogen has nothing to do with men and acne. Testosterone is behind it.
 
gr8whitetrukker said:
I dont know exactly whats all behind it or the mechanisms but my talk with the doc revealed estrogen has nothing to do with men and acne. Testosterone is behind it.
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Well in my case, my skin got better when I did my first Test E cycle. As I transitioned to cruise everything was good until I stopped arimidex. I guess I was suppose to taper but I just stopped it completely. Long behold I started to get really oil and broke out all over chest and back. It started to get better when I started arimidex again. But it got worse again when I started my 2nd Test E blast. First day of increase Test-E dosage I doubled my AI. Next few days I felt extremly shitty so I thought I crashed my estro. I stopped using arimidex and bam broke out extremely bad. I later found out I was feeling shitty because the new test-e vial I had that I started using for the blast had something I was allergic to. Every pin caused me to have fever. I am 100% sure if I didn't stop my AI I would of not broken out.
 
I have been using test base every few times a week and my backne goes crazy. I'm on TRT so normally ive got no issues, but throw in some tne and its zit city.
 
Yea it awful to fight with the acne flare ups. I hope accutane drys my glands out enough so next blast its minor or none at all.
 
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