Masturbation-acne in males does exist!

Just read through every single post in this thread. I only found out about this yesterday after reading about it the issue on acne.org. I am also going to attempt this, eat healthier and try to cut out dairy products. I started at 13 and for a long time I have been masturbating daily. I do remember going on holidays and after one i remember my family telling me that the 'water' had cleared my skin but now i am inclined to believe that it was abstinence. 

Can Pre cum cause Acne too?

today is day 5

Guest wrote:

Can Pre cum cause Acne too?

Apparently it does not.

kevinrosa wrote:

today is day 5

Notice any differences?

I get these really horrible cystic acne occasionally after I masturbate. There definitely is a correlation. I'm in university now and during term time, I always get loads of acne because I masturbate (and watch porn) at least 3 times a week in my dorms. Low and behold, during the holidays when I'm back home, I masturbate less often and get less acne. Masturbation a lot really does cause acne IMO!

Masturbation cannot cause acne. If anything, it can likely reduce acne.

Stress is a huge contributor to acne. Masturbation releases stress. If you think that you are getting acne from masturbation, maybe you should start using acne products after you masturbate, because you could just be sweating a lot.

I have read this post last week. I'm not yet seeing much results since I ate a lot of sugary stuff during the weekend. However, it's been 1 week abstinence for me already. I see some improvement but then I got a big one beside the nose coming along. Ugh. I hope it will really improve in time. I'll combine abstinence, exercise, rest, exercise, and fighting stress. I'll update you guys with this.

That's It!!! I'm not going to masturbate until my face recovers from this stupid disease! I'll be counting the days and share my experiences! Whenever I want to masturbate, I'll think of this thread. Let's do this together guys!

According to my view 80% true. Those who dont believe this are fools. And I mean including doctors.. 

on my 4th week without ejaculation and this morning i had a wet dream. now lets see how my face gets...already see a tiny pimple that i dont remember yesterday.

Hey, i've got masturbation/sex caused acne too. It is so clear to notice the relation. The more i ejaculate, or even just MB without ejaculation/orgasm, the more i get acne. Mostly on my face, neck, jaw, around nose, forehead/temples. These pimples are very fast coming on face, takes just one night or something when i start to feel some pain spot on my face. Last night one white spot came like nowhere, wasnt there last evening.

If i stop MB/Sex/stimulating myself sexual way for 1 week, and keep washing my face, acne start to disapper. If i don't stop, washing my face is almost useless. It does decrease amount of acne but it is an endless fight which i always lose. Acne just pushes through skin no matter how much i wash my face.

Only stoppable solution has been abstaining from sex/mb/stimulating myself. I know i have some kind of hormonal imbalance. I also get other symptoms from mb/sex/stimulation. I may feel weak, depressed, other physical syptoms and so on.  All comes after mb/sex/strong stimulation.

I've played a lot around with my diet but it has been ineffective especially to acne. Good healthy diet does make overall being better but it doesn't stop my hormonal acne.

I know i may have quite low testosterone levels. It has once measured and it was 15 (measured in morning when testos should be highest), which is quite low but in "normal" scale (10-38). Maybe it has something to do with acne.

I was abstaining for 6 months last year. And had just few acne pimples althought i didnt much wash my face separately, just showering.

I've been reading some hormonal stuff, and seems that testosterone increases dopamine which increases heat, and at point of orgasm dopamine declines fast and prolactin rockets up, ending need of sex, giving the euphoria feel. I read that high prolactin levels could cause some inflammation symptoms but i am not sure whether it relates to acne or not. Then there is also hormone oxytocin during orgasm but i think it doesn't cause this stuff.

Need to dig deeper these hormonal stuff, just started to read them.  I want to find out the process which causes my problems. It indeed is something hormonal.

..Or actually i just read that Oxytocin is a counterforce to Cortisol (a stress hormone). Maybe cortisol is too high and oxytocin doesn't bring it down, causing some problems(?)

I remember when I had the perfect skin, and in just a few days I started getting some pretty bad acne after every time I wanked. That was a year ago, and I think I know something that can help.

I started getting acne a few weeks after I quit taking my swimming lessons that I had been taking for 7 years. I feel that the swimming helped my face a lot since it is very good excercise for all the muscles in the body and made my whole body sweat completely. Also the chlorine in the pool water seemed to make my face smoother and acne resistant.

Also, I recently started going to the beach on and off for summer vacation. The ocean water I hear really helps your skin since it is loaded with zinc and all the minerals your body and face needs. I realized that whenever I wanked after going to the beach I wouldnt get any acne.

I know that masterbation does cause acne, and I know that stopping might be hard, but I believe that if you excersice regularly (like swim) or try going to the beach this summer (I have never seen a person who lives at the beach with acne) and live a healthier life, you will notice that you don't need to jack off to be happy. Good luck guys!

 

P.S I will rejoin my swimming lessons and go to the beach this summer to see if my acne improves.  

 

I have been in my house lately with my mum since its summer vacations and college is over.I'm almost 20 years old.I've had pretty bad(Moderate) acne since 3-4 years which has flared up ever since i went to college i.e 1 year.Initially it wasn't a matter of concern for me ,but when i started going to college,it started affecting me big deal,it mortified me.It scarred me not only physically but also psychologically and most importantly emotionally.