Masturbation-acne in males does exist!

This tread has helped me get through a lot, by giving me tremendous courage and discipline; but I would like to present a question worthy of further speculation and critical thinking: Suppose there is a connection between masturbating and acne. Whether it is scientifically proven, or personally determined through trial and error, let us assume that "ejaculation causes breakouts". With this realization, what would you people do? Would you really become abstinent so that you could have a clear face? Most people only become abstinent for religious purposes or for serious medical conditions; acne is neither of those, and to become abstinent so that you don't have acne is just as extreme as becoming anorexic so that you don't look fat. 

Are you really willing to give up something that you love, that gets you through the day, for some social construct? There is this great fiction that acne is some terrible curse that could hold you back from making good friends, having a loving relationship and pursuing a career of your passion. It honestly wouldn't matter if hormonal acne in males did exist; I doubt most of you would choose to live castrated lives just so you could feel better about looking in the mirror. In the end, you're not getting anywhere by assigning the cause of the problem to be biologically installed into our bodies.

Should you be foolish enough to choose the celibate life, let me "turn your world upside down, tear asunder your illusions, and send the sanctuary of your own ignorance crashing down around you." Without masturbating, sperm will build up in your testicles and exit your body through nocturnal emissions known as "wet dreams" approximately every two weeks; this in turn, should the theory of concern be true, would inevitably result in acne 3-5 days later. It would take another few days for the acne to disappear. In short, here's a firm kick to the balls: By default, even if there was a relationship between ejaculation and acne, nocturnal emissions guarantee that regardless of whether or not you choose to masturbate, you will live a relatively acne plagued life. 

I mean, ain't that a b***h. From my experience, there are 6 things that could lead to a clearer face for most people:

1: Exercise

2: Eat well

3: Drink lots of water

4: Get sun (vitamin D)

5: Sleep more

6: Lose stress

It's not ejaculating that's the issue, it's the masturbation itself. Skin gets flushed and inflamed, then the zits come. I'm 55 and still have this problem.

Hi guys., Well yu all knw , why I'm here... Yes the same problem I have for 3 years.... I like your attitude... yes guys we will make it happen... and one thing we all have a problem of premature ejaculation.... means we masturbate faster .. within 30 seconds.... it would really affect more..., during we have sex if we didn't stop it now... and the persons who masturbate in normal dont get pimples or acne..... so we are fighting together guys..... starting eith my first day.... hope I'll catch yu all in a milestone of my battle.... hahaha... love, Rajesh

Its proven . The reason of my acne is masterbation/ejaculation

Now, Things i noticed

- My breakouts were MUCH MUCH calmer when i would go and be like "okay i havent done it in 2 weeks, i cant hold it , lets get over with this as fast and quick as possible"

Meaning , i noticed my breakouts were 10 times more severe when you tease yourself watching porn for 1 hour , before ejaculating i noticed this because the mistake i would do would be like , okay , so i know ejaculation causes my acne, so here is the trick im going to do. Lets have some fun trying to please myself and when im about to ejaculate , simply drop it and stop, i managed to do this for some time , and my acne did REDUCE! , well there would be those days were i would say the same thing and not have the power to handle myself , where i would be like ahh f**k it , this is too good !. next day . BOOM BREAKOUT! So i tried the "just get over it fast and quick" and my acne levels were much much lower!

Of course , not doing it at all cleared up my face completely :/

another thing that i noticed that is essential to a clear face

- LOTS OF SLEEP: sleeping-in showed my face much much cleaner the next day 

- Shower RIGHT BEFORE taking a nap or sleeping

-If youre going out somewhere , take a shower and take a 1-2 hour nap when you wake up you will notice your skin much much nicer and it helps you go out more confidently

- Not putting your face on your pillow also helped

just trying to put my two cents in ! :)

 

HELLO GUYS,

Am forced to reply to this issue mentioned here by one of my friend,as a doctor ,by over-viewing the scientific facts and theory i can see that masturbation may or may not cause ache in male skin as it depends on different people,some won't have any problem for their skin even masturbating 3 times a day and for other i leaves a mark in their face as a sign of excessive masturbation ,all who suffering frm eche should go on an experiment of 1 month without masturbating and beware only a MAN can do it ok.I

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I became blind due to masturbaton

This is absolutely true. I am 43 and still experience it regularly. Roaccutance is the only medz that helps reduce it but then again, there are side effect to it. Medication is only temporary solution or prevention. I guess if your hormones are such that ejeculation causes acne, then it will happen regardless how you prevent it.

What i do is to always keep my face clean, drink plenty of water, have enough sleep. Sometime, i find drinking plenty of water right after sex does helps to bring body temperature down and possibly reduce breakout the next day.

I found a solution.

Ok guys, I too experienced this same thing (for over 15 years). Cystic acne caused by ejaculation -- whether masturbation or otherwise (I'm married). After reading nearly every post in this thread, I experimented and have come up one effective solution that has enabled me to have my cake and eat it too.

Masturbation without ejaculation. Seriously. One or more of the posts mentioned this and I took it upon myself to determine if it were true. So I jerked to the point of orgasm without ejaculating and over the course of several days proved it worked. No oily skin afterward. No red, flushed face. 

First you may be thinking that this isn't a solution at all, but it is. You can indeed get your relief without ejaculating. Is is just as satisfying? No. But it prevents you from going crazy and getting back into the cycle of shame and guilt. How do you do it? Well, there are plenty of places online for you to check out. It involves pressing on your perineum with your fingers.

I hope this works for everyone else, but alas, our body chemistries are all different (as we well know). But for me, the cystic acne is a direct result of ejaculation, not masturbation or orgasm. Its probably something to do with the sperm production process that elevates the DHT in the blood.

Now I've done my part in passing on this knowledge. 

If this doesn't work for you, I can relate my other experiments. But believe me, the above is much better than the below.

1. Keflex (Cephalexin) - works in high doses, but longer term use is bad. Possible ototoxic (makes my ears ring) despite doctors saying otherwise.

2. Saw Palmetto - worked on me simply because it reduced by libido (not cool). Stopped using it because of horror stories of enlarging breasts, heightened levels of estrogen, and rapid skin-aging. 

Best of luck to you all and thank you for this thread.

 

i now that's its 100/100 truuuuuuuuuuuue so please we need solutions plzzzzzzzzz i have experienced this for 5 years and still suffring from it ); plzzz give us some solutions that works with youu !

What worked for me and have diminished my break out to about 1/5 as bad as it used to be...

1 dose = 50 mg zinc, 100 mg 5-HTP, 1 tablet of Super B-Complex

dosage: 1 dose immediately after ejaculation
1 dose 12 hrs later
1 dose 12 hrs later
1 dose 24 hrs later
1 dose 24 hrs later
1 dose 24 hrs later
repeat as needed....

This has greatly improved my breakout, and I have no idea why....

I think there are probably other factors going on. I know a lot of times when I try and stop masturbating and then "slip up" I usually masturbate more than once that day. If you just sit around in a sweaty shirt and don't wash your hands enough, you are going to have a break out. If you masturbate and then take a shower you should be fine.

Greenboi, When you say you get the warming sensation running through your body and face, do you burn up instantly and then find ways to cool down? I get really hot and I feel it running through my body, my face, stomach and back mainly. But I do feel it throughout my entire body and it is one of the most abnormal and annoying feelings I get. Sometimes when the room is warm I start to think about it and then the rush hits me and sometimes it's unbearable. Did you ever figure why you get those extreme warm rushes? I've noticed ever since I've been getting those rushes my acne tends to get worse. I don't seem to get acne from sex, just masturbation. But the longer I go without sex and increase in masturbating I tend to break out heavily in acne. I used to have clear skin on my far but lately the past 2.5 years (almost 23 yrs old) my acne tends to scar a lot, pimples are bigger and cover more of my face, and take forever to heal even if I don't touch or pop my pimples. Have you done anything to help your situation? Please gives some advice.

I'm in my 30s and I still have this problem. Tried everything the west has to offer, blood tests, hard core meds. These are only temporary bandaid fixes not something you can take for the rest of your life. And don't forget the western doctors say they don't know what causes acne so why are they prescribing sh*t.

My own research has found the main cause is a thing called 'internal heat' by chinese medicine. When watching porn you are sitting up right, the heat builds up in your body or groin and as you know heat travels upwards. So it goes up your body and out your face, and hence acne on face. It's not loosing fluids that does it, it's the heat when beating off and the extra burst of heat at orgasm. Or if you have this problem with sex then you need to have your woman on top cause doggy or missonary will still give you a heat build up and out your face.

The only cure is cool your body down! You must be lying horizontal during sexual activity and have a cool body. Drink lots of cold water and have the fan going and clothes off! And do it slowly to allow the internal heat to escape slowly. That means no quickies!

Also avoid any foods that can f**k with your hormones like diary. Avoid chocolate because it causes your body to heat up.

My case: 33,asian, acne/very oily rough skin/whitehead/big pores/scars/ on face. have had the problem for 18 yrs. many times, i attempted to end my life, my life has totally been destroyed by face problem. every methods i tried already, western, n chinese medicine, i do not believe those can cure my case once and for all. about 10 years ago, i began to think jerk off is the main reason for this tough case, all my friends have clear face, my family has clear face, meaning, not genetics. why me ? i recalled the first time when school gave us sex education,i was 14, i was so curious that i since started to rub my penis n cum. i remember i did not have pubic hair yet. i know now it was too early to start masturbate... ever since, no -return road.... i even went to see mental doctor in 20, i can not help it! absolutely nothing works! silly enough i tried birth control pills, thinking it helps to kill male hormones, where i read from library books! that time no internet.

masturbation is the main cause of my case i ruled out. guys, share more of ur personal experience if u think this is it!