Masturbation-acne in males does exist!

Guys i finally found the solution for this. After years of trials me and my friends who've been watching trials as well'' are approved the final solution.

Its main cause is ''STRESS and ANGER''. If you check your body, heart and brain activities youll probably feel that they are under stress deeply.

First of all, i recommend you to start learning to breathe, you have to keep your heart relaxed. For this you have to deep breathe until your heart learns to breathe. It will be on autopilot in a week if you watch it carefully.

First point is controlling ANGER. You have to controll your anger of all times. You have to think positively no matter what. Deep inside there mustnt be any negative activities in your brain cells. Whatever you feel negatively, you have to forget it in that moment. And its easier with Deep breathing.

Other point is; STRESS. You are probably under stress. Especially when u have a meeting or when you are going to do something important. If you figure out, generally u don't look good when it comes to this. Because ur thinking about yourself that u wont be looking good. And its very high amount of stress. As long as you keep your stress level down and feeling stressles there WONT BE any sucky things on your face. I assure you thats the only solution.

All of my friends have cured the problem with my solution. Please give it a try and Learn to CALM DOWN.

And you can masturbate as much as you wish then. Believe me nothing happens even i ejaculate 4 times in a day. You'll see that.

Deep breathe all the time + Think positively + forget anything that makes stress and think about nothing (when something bad happens just look somewhere else and think a big empty area in your brain in the beginning to learn)

Good luck.

It's proven that masturbation causes acne in certain people. some biology here: the main problem is the fat metabolism pathway. ejaculation converts testosterone into some other substance. to turn that substance back into testosterone, acetyl CoA is required. to make acetyl CoA, vitamin B5 is required. repeated ejaculation reduces the amount of acetyle CoA. the main problem is here... our body requires acetyl CoA to metabolise our fats. we also need acetyl CoA to make male hormones. if there's a lack of acetyl CoA, the body will preferentially make hormones. since fats are not metabolised well if acetyl CoA is lacking, this excess fats end up coming out from the skin --> more sebum secreted on face. as a result, bacteria feed on the excess fats/oil --> acne.

Phez wrote:

healthnfitnessguy wrote:

I think that it is possible that the testosterone boost from masturbating could cause acne in men, but as of yet it is just a hypothesis so you do have to realize that it will be treated as such. But I do agree that it is plausible, although I don't know about how possible it is. Is that what you're saying?

Yes, it is only a hypothesis. Nothing more! All of the reasons I've stated in this topic have no credited sources. In a perfect world this topic would help raise awareness in scientific research and what not, but instead it only supports the affected (which is non age-sensitive). So, believe what you want but I'll still be on the lookout for any solutions to this "theory".

From now on, any more plausible ideas to relieve hormonal fluctuations in males would be considered and greatly appreciated.

Hi there, I saw that you had planned some experiements to figure out what the issue was. Do you have any updates on your experiments? were you able to make it three months without masturbating? Thanks!

After nearly 8 years of pain and wondering why i have such horrible, horrible breakouts...i figured it out. Masterbation was the problem, I cut it out for a week and I began to have clear smooth skin like i used to have. Anytime i masterbate, i get bad breakouts, its no coinsidence. I can finally look like myself again.

People who say theres no link its lies and they don't know what they're talking about.

Masturbation does cause acne breakouts. I've stopped for two and a half weeks or so, skin clears up, I give in, acne comes back like three days later. And, as an Atheist, I can confirm that it isn't the guilt or anxiety of masturbating that causes it with some religion.

oh my goodness...yes i am exactly the same way as everyone else...i can't believe for once that i have the exact same problems....its not a good thing but not bad either.....oh but i have always wondered if this was a cause for it....and i truly believe now that it potentially could be....ohhh ok....i know boys it's hard...let me tell you a secret hahah im bisexual and when its me and another boy and we are both super turned on cuz let's be honest all boys are turned on and when both boys have sex on the mind 24\7 it's not hard to tell whats gonna happen next haha. so yeah...i have to admit it is very extremlely hard to stay away from sex and if you do you can always masterbate to calm yourself but now the problem is your face will pay for the consequence...its like god is punishing us and its totally not fair...someone was right when they said no teenager should ever have to go through this but what else can we do...i am interested in singing and modeling and that does require clear clear skin....so i have to stop...maybe not completely cuz i dont think it would hurt much but i gotta cut down on the amount i do even though everyone always tells me my skin is not nearly as bad as some other people. so i wish you all good luck with your experiments as i experiment as well and in the end it's your decision........have healthy good sexy looking clear skin for a life time............or masterbate for a few minutes to have acne for a few weeks.........the choice is up to you.....

OMG !!!!!!! this is an awesome site :-) i am also of the believe that Masturbation definitely has a link to Acne. though i have not experimented it consciously, many a times after i Masturbate i ll definitely get a pimple few hours later. many a times i had this feeling from inside that masturbation is causing me to get pimples, but as i had no one to support that feeling i thought it might be just me. i am 25 now n from past few weeks my acne has really increased both is number and size. past from 6 yrs i had a girl friend, so i was not bothered of these acne. now that we broke up n i have to search for a new one :-) i am really concerned abt my looks.

i was fortunate enough to find this forum and i have already started drinking lots of water from today morning :-) and i ll definitely stop masturbating for the next few weeks and i ll also do the other methods suggested here like exercising n eating lots of fruits from today.
as few people said that masturbating causes lot of heat in the body which leads to acne ( plzzz note its not common for all, but its for particular people only) , i have a method in mind which i am planning to start from today. i.e Pranayama ( meaning the controling of breath. In Indain ancient language Sanskrit Prana means Breath n Yama means controlling) which will in turn control the temperature of the body as well. so i ll get back to you guys in an another week with the results.

Till then relax and enjoy. there is lot more in life than the outer appearance like trying to understand inner self n capabilities which will in turn give you ever lasting happiness n confidence than any external materialistic things! ( i too am working on this :-) )

All the best,
Cheers :-)

I'm surprised no research has been done on this. The cause of acne is androgens (Dehydrotestosterone in particular), and research has shown that androgen levels are elevated in adolescent males with cystic acne. So the question is; does (excessive) masturbation affect androgen levels in males? I think this is the case, but I also think that the sensitivity of the sebocytes to androgen fluctuation is more important. This may be the reason that only a small amount of males develops acne after excessive masturbation; their sebocytes are more sensitive to androgen fluctuations. The vast majority of males have normal sebocytes which are not triggered easily by changes in androgen levels.

I think that makes a lot of sense but I think that it's such a minior thing that it hasn't been studied. WE've already figured out how acne works so it makes sense that they'd just work on treating it instead of figuring out the cause. Does that make sense?

Look at it this way, reason your masturbating is because you don't have a sexual partner. So obviously stop jerking it and clear your face up if masterbation is linked to your acne. Now just be abstinent and once you get a girl in the sack then hit it/quit it and get a couple pimples and wait for them to subside. Rinse and Repeat!

I totally agree to the point that Masturbation = Acne

i myself is one those who had tried to experiment over the years.
in fact, during my normal outbreaks, i didnt realized this until i consulted my fellow friends who had worser acne outbreaks.
my friend who had worser outbreaks were already clearing up and its all due to the anti-masturbation logic.
Over the years, i tried to be stubborn and obstinate , and acne will not spare you.
I tried to ejaculate as much as i could, and guess what ?
Acne grew as much as they could on my face !
There was once it became so bad that they are all linked together somehow in a clump.
And sometimes, having a girlfriend is also not easy for guys like us who have to keep this regime working.
We have to ensure that we cannot ejaculate because acne are 24/7 actively standing by.
But definitely, acne will start to clear up once you stop ejaculation and just lead a sex-free, porn-free life.

We are all normal human beings who needs to ejaculate perhaps 1-2 times a week ?
But now, we are faced with this confusion that its either you want pleasure now or u want to have sorrows later.
I myself, noticed how efficient acne pops up as soon as i had my pleasure and thats really not COOL.
I thought to myself, " why am i the one that has to get acne after i ejaculate ? "
Why cant i just be like someone normal who can just ejaculate as and when i want to and to have a normal skin condition ?
And i believe all these is related to puberty, many of us are somewhat in our 20s now , and acne tend to worsen around these ages.
I read some articles, saying that outbreaks could occur mostly after puberty for males.

Eversince i knew about this masturbation-acne issue, i experienced many changes in my life.
Sometimes im afraid that with the minimal amount of ejaculation, i might not have healthy sperms and that may affect my future fertility.

You see... guys who has got high levels of androgens are prone to have higher sex drive, and higher levels of androgens causes acne.
They are all correlated somehow.
Hormones are something that is so complex and most people like us can never understand how it works and how it causes outbreaks.


Therefore, i sincerely hope that Dermatologists, doctors and researchers can really look into that and also to end this misery for us.

Hi there, masturbation doesn't just happen in the context of being single. Even though I'm in a relationship, I still masturbate from time to time. I'm not sure if I understand your post. Can you explain?

I never had pimples/acne before. I really had a very clear skin and people would ask me how i do it.
but just recently, maybe 2-3 months ago, i was surprised when i found a zit on my cheek.
i wasn't used to it, so i popped it cause i thought it looked gross. lol.
then it gotten worse.. I hate my skin now.
Then after i read this thread, i realized that i started developing acne when I started masturbating too much.
There were times when i would ejaculate 8 times in 3 hours. lol.
but yea, ill definitley cut down and hopefully, my skin would be back to normal.

I agree because when you masturbate you are triggering your hormones which then releases chemicals within your body. I have the same problem.

Here is what I came up with

I'm also the one who have this ejaculation-acne problem. For years (Im 21btw) I was wondering what couses acne on my face.
visited doctors, tried all different kinds of facial wash/scrubs - no help. I did a lot of reaserch on the net and I think I
found that the only couse of acne is testosterone hormone. it all comes to it. here is the proof and this is what I went
through:

I do weight lifting, and I recently purchased one herbal supplement called 'Tribulus Terrestris' which supports stamina and
endurance. The main thing it does is that it makes your body to produce more testosterone than usually (testosterone also known
as an anabolc steroid, which supposed to be good for people who does bodybuilding). So after a week taking this capsules I have
noticed that my face was getting worser and worser every day. It was very oily. Even my forehead started breaking out wich
always been clear unlike the rest of my face. It got so horrible that I didn't want to go anywhere but just stay at home all the
time. I got what couses the acne to appear right away. I stopped using it and because my face was so bad it only restored after
about a month to the previous condition.
Also the more times I ejaculate a week the worser my face gets. So to me there is no doubt that testosterone hormone is the only
cause of acne. Btw is is a proven fact that body releases testosterone whenever you ajaculate. So for those wondering why you have this ejaculation-acne problem, hormones are the things to look at.