This is more for the males than females. Do any of you think masturbation effects acne? Personally, I do, or at least I am starting to. I stopped having sex and masturbating for 3 days last week and my acne began to clear up. Then as soon as I did again the acne came back with a vengeance. I am going to try and stop for two weeks and see what happens. I don't think sex or masturbation causes acne, I just think it makes it a lot worse if you do it too much and have acne. This all depends on hormones. If you have hormonal acne like most of us do, then sex and masturbation will most likely cause flare ups through hormones. When I have sex or masturbate my heart beats fast and almost my whole body feels a heat wave and itchy. Sometimes I even feel small stings on my face once the heat wave reaches it and a pimple appears in the exact spot almost two days later. Sometimes overnight if I don't cleanse my skin. Doctor’s and scientists will say there is no proof that it affects acne, but that does not mean that it doesn’t. I beat you that if they did a test on my body’s reaction to ejaculation they would say “it’s just a coincidence”. Come on, that is denial, and even dogmatic in a way. There are a lot of things scientists believed that they knew, but were proven wrong decades later. You know how they think they know everything. I know this a hard temptation to resist, but why not try it. ****, meditate like those Buddhist monks do, lol. Seriously though all us males in hear who have acne should try to stop having sex and masturbating for two weeks to see if our acne visually becomes decreased. If it does, don't lie to us and yourself and be in denial about it. Just decrease how many times you ejaculate a week. Most of us will have to wait the acne out, regardless of how much topical, & cleansing crap we use.
mine was the opposite really...i was breaking out when i went away for a week and didnt have the time for sex or masturbation and my acne was bugging the crap out of me then when i came back i was whacking off (esxuse my slang lol)and i cleared up pretty good...it relieves stress which imo is a factor on acne
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I've heard it both ways. Personally for me, I only seem to get acne around my jaw line when I masturbate. Which makes sense since I've heard that mostly all jaw line acne is hormonal, which could in theory be affected by masturbation. Other than my jaw line, I don’t notice any difference (although there can be a lot of new pimples on my jaw line). I currently haven’t masturbated for like 5 days and haven’t had any acne on my jaw line.
If your reasoning turned out to be right then i would like to be in the percentage of people who try masterbating every day to see if it effects our skin rather than absteining lol
First, it is almost impossible for a zit to appear overnight. It takes them 5 days to 3 weeks to fully develope.
It seems kind of weird to me that this myth only applies to men. Men masturbate a lot more than women, so it makes sence for religious soccer moms to make this up to keep their boys from masturbating.
Yea that’s how I heard it started. From churches who were trying to get kids not to masturbate, and personally I don’t think there’s a connection. But it seems like if I masturbate on a regular basis I always get acne on my jaw line (a good amount), and when I don’t I never get any. It could just be coincidence, but you never know.
I think you may have a point on the hormonal thing but come on......if your gonna let it affect your life that personally than your stressin acne way to much! <----talking about sex not masturbation
Sex is hard to resist, believe me I know, being a 19 year old. I don't think that sex or masturbation is the cause of acne at all. I just think like many things it can make it worst. Don't quit sex, just try and do it less often. Like three times a week. As far as it being started by some Christians, I don't care. I also never heard it from my mom or any damn soccer moms (lol) and its not just masturbation, its ejaculation period. I never heard that ejaculation can worsen acne, but I began to feel it did when I ejaculated, because my body had an intense reaction that went all the way up to my face. I started researching it and plenty of people feel the same thing. Now for women I hear having sex helps clear them up because it releases estrogen, which cuts down the androgen/testosterone in the blood. For men it may release more androgens and convert testosterone into DHT or something like that. Look I am not an expert and I know many won’t even think of trying this, but hey, what can you do? I would never stop sex, but I have no problem cutting it down to two or three times a week. I don't believe all pimples take weeks to appear on the skin. Derms really say it takes two weeks, while I have heard people on boards say six weeks. I don't need a derm to tell me his scientific crap for this, because I can put some think cream on one spot of face, like my cheek and a pimple will appear the next evening all the time, but is that just coincidence? Maybe it takes two weeks for your acne pimple to "naturally" occur, but if you do something to disturb your hormones or clog your pores with something I know it can appear much earlier.
The old myths are hard to stop. Chocolate, greasy food, sugar, dirty skin, and sex cause acne.
Chocolate gives me pimples on my forehead, as does sugar. Greasy foods also give me oil, which gives me acne. If my skin is dirty, then it clogs my pores as oil tries to escape, here comes the acne. Sex, eh...that one not so much. But again, could be different for others.
Chocolate, greasy foods, sugar, dirty skin, sex, do not CAUSE acne. The cause means the root or foundation of something. These things do not CAUSE acne, but they may make it worse, or cause what are called flare ups. Chocolate has a lot of sugar and maybe some caffeine, which can cause flare ups. Greasy foods just are not healthy at all. Now sure dirt on the skin does not cause acne, but what is the opposite of clean? Dirty is the opposite of clean. When your face is not cleansed with water or a cleanser, depending on your skin type, bacteria builds up, which can make acne worse. Your acne wont go away by ending these things, but it just may get better.
I did not say eating unhealthy is the cause of acne! I said it may effect it! The cause of about 98% of acne is hormone related. Read my post again. That mint julep mask broke me out, like crazy. I threw it out my window.
In my opinion bad foods like sugar, candies, caffeine, DAIRY, etc etc, can all aggravate acne in certain persons because they contribute to hormonal imbalance. But i don't think that "bad foods" can be the only culprit for acne, with the exception of commercial milk. That stuff is so unhealthy I can't believe how shameless they are for brainwashing everyone into thinking you need your 4 glasses of milk a day to be healthy.
The week after i quit dairy my general health improved and my acne almost totally cleared up. Too bad the topicals, antibiotics and accutane scarred me for life heh.
That is hilarious, derms would go out of business if they told everyone how acne was cured. They can't tell you what causes your acne, because not everyones acne is caused by the same thing.
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If eating unhealthy is the cause of acne why is it so many obese people, and other people who have bad eating habits, have clear skin??
Because they do not have acne prone skin. Not everyone does, foods don't cause acne, they mess with hormones and food allergies in acne prone people.
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Chocolate, greasy foods, sugar, dirty skin, sex, do not CAUSE acne. The cause means the root or foundation of something. These things do not CAUSE acne, but they may make it worse, or cause what are called flare ups.
What do you think everyone is talking about here? People who aren't acne prone are going to get acne from eating chocolate, sugar, etc. NO. If that where the case everyone would have acne. What people are saying when they say chocolate, etc cause acne , is that it causes pimples on acne prone skin. As said before all because you are not effected by these does not mean these are false. Everyones acne is different.
In closing, don't say "ACNE IS NOT CAUSED BY FOOD, ETC". Because you do not know what your talking about. If anything you may say I don't beleive or I think. But don't try and state facts confusing people on these boards and making their acne worse or stay. Try avoiding things that you know causes flareups and your acne will improve awesomely. I stopped eating melted cheese (its like rubber to digest) i stopped getting cystic acne.
Eat clean and your blood stays clean. Clean blood = clean face. Please don't listen 100% to derms or people on these boards...research for yourself, double check your research too.
What do you think everyone is talking about here? People who aren't acne prone are going to get acne from eating chocolate, sugar, etc. NO. If that where the case everyone would have acne. What people are saying when they say chocolate, etc cause acne, is that it causes pimples on acne prone skin. As said before all because you are not affected by these does not mean these are false. Everyones acne is different.
First and foremost you are taking my words out of the context in which they were put. I was responding to a post before my post which made it sound like someone is saying something about diet and sex CAUSING/CREATING the acne condition itself, and I did not say cause, I said it can make it worse. So basically what I am saying is what you said. . . "What people are saying when they say chocolate, etc cause acne, is that it causes pimples on acne prone skin". I am saying what you said in different words, which were not hard to understand if you ask me. Again, if a person has acne a bad diet and excessive ejaculations MAY make it worse. I said and say may, because like you said "everyones acne is different".
In closing, don't say "ACNE IS NOT CAUSED BY FOOD, ETC". Because you do not know what your talking about. If anything you may say I don't believe or I think. But don't try and state facts confusing people on these boards and making their acne worse or stay. Try avoiding things that you know causes flareups and your acne will improve awesomely. I stopped eating melted cheese (its like rubber to digest) i stopped getting cystic acne.
Eat clean and your blood stays clean. Clean blood = clean face. Please don't listen 100% to derms or people on these boards...research for yourself, double check your research too.
Once again I said acne is not CAUSED by food, etc. What I said was correct and you agreed with my in a certain way when you said . . . "What people are saying when they say chocolate, etc cause acne, is that it causes pimples on acne prone skin". It depends what context you put cause or causes in. Let me explain. If you say causes pimples on ACNE PRONE SKIN, you are saying that it contributes to the already existing acne, but it does not CAUSE the overall condition. I understand how and in what context the word cause is put by reading the sentence correctly. You are also contradicting yourself when you say "try avoiding things that you know causes flareups and your acne will improve awesomely". You don't know how everyones skin will react to that so don't say it will improve the acne awesomely and then it does not for certain people. Say it may improve acne awesomely. I tried that and yes it did make my skin complexion and texture look and feel better, but it hardly did anything for my acne. Yes, avoid things that YOU KNOW make your acne worse, but don't always expect a huge change because these foods don't cause the whole condition. I understand what you meant by causes, now understand what I mean by cause this time. "If anything you may say I don't believe or I think. But don't try and state FACTS confusing people on these boards and making their acne worse or stay". There were only a few people that were confused by my OPINION, and you were one of them, so don't think my sentences are confusing everyone. I did not say eat a whole bunch of junk food and your acne wont get worse, I am saying that these foods don't cause the overall condition we call acne. I did say it MAY make it worse though, didn't I? What were you reading? Your understanding of what I typed is way off. I am not trying to offend you, but I am trying to understand where you are coming from.
So what exactly did I say that made you laugh, because I am saying what you’re saying? I am sorry if my words confused you, but I typed them simply in my intended context, so I don't understand what the problem is. Maybe you just saw and read what you wanted too, or maybe your sub-conscious was sending overly sensitive signals to your conscious thoughts.
I am five months pregnant and the hormonal imbalance has made my acne flare up terribly. If having an orgasim causes hormonal changes, which I'm not sure it does, then it's possible for it to cause an extra pimple here or there. However, I'm not going to quit having sex because I'm afraid of getting a pimple. If I quit for anything, it would be religious purposes. Due to the fact that having an orgasim is not medically proved to cause a change in your skin, it isn't worth giving up. I'm not saying it isn't possible though. As far as whether or not certain foods take a toll on your skin, it does with mine. Either way, it's best to watch your diet, regardless. The summer before my sophmore year of college, I ate french fries, in large amounts, everyday. My body didn't change because I was doing some modeling and had to work out everyday anyway, but my acne was the worst I'd ever seen it. Who knows?
No one actually knows what causes acne. Topicals and creams really irritate sensitive skin. Acne should be studied scientifically but I am sure its not, otherwise the cause of acne would be known by now. Syphillis and smallpox produce disfiguring scars and the cause of these diseases are known. So acne sufferers are disregarded in thr research department. I know people that have attempted suicide and became drug addicts because of acne at least thats what they said at the time.
Usually most docs agree that hormones (Androgens) are the major factor. The reason being is that most kids (especially boys) start getting acne when they turn 12 and their testosterone peaks at 18. My acne is definetly caused by hormones, from when it started (12) to when it got the worse (18). It is very self-evident that my acne is hormone related. When I use to work out and have sex my body never got a heat wave type of reaction, which it gets now. That started when I turned 18. Hormones are hard to deal with. The only thing I can do is fight the symptoms with my cleanser and moisturizer, eat more estrogen foods (except dairy), and wait it out. My skin is actually starting to look better now that I have stayed with my normal regimen and am eating more estrogen foods. Oh, and that Sea Breeze sensitive skin stuff did not irritate my skin, but it sure did create a lot more oil and broke me out. Maybe it did take so much oil off that my oil glands had to compensate for it. I threw it out ASAP!
rather than absteining lol
Re: Sex/Masturbation and Acne! 
