Hey guys. I'm a 19 yo guy who's always suffered from pretty bad acne. However, I've always noticed that whenever I abstain from PMO my acne all but clears up, or significantly improves. In my case the correlation has always been almost too explicit to deny PMO was the cause (although I've often tried to deny it). Have seen a few people mentioning similar phenomena. Has anyone had any similar experiences with this? What is the explanation?
Hey there! I was always skeptical that excessive PMO cause acne until a few weeks ago. I'm 27 and have been under a lot of stress in my personal life. To eliminate this stress, I resorted to my modus operandi: extreme amounts of PMO. The thing about excessive PMO is that is causes stress. Stress on stress on stress. My face became one giant pimple - to a level that I hadn't even seen in high school...10 years ago. I'm not a medical professional, but I now believe that the two are linked. Medically, it has to do with testosterone and DHT conversation; a quick Google search can provide more info. (But be wary). However, from personal experience: YES. Excessive PMO makes your skin break out.
I had huge back acne which was getting worse and slowly spreading to my chest, butt and shoulders over years. Had very small acne on my face too. After I did 90 days Hard Mode on nofap it all was gone, except on back where it just decreased by 95%. So yea, it does work. The cause for it is simply hormone imbalance.
I have been noticing a definite decline in my acne since starting nofap. I've tried acne medications, which did nothing. Nofap seems to finally be the cure. Who new? Not my doctor!
I have a huge population of acne on my upper back. When I started NoFap, I noticed no difference. I'm up to my third week now, and I'm started to notice a bit of improvement. I don't know if it's the lack of PMO, daily cold showers, or my change of diet, that's curing it. My acne is improving, though.
Diet and cold showers have NOTHING to do with cystic/hormonal acne most of the time. PMO causes acne, and those who are prone to acne will be affected more than others. DHT causes acne and thats what testosteorone converts to when you masturbate. Also the dopamine from porn is identical to the dopamine from narcotics. Ever wondered why drug addicts have severe acne breakouts? There you go.
Keep in mind that, people who are prone (even in the slightest) to acne, or cystic acne during puberty in particular, WILL have an acne epidemic for years, throughout adulthood, only because of PMO. Now, there are people who do PMO who won't have any acne whatsoever, but it's the same people who don't have acne during puberty as well. I've only been clear twice or thrice in 3 years, and that's when I abstained from PMO for at least a week.
Yeah man I would say so too. I use to have acne on my back and it was horrible. I had it on my face too but when I started abstaining from PMO it goes away. Right now another common issue I am facing is I keep touching my face, that's the #1 thing you shouldn't do when trying to get rid of acne.
May I say: many rebooters are young. I had acne when I was younger. I t went away on its own, at this time I didn't quit PMO. So it might be coincidence.
If you PMO for long and fall asleep like that, your sweat will macerate and might make your acne worse. Although I'm a bit skeptical that nofap can completely cure acne based on that theoretical correlation. Though to those unlucky ones prone to acne and who are desperate : try to wash your face morning and evening with a gel of aloe vera or rhassoul (with nothing else in it)(for body too), hydrate your skin with a cream of perfect composition (check out the ingredients in all your cosmetics, irritating components might make your acne worse (shampoo, washing lotion, creams) and most important dry it with a unique usage tissue. You can dry out the spots by locally applying tea tree essential oil, it works quite well. (Be careful if your skin is atopic, mix some drops with water on a tissue before). Put anti-scars antiseptic cream on them afterwards. Don't go out to the sun after. (Ask your pharmacist if you are interested). A good routine can limit the damage. Also I would advise to not hesitate to ask a doctor for medication, adult acne is not normal whether you PMO or not. And scars are much harder to get rid of. I guess most of acne beholders are aware of all this but we never know if someone could use it.
just go on diet dude nofap doesn't bother acne or fapping doesn't bother so stop eating shit instead of healthy food. stay low on carbs too
Stress over stress over stress... Totally agree! Right now my face is horrible :c but I've noticed that both swimming and stress free life do quit acne. That's too utopian for me anyways, but it's truth