Looking for help with TRT and prevention of back acne!
I started test therapy back in October last year, after some adjustments, I ended up on 0.5ml/5 Days. That had my levels hovering around 1000-1100. I was not ever on any estrogen blockers or any other treatment besides the test.
About 2months after starting the therapy, I started noticing some acne showing up on my back, which progressively got worse. I never had acne growing up, so this was something new. I ask my doc who issued the TRT about it and was told, “it’s just part of the therapy”. For me, it got to a point that I decided to end the therapy and go to a dermatologist to get help.
After getting on some meds from the dermatologist, that acne cleared up, but now I feel like I’ve lost the majority of the muscle that I gained and I can definitely notice a decrease in size.
I guess my question is, is there a way I can start the therapy back and help prevent any acne issues?
It could be for a handful of reasons which is why your doc should have done new labs at that point. But the likely culprit is the rise in DHT. Unfortunately the only way I know to decrease DHT is with finasteride, which may come with it’s own side effects. Some people react poorly to finasteride while others do not.
Just a thought…TRT commonly causes the skin to become more oily. Is the hygiene in check? I know I can’t really reach my back that well when showering or bathing, so could it be a simple case of not getting the back clean enough after the skin starts getting more oily on test? May could try bathing twice a day and getting one of those loufa sponges on a stick to scrub good back there and see if that helps when on TRT.
I would say I had hygiene under control. I even bought one of those old people back scrubber loofah deals to make sure I was reaching everything. My dermatologist said that may have also been spreading the bacteria around, making the issue spread further. So he recommended only using a wash cloth or other single use item to help prevent spreading stuff around.