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Nodular acne on back out of nowhere, is it dietary or the TRT? HELP!
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<blockquote data-quote="Unlockable" data-source="post: 219016"><p>In 2018 I started getting crazy nodular acne on my back, this is the deep stuff that is not poppable and does not have a head on it. I had started lifting in 2017 at 34.5 and was starting to increase calories as to not be a skeleton anymore. Somewhere along the way my skin revolted, salicylic acid and benzoyl peroxoide didnt work, neither did things like head and shoulders shampoo. It took me awhile to do an elimination diet and I found peanut butter and dairy of ANY sort were a no go. This was pre TRT with lower t, free t and e2. </p><p></p><p>Mid last year I go on TRT, I got a few initial minor "normal" zits here and there, easily demolished by BP. I was doing .236ml generic Sun Pharma t cypionate from CVS in cottonseed oil on MWF for the first three weeks, had issues with it burning subq, switched to Hallandale compounded in GSO. No acne issues except occasional stray nodular if I consumed something heavy on milk, which is super rare. I decided to try Lactaid chocolate whole milk as getting enough calories to stay in a surplus is difficult, no issues for MONTHS. I did start to drink more and more as I was getting stronger and it was easy to stay in a surplus, I added in an organic dark chocolate granola, more cereal etc, tried almond butter but had to drop it as I got acne immediately but it calmed down quickly. </p><p></p><p>I ran oxandralone at 24mg for almost 10 weeks with no issues and along the way I switched to EOD dosing at .2ml subq, then switched to shallow IM, a month after coming off of the oxandralone, and 2.5 weeks after having switched back to the Sun Pharma t I had a crazy break out of 10 big painful nodular spots on back, then more would show up and it's still happening now, after breaking out January 31st. I dropped the milk immediately, but since I am bulking I am still consuming all kinds of things that could be inflammatory I suppose, but no dairy, at all, yet the zits persist. I shower 2-3 times a day, and I use hibiclens on my back, but it's not even affecting this stuff at this point. </p><p></p><p>Hallandale Subq .236ml done on injection day before injection back at end of Sept</p><p>T - 931 (264-916)</p><p>Free T - 24 (8.7-25.1)</p><p>E2 Sensitive 36 (8.0-35)</p><p>SHBG 20 (16.5-55.9)</p><p>IGF1 - 261 (90-278)</p><p>DHT 50 (30-85) A month earlier</p><p></p><p>Hallandale Shallow IM .2ml on injection day before injection in Jan</p><p>T - 1030 </p><p>Free T - 24</p><p>E2 labcorp's dumbasses didnt do it</p><p></p><p>Sun Pharma Shallow IM .2ml 3 weeks after blood work in Jan</p><p>T - 1145</p><p>Free T - 26.6</p><p>Sensitive E2 - 43</p><p>SHBG 29</p><p>IGF1 221</p><p>DHT 51</p><p></p><p>I don't know if it's the cottonseed oil in the t, the shallow IM along with the sun pharma obviously being stronger making my numbers higher, or if it's just dietary (bread, sunflower oil, too many high glycemic carbs around lifting and a huge insulin response?), having come off of the oxandralone and I am just fucked now as I have seen other people say that, but nothing in my blood work looks extreme enough to cause this. </p><p></p><p>One thing, derm looked at it a couple of weeks ago, this spot on my neck wont go away, he says it's a sebaceous cyst and will take a long time to go away. Would that point to overproduction of oil vs inflammatory response? My back is quickly getting ruined and I do not know what to do, nodular acne is one of the hardest to treat. This sucks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Unlockable, post: 219016"] In 2018 I started getting crazy nodular acne on my back, this is the deep stuff that is not poppable and does not have a head on it. I had started lifting in 2017 at 34.5 and was starting to increase calories as to not be a skeleton anymore. Somewhere along the way my skin revolted, salicylic acid and benzoyl peroxoide didnt work, neither did things like head and shoulders shampoo. It took me awhile to do an elimination diet and I found peanut butter and dairy of ANY sort were a no go. This was pre TRT with lower t, free t and e2. Mid last year I go on TRT, I got a few initial minor "normal" zits here and there, easily demolished by BP. I was doing .236ml generic Sun Pharma t cypionate from CVS in cottonseed oil on MWF for the first three weeks, had issues with it burning subq, switched to Hallandale compounded in GSO. No acne issues except occasional stray nodular if I consumed something heavy on milk, which is super rare. I decided to try Lactaid chocolate whole milk as getting enough calories to stay in a surplus is difficult, no issues for MONTHS. I did start to drink more and more as I was getting stronger and it was easy to stay in a surplus, I added in an organic dark chocolate granola, more cereal etc, tried almond butter but had to drop it as I got acne immediately but it calmed down quickly. I ran oxandralone at 24mg for almost 10 weeks with no issues and along the way I switched to EOD dosing at .2ml subq, then switched to shallow IM, a month after coming off of the oxandralone, and 2.5 weeks after having switched back to the Sun Pharma t I had a crazy break out of 10 big painful nodular spots on back, then more would show up and it's still happening now, after breaking out January 31st. I dropped the milk immediately, but since I am bulking I am still consuming all kinds of things that could be inflammatory I suppose, but no dairy, at all, yet the zits persist. I shower 2-3 times a day, and I use hibiclens on my back, but it's not even affecting this stuff at this point. Hallandale Subq .236ml done on injection day before injection back at end of Sept T - 931 (264-916) Free T - 24 (8.7-25.1) E2 Sensitive 36 (8.0-35) SHBG 20 (16.5-55.9) IGF1 - 261 (90-278) DHT 50 (30-85) A month earlier Hallandale Shallow IM .2ml on injection day before injection in Jan T - 1030 Free T - 24 E2 labcorp's dumbasses didnt do it Sun Pharma Shallow IM .2ml 3 weeks after blood work in Jan T - 1145 Free T - 26.6 Sensitive E2 - 43 SHBG 29 IGF1 221 DHT 51 I don't know if it's the cottonseed oil in the t, the shallow IM along with the sun pharma obviously being stronger making my numbers higher, or if it's just dietary (bread, sunflower oil, too many high glycemic carbs around lifting and a huge insulin response?), having come off of the oxandralone and I am just fucked now as I have seen other people say that, but nothing in my blood work looks extreme enough to cause this. One thing, derm looked at it a couple of weeks ago, this spot on my neck wont go away, he says it's a sebaceous cyst and will take a long time to go away. Would that point to overproduction of oil vs inflammatory response? My back is quickly getting ruined and I do not know what to do, nodular acne is one of the hardest to treat. This sucks. [/QUOTE]
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