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[Why me??]

Ok let's for a while assume masturbation does contribute to acne for SOME people (like me, I think). Does this mean for these people, hormones are the cause of acne? And if hormones are the cause, does it mean it will go away once you are out of your teenage years? Or will it remain for the rest of your life?

[ACNEVAL]

May or MayNot i've decided to take Miketomass advice and stay away from Masturbation and stuff like that to see if my skin heals and become less oily.....I think is about understanding your body...... 1 Members: ACNEVAL

[medic]

Masturbation 'cuts cancer risk'

Men could reduce their risk of developing prostate cancer through regular masturbation, researchers suggest.

[NyamNyam]

Does anyone want to help prevent me from getting cancer?

[Not_Myself]

Hmm I know this is a mostly male thread.. but is it possible that it can affect women too??

[BrenOne]

Masturbation 'cuts cancer risk'

Men could reduce their risk of developing prostate cancer through regular masturbation, researchers suggest.

Well that's one disease I won't be dying of then

[DeAntonio]

my skin is actually bad when i DONT MB

yep Im the same way

[Why me??]

Hmm I know this is a mostly male thread.. but is it possible that it can affect women too??

women masturbate too?? HOLY CRAP!!!

/sarcasm

I masturbated about 5 times this week, we'll see what happens.

I've tried it before, usually my skin gets very oily and sometimes huge pimples pop out.

[Not_Myself]

lol i never really noticed a connection, but never paid close attention either. i'll have to test this one

[john1234]

although i'm clear through diet, I know that OVER-masturbation is a trigger of acne. I can't take how people are so close minded to this issue. For years people said diet couldn't cause acne. Why does EVERY acne board and forum have users ranting about masturbation? Is this just one huge guilt trip that teenagers experience? I really don't think so....
In this scientific age, we feel like we are "breaking myths," but give me a break. The chinese have been saying the importance of diet and skin health for thousands of years. Us westerners come and try to break that myth for a couple of years, and we completely fail In chinese medicine, there is concept of sexual exhaustion through too much sex and masturbation, and problems associated with loss of "qi," leading to poor memory and fatigue and possilby acne. Again, call it a myth. But the TCM is right about lots of things...

Rant over.

[Case N]

I might just have to test this theory, perhaps masturbating 9 times a day is excessive.....shame on me...I'm such a dirty dirrrty boy...uhhhh

Gotta go to the bathroom.....brb.

[Not_Myself]

Makes perfect sense to me. Just wondering though, what do you consider to be "over-masturbation"??

[john1234]

I've actually heard a chinese doctor give this recommendation. TCM experts here can correct me if I'm wrong:

10-19 years old- once everyday
20- every 2 days
30-every 3 days

I'm all for masturbation lol. I'm just saying a fixation, doing it like 2 times a day, does break me out. I'm not ashamed to me admit it, even a bit. I keep it down to minimum to every 2 days, and I don't even have to think about this masturbation factor.

[Not_Myself]

Interesting. Seems managable lol. Did these chinese doctors happen to mention if this applied to women too? Probably didn't, but I'm really curious how it affects the whole female hormone thing.

[john1234]

No, sorry....I honestly don't know too much about this. I can only speak from personal experience, and I'm a guy. : )

I know that masturbation probably doesn't affect lots of people. But when people do get results from reducing masturbation like the therealcure and miketomass and many others on this forum, they are dealt the "you aren't scientific card," and they are presented a link to a myth section on a medical website. That pisses the hell out of me. Next to that myths are the other myths that stress and diet do not cause acne. BS. I've been looking through ayurveda websites and they, too, talk about the health problems associated overmasturbation. Even though traditional medicine is all theory, but its also an accumulation of thousands of years of experience. Compare that to the 200 years of western scientific medicine.

[Not_Myself]

I agree with you 100%. I just saw an "expert" on the news saying how diet in no way affects acne. Made me sooo angry because she's misleading so many people who I truly believe could be helped with diet changes. I don't think you can rule out ANY potential causes when no one really understands fully why it happens in the first place. This whole site is based on theory.. so I say if people are finding results with it, then it's worth looking into.

[Why me??]

Blah, I'm having my worst breakout in over a year. Forehead is a warzone, pustules everywhere, and painful nodules (about 3 or 4 of them) on my cheeks.

I can only see 4 possible reasons for this massive anomaly:

i) Paula's Choice 2% BHA liquid/skin balancing toner. Started using this around 3 weeks ago and it was fine for around 2 weeks. Skin was improving. I'm not sure this is actually the cause.

ii) Possible BHA contamination by plastic. Check the thread here.

iii) I masturbated 5 or 6 times last week till tuesday.

iv) I just installed an air-conditioner in my room since last saturday and have been sleeping with it on.

I think it's the masturbation! Though I didnt expect it to be this bad.

[ACNEVAL]

eh just try to refrain from Masturbating for a week and see how your skins goes... i my self also face the same addiction as u... Cheers hope you heal well soon

[supercoolasianguy]

so, i did a little test for 2 weeks.

i normally spank the monkey once every 2-3 days. So you can say 5-6 times in a 2 week span. i went from that to pumping one out every night and im starting to notice alot of small bumps around my face. Of course once i noticed the bumps i quickly crawled back to drinking ACV daily like a subservient peon.

yes i was clear and i changed nothing but that during the 2 weeks.

so at least i know excessive masturbation can break me out.

anyone else try? lol

[jbrown]

so, i did a little test for 2 weeks.

i normally spank the monkey once every 2-3 days. So you can say 5-6 times in a 2 week span. i went from that to pumping one out every night and im starting to notice alot of small bumps around my face. Of course once i noticed the bumps i quickly crawled back to drinking ACV daily like a subservient peon.

yes i was clear and i changed nothing but that during the 2 weeks.

so at least i know excessive masturbation can break me out.

anyone else try? lol

lol! made my night