hey choco you can still break out while jerking off and not ejaculate? What if you jerk off, have an erection, but not reach orgasm? Can you still break out?

Also, can you get penalized by just having an erection?

I didn't have problems if it was an erection. I get plenty of erections and I was fine:p

The problem was outright masturbation. Probably related to the production of sperm in large quantities or some such, having the same effect whether you release it or not.

If I go all the way my face turns to shit, huge dime-sized spots, etc. White heads. Enlarged pores. More black heads on nose, etc.

im really sceptical about this... but maybe its just because I like to masturbate allot. will be hard to give that up, but if it cures my blackheads/redness/whiteheads... well than it is worth a shot.

But isnt it better to build off ? i masturbated like 2-3 times a day, think it will be smarter to make it now 1 time a day, and next week 4 times a week etc.

Based on TC's article that method may not work well at all.

According to the article the Testosterone levels spike around day 7 (plus or minus a couple days), and a number of people on this board can confirm this. I got 4-5 new cyst pimples on day 6 from abstaining and that is an usual jump of pimples for me.

Now its day 10 and I'm seeing improvement. Its not a drastic change but it is easily noticeable.

Yes it takes a good two weeks to see that it does work, at least in my case. I should start seeing improvement starting tomorrow or tuesday, although with the crazy heat it won't help my skin. But by the next weekend I should be basically on recovery, rather than daily breakout as it has been since I last masturbated last weekend.

Day 10

Oh my god... It works!! My face clears up. I cant believe it. After this horrible year i will be clear! Slowly, slowly, but it works!

I'm with ya Drache. Day 11 here and not faltering. Seeing improvement.

Lets keep going!!!!!!!!!

I'm with ya Drache. Day 11 here and not faltering. Seeing improvement.

 

Lets keep going!!!!!!!!!

Day 11:

A slightly better than yesterday, but evening I tried to force out a small pimple, and it inflamed a little bit, but its not a big deal, I know, that it will be far better on the third week. Im surprised, that its very easy to abstain. How are you Strider?

I'm glad to see that some of you are showing improvement. For me it took a whole month to see good solid results.

Whenever i got that urge i also either played video games (360>ps3) or just did some pushups.

Day 12:

 

I'm not forming any more big pimples and the ones already there are healing up. Its getting better slowly. I'm looking forward to the 3rd week as well. Abstaining is getting less hard; when I get the urge, I immediately turn on the ps3 and game until i get exhausted. I need more discipline lol

Think about, that if your acne will go away, you wont need masturbation anymore, because you'll have more confidence among girls, and...

It helps me a lot.

Day 13

its still improving a little bit. I also decided to try out niacin (the flush kind) because I've been hearing very good things about it.

Day 13 tomorrow for me. No breakouts at all. My face still gets oily, as it always has, but it's great to see no breakout. Everything is healing. I also make sure I shave my face every two days, if I let it grow it causes me to touch my face and this pushes the oil back in.

Anyway, after 10 days it becomes easier to abstain, the urge goes away. I also felt my muscle tighten after 8 days or so, like after you work out. I do work out, but I noticed this before that a bit over a week after abstaining my muscles feel like they are shaping up.

sigh... back to day 1.

hello guys i just found something quite interesting and have decided to report. it seems like diet is somehow related to whether you can masturbate or not. recently i stopped eating ALL grains like a week ago and i masturbated 4 days in a row and no breakout, only couple of tiny pimples. it's like this.

Grain and masturbate - NO NO

Grain and no mas. - clear up but still get new ones a little bit.

No grain but mas. - clear up but gain tiny pimples after masturbation.

No grain and no mas. - clear up (i think)

if any of u is interested in learning about how grain (might) affects acne just google "grain acne" and u'll see. i have yet to stop masturbating completely since i'm grain free. we'll see what happens. i'll talk more on this later i'm busy now. cya yall later.

14 days, still clearing up, all that is left are marks/brown spots. I knew this would work.

I went on the no-gluten diet before, but I was also abstaining at the same time. Anyway, I lost too much weight during that time, and I'm not fat at all, so I don't like it. I prefer to be able to eat anything I want than masturbate.

Okay... Masturbation was not my trigger. It didn't work for me. I saw a small difference in my condition, but this was very very small. But good luck for you guys.

^ i'm sorry about that dude. I'm in the same boat as you. Due to antibiotics i developed a candida overgrowth and this caused me a leaky gut. This is my primary cause of acne. Right now I'm in the process of healing.

I noticed candida affected me with a wide range of problems, notably digestion. I also noticed that if I masturbate a lot I break out. My guess is that candida is affecting me with hormone problems too (candida overgrowth can affect you in so many ways its crazy). I'm abstaining for now to minimize oily skin and breakouts.

I'm on Day 17 now and breakouts are minimal. Plus, my skin isn't oily at all.

I know I'm a girl, but have a suggestion - try drinking peppermint tea for a few days after sex?

Peppermint tea is known to increase estrogen and also decrease the unbound ie biologically active portion of testosterone. I've been drinking 1 to 2 cups a day (okay I'm very small, normal people probably 2+ cups daily) and I can tell you from personal experience that this is strong stuff, I'm having to sometimes reduce my intake because of the new premenstrual side effects I'm getting.

I initially advised AGAINST the use of this tea by men, but I didn't realise men can have fluctuating testosterone levels too, so my suggestion would be to take it in what you feel is the "danger" period - then stop when you feel it's safe again

I know I'm a girl, but have a suggestion - try drinking peppermint tea for a few days after sex?

Peppermint tea is known to increase estrogen and also decrease the unbound ie biologically active portion of testosterone. I've been drinking 1 to 2 cups a day (okay I'm very small, normal people probably 2+ cups daily) and I can tell you from personal experience that this is strong stuff, I'm having to sometimes reduce my intake because of the new premenstrual side effects I'm getting.

I initially advised AGAINST the use of this tea by men, but I didn't realise men can have fluctuating testosterone levels too, so my suggestion would be to take it in what you feel is the "danger" period - then stop when you feel it's safe again

Okay... Masturbation was not my trigger. It didn't work for me. I saw a small difference in my condition, but this was very very small. But good luck for you guys.

What do you mean? Where you still abstaining when things got worst?

After avoiding this for a long time I have finally decided to try. I will abstain for atleast 2 weeks to see if it makes a difference or not. Wish me luck.

Good luck!

This first is difficult, especially if you break out during that time as is expected.

If you get good results, let's say three weeks in you are clearing up a lot, then the second challenge comes where you imagine that it might be something else that cleared you up (since most of us try a bunch of stuff at the same time), at which point you might end up giving up.

You'll go through this two times, only to realize by that time that it does indeed work because it's so consistent and predictable.

That's how it has been for me. I'm on my third attempt basically, and again it is showing the same predictable results. It will be three weeks next Saturday. But I'm sticking to this now.

this could be interesting, i am 22 and on fri i relieved myself then the next 2 days i broke out. however i also on the Friday drank a whole pint of red bull. which was extremely bad !!

so it could have been down to that.

i dont think i could avoid ejaculation due to my lifestyle but will see what people come up with on this msg board

anyone heard of saw palmetto before? it decrease the male hormone testosterone and blocks DHT which is reponsible for male pattern baldness..

I used to take one a day, and looking back i never broke out....

could this be a link !

and also what is leaky gut and candida? I hope i dont have this after coming off my anti biotics?

I've heard this about saw palmetto too, I'd have to look into it.

Day 23:

continued improvement, face not oily anymore. but boy it does suck to abstain........after i cure my leaky gut and candida (my primary cause of acne) i'll definitely get my hormone levels checked. There is absolutely no way i'm going to abstain forever

There are a bunch of websites that talk about leaky gut and candida after a quick google searh. heres a website i found.

http://www.health-n-energy.com/ARTICLES/leakygut.htm

good luck everyone