http://themodernsavage.com/2009/02/04/effe...tracting-women/
In 2003, there was a research study done on the testosterone levels in males during certain periods of abstaining from ejaculation. It found that there was a gradual increase in testosterone levels during the first five days but on days six and seven there was a huge spike, up to a 147% increase in testosterone on day seven. After day seven, testosterone levels returned to normal, thus indicating that seven days is the effective number of days to abstain from ejaculating in order to hit peak levels of testosterone.
It is completly true. Im 21 and whenever I masterbate my face breaks out badly. Cystic acne under the skin and the kind that takes weeks to get rid of. If I don't masterbate or have sex my face and back is perfect. It takes like 2 weeks or a little longer to clear up if I relapse. I have a problem because if I want to have sex which is always I end up breaking out. I had my thyroid examined and my hormones checked out and the doctors say its all normal. So I guess if I want to have sex with a girl or myself Ill have acne unless someone has advice? Or a solution? Considering high doses of vitamin A because I don't want to take accutane because I like going in the sun. and I body build and dont want to loose muscle or go bald or destroy my liver with accutane.
So if you want to masterbate how often should you do it to minimize/lower your chances of breakouts?
It doesn't matter. According to this study, testosterone increases after 7 days abstinence, and then returns to normal.
Also keep in mind that we don't know what the increasing testosterone implicates for people with acne. Would it have a significant effect? Any at all?
So if you want to masterbate how often should you do it to minimize/lower your chances of breakouts?
It doesn't matter. According to this study, testosterone increases after 7 days abstinence, and then returns to normal.
Also keep in mind that we don't know what the increasing testosterone implicates for people with acne. Would it have a significant effect? Any at all?
Umm..i think we have found a correlation between the two. Well atleast DHT, when bodybuilders and strength trainers take steroids (testosterone btw) they break out horrible all over their back and cheeks.
So if you want to masterbate how often should you do it to minimize/lower your chances of breakouts?
Personally I have no idea. I am stopping, period, because nothing is worst for me than acne. I look good without it.
I think that masturbation usually tends to last longer than direct intercourse, which might make it worst.
Also, didn't Greek Olympians have orgies a few days before the Olympics? They also consumed certain food, I think animal testicles, during that period. All presumably oriented at increasing testosterone levels.
So if you want to masterbate how often should you do it to minimize/lower your chances of breakouts?
Personally I have no idea. I am stopping, period
Does stopping for a long period of time work? Doesn't this article show that testosterone peaks about every week - and we should keep it from spiking right? (by masterbating every few days) I'm a bit confused
No I don't think so, the article mentions nothing about acne. It just says that when you masturbate, seven days later testosterone spikes.
So if you stop completely, I'm guessing testosterone levels remains normal.
Again this has worked for me, every time I decided I would stop masturbating, I would break out seven days later, and then clear up a week later.
I haven't masturbated in over two weeks now, and I'm clearing up completely again. We'll see.
hello chocobot and everyone.
it seems to me we're on the same boat. what u said in ur topic about the 7 days and the testosterone spikes really makes sense to me. looking at the chart, i thought i would be clear if i do masturbate everyday though that's definitely not the case. i used to masturbate everyday and that broke me out. now i pretty much the clearest i've been since 2 years ago because i have stopped masturbating everyday. and also i had a break out a week or so after the last time i did when i tried to stop completely. so if i put that aside. my question to u is, how long should i wait? masturbating every 2-3 days or not masturbating everyday helps alot. now i'm hesitant about stopping masturbation completely cuz i don't think i can pull that off. though i would definitely try my best to do it if it can clear me up so keep us updated with ur progress chocobot!
Testosterone isn't necessarily the problem. It's actually good for the skin, especially if you're a guy. The problem is DHT which is a metabolite of testosterone and DHT is a hormone behind acne (and male pattern hairloss). If anything, your skin should get worse the day after masturbating since you cause a spike in prolactin after you ejaculate which induces the testosterone to convert to DHT. Just a theory here and i could be wrong, but it could very well be that your prolactin levels don't go down in your system quick enough and you're building up all this DHT the entire week which results in acne.
I don't know the details, except that it has been working incredibly for me.
First week is not good, because after seven days I break out. But a week later this breakout dies off, and then it heals very well afterwards.
So far so good, we'll see in the weeks to come. I haven't masturbated in around three weeks now I think. I even still check some porn (well, mainly just hot girl pictures that I save as I always did) and don't have a crazy urge to jerk off.
wow, 3 weeks? u must be very good at abstaining then chocobot. what about wet dreams? are u afraid that u'll get screwed by it and do u have tips on how to avoid them from happening? to me wet dreams are kinda unpreventable. i don't have them often but just last week i had one while i was trying to abstain. and got a break out of course.
i was experimenting on how many days between each ejaculation is the best. i have recorded all the dates of masturbation since late June and here's the progress so far.
Everyday - this used to break me out big time so no and i think it's also the same on alot of other people.
Every 2 days - i just tried it. i masturbated 3 days ago on monday and yesterday on wednesday. and now today i just have a small breakout waking up and existing ones are getting worse. and if u keep reading, also on July 6th and 8th. same results, small breakout.
Every 3 days - masturbation on July 2nd and on July 6th and then a breakout the next day. existing ones got worse.
Every 4 days - masturbation on July 8th(a wet dream but it still counts) and on July 13th and then a breakout the next day. existing ones got worse also.
NOTE : as u can see, abstaining didn't clear my acne but it has improved my condition A LOT. by decreasing the frequently of masturbation or ejaculation really helped me much. it seems like the longer u wait between each ejaculation the better u get. if u take a look at this.
The circles indicate masturbation. like i said, starting from late june. On June 22th, i masturbated. then i was able to abstain for a total of 9 days. starting from the seventh day, June 29th, i had a small breakout and it gets worse day after day. just like the chart says. i thought it was strange since i thought that abstaining is good for me. so i masturbated on July 2nd and i didn't have a breakout afterward. and suprisingly, i was clearing up super fast and didn't gain any new ones AT ALL. perhaps the masturbation helped or perhaps it just happened to be a coincidence to be on the same day. still that time was the clearest i've ever been since 2 YEARS AGO. but of course, i masturbated on the following monday July 6th, and shit, breakout. BUT during those 3 days i looked AMAZING. the longer u wait between each ejaculation the better u get i think. tho i'm not sure about longer than i've done.
sorry if i'm long winded. now i think there are 3 things left to do.
1.) keep experimenting... every 5 days, 6, 7... etc.
2.) masturbate after the 7th day breakout has healed or healing.
3.) no masturbation at all like what chocobot is doing
idk guys, i guess i'll wait for a couple of days before choosing what to do.
what do u guys think and ur thoughts on it plz. 
http://themodernsavage.com/2009/02/04/effe...tracting-women/
In 2003, there was a research study done on the testosterone levels in males during certain periods of abstaining from ejaculation. It found that there was a gradual increase in testosterone levels during the first five days but on days six and seven there was a huge spike, up to a 147% increase in testosterone on day seven. After day seven, testosterone levels returned to normal, thus indicating that seven days is the effective number of days to abstain from ejaculating in order to hit peak levels of testosterone.
This makes perfect sense to me!
It explains why, when I would decide to stop masturbating for some time to see the impact on my acne, I would usually still break out within a week, usually 7 days later, but then my skin would clear up dramatically over the following week. I got the confirmation last week. For two weeks, I had stopped masturbating (where again I had a breakout a week after stopping, a Saturday evening). I was (and still am) on a gluten-free diet at the same time, so it was difficult for me to figure which of the two was or wasn't related.
Anyway, two weeks ago, on Wednesday June 24th I did masturbate after having stopped for over two weeks. I also masturbated the following Monday. My face continued to clear as it had dramatically done so over the previous week (either due to two weeks off masturbation, or because of no gluten, or both). Well exactly 7 days later, I got a huge breakout again, which really peaked Wednesday evening. It has kept up until tonight.
I haven't masturbated in a week now, this week, if this is true, my face will start clearing up again, as it has often done before when I stopped masturbating for two weeks. This is week two.
If I clear up, my next test will be to start consuming gluten again to see if it has an impact.
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i have this problem and when i don't masturbate/sexual activity, i have a clear skin ^^ but the problem is that it's impossible to avoid sex/masturbation =( 
Still haven't masturbated since June 27th.
Face continues to heal. But over the past days I have been getting these pimples again near the right ear, behind the ear lobe, and near the jawline on the neck below that ear, like I have described in another thread. I strongly believe this one is due to some sort of allergy. It has been very consistent, for over a year. Sometimes I would get some on the left side, but 90% of the time it's the right side. Very strange. Or it's something I do that I don't realize, like maybe when I sleep or some such.
But anyway about the face it is really better.
Now, I don't know how much I even agree with this, but a lot of experts say thay acne starts under the skin up to weeks before the pimple reaches the surface. So if someone can make it two months without jerkin and see tell us the results, I would love to read it. I'm a guyb who likes to lift weights and enjoy his testosterone, so I'm gonna jerk it now, but I really dare someone to last two months. At the end, you will finally know if this works or not.
Now, I don't know how much I even agree with this, but a lot of experts say thay acne starts under the skin up to weeks before the pimple reaches the surface. So if someone can make it two months without jerkin and see tell us the results, I would love to read it. I'm a guyb who likes to lift weights and enjoy his testosterone, so I'm gonna jerk it now, but I really dare someone to last two months. At the end, you will finally know if this works or not.
And let's not forget that semen and hormone production both burn zinc, so this whole thing may just be about zink storing. When weight lifters with low zinc levels supplement with the mineral, they can often see an initial breakout because of the testosterone boost, sort of like that first week of not jackin.
I'll see how long I can last. So far I feel like I could keep at it for two months, most likely. I haven't felt any urge to jerk off even after watching some porn, which is quite a first, probably because this time I actually believe it is helping my skin unlike the previous times when I wasn't sure, and I'm really much more interested in clear skin than blowing a load:p I haven't had any urge, even if I keep looking up at hot chicks websites and such.
I've been free of acne for a year and a half now just from abstaining from sexual activities.
I quit sex/masturbation completely for 1 month then i reduced frequency to once a week. Besides getting clear skin, i've been able to see noticable gains weighttraining. It seems like my whole body looks better, not just my face and back. Also i've gained alot of confidence that being 100% clear by accutane didn't provide. I was also able to shake my addiction to internet porn. Seems like going up to random girls and talking to them is way easier if your not just thinking of taking her home to have sex..
Now i can have eat whatever junkfood i want (not that i really do), stay up all hours of the night, go to clubs and dance for hours without worrying that sweat might break me out.
Most people that test this theory just give up after a week, so goodluck to those that want clear skin.