Megatron can you link me some reading on Estradiol causes acne?
I googled "estradiol acne" and the only thing that comes up is people use estradiol to treat acne??
Women use estradiol to treat acne. That doesn't work if you are a man. Here you go.
Serum hormone levels in men with severe acne.
AuthorsAizawa H, et al.
J Dermatol. 1992 Jul;19(7):404-7.
Affiliation
Department of Dermatology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Abstract
In order to evaluate the hormonal milieu in young men with severe acne, we measured serum estradiol (E2), total testosterone (T), free testosterone (FT), dihydrotestosterone (DHT), dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S), and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) levels in sixteen male patients aged 20-30 years with severe acne, including twelve cases of nodular-cystic acne, and in seventeen age-matched normal controls. There were no significant differences in the serum levels of T, FT, DHT, DHEA-S, or SHBG between the patients and the controls, but serum E2 was significantly higher in the patient population. Thus, the hemodynamics of serum androgens in male patients with acne do not seem to differ significantly from that of normal controls. Elevated E2 levels might affect the inflammatory response of acne vulgaris through the release of thymic hormones, as reported in the literature.
PMID 1401498 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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