Nolvadex to treat acne while on TRT?

[dallasite]

Long story short, have had horrible bacne from age 17 (never did a cycle), now I'm 33, on TRT for 4 years and suffice it to say it has not helped my bacne/acne at all.

At this point I'm beyond shame, so I wear my racerbacks to the gym, or go swimming and generally dgaf.

Today a big lifter came up to me at the gym, and told me he has had similar issues and told me to add Nolvadex to my regime. According to him it cleared up almost everything.

I'm not big on bro-science, but I'm intrigued nonetheless. I can't say it wouldn't make me happy to clear up some of this acne.

Does anyone have similar experiences?

 

[joecoolredbarron]

I'm no expert here but it seems like the bacne pre-dated your trt by 10 years. I'd bet the "big lifter" thought it was a result of taking test above TRT doses. Quick google search showed some other boards talking about it, no definitive medical results though, at least that I could find. Have you tried a dermatologist? I got some on my arms and back part of my shoulders, i use a face scrub for "acne" on it at the end of my shower, helps a TON, i've also used clearasil with success. Not as bad since dialing in to TRT but when i was starting and fine tuning - it was a huge PITA. Done blood-work recently to check levels?

 

[JimiThing]

I dont think nolvadex will do anything for your acne at all man....

 

[Jimstigator]

I have a few thoughts, and years of Nolvadex usage/expierence. Some of that time on Nolvadex mono-therapy, the rest while on testosterone cyp.

1) Nolva/Tamoxifen never did much for acne, either positive or negative, although I have seen accounts of others thinking it helped

2) Nolva/Tamoxifen killed my libido, ALL DAY EVERY DAY, when on it. I would have rather just had some acne

3) Estrogen, high or low, did not effect my acne in either direction

4) Testosterone dose has HUGE impact on my acne. When TT/FT climb into the upper ranges, for me about +850TT, my skin gets oily. With the oil comes the acne, in gobs. I back off the T dose a little, and its all gone in weeks. *see bullet three if you are thinking, maybe it was the estrogen

5) Combo of B-5 (Pantethine) 750 mg with 250 mg of L Carnitine, three times per day seemed to help (maybe all in my head), in addition to spot treatments of salicylic acid acne cream from local pharmacy

6) I took Accutane as a child and would never in a million years recommend it to anyone. That stuff is beyond dangerous. Other, albeit maybe less effective pills/topicals, are much safer

Good luck,
Jim

 

[JimiThing]

Im a pretty firm believer it is more the conversion to dht or more specificaally dht levels that impact acne as opposed to estrogen. Thats why , for example, Jimstigator observes an improvement by dropping his test dose. Lower test = lower dht.